Chennai: 2026 ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Cheetah Index notes that next generation of high-growth businesses is evolving beyond traditional consumer-internet models into areas such as clean mobility, AI, aerospace and defence. Mobilty names mentioned in the report are Blue Energy Motors, MATTER, PMI Electro Mobility, River Mobility, along with Aerospace and Defence names like Sagar Defence Engineering, Dhruva Space, Digantara. Artificial Intelligence names include Simplismart, Rocket, QpiAI, Flam, Freehand and services include Snabbit, Pronto, AllHome.The report defines a cheetah as an unlisted startup founded in or after the year 2000, valued between $200 million and $500 million, that is poised to reach Unicorn status within the next five years. The Cheetah cohort has doubled since 2021 to 110 companies. Together, these startups boast a combined valuation of over Rs 3 lakh crore and employ more than 1.10 lakh people, are are moving past early-stage ideation toward sustained, large-scale value generation, it noted
