In October 2026, LinkedIn News India published its list of LinkedIn Top Startups 2026, the 20 Indian startups on the rise. GoodSpace AI is number 13.
I want to say what the list measures, because that is why it means something to us.
What the ranking measures
Nobody nominated us. There was no form to fill and no fee to pay. LinkedIn builds the list only from its own data, and it looks at four things:
- Team growth. Whether the company kept adding people over the year.
- Engagement. How many people outside the company looked at it, followed it, and looked at the people who work there.
- Job interest. How often people viewed and applied for the company's jobs.
- Attracting talent from top companies. How many people joined from companies on LinkedIn's Top Companies list.
To be eligible, a startup has to be based in India, independent, privately held, and five years old or younger.
Why it matters for a hiring company
GoodSpace AI helps companies hire. So three of those four measures are a test of our own work.
If we tell clients that good people want to join companies with a clear purpose, our own job posts have to draw applicants. If we say talent moves to where the work is serious, people from strong companies have to choose us too. A hiring company that cannot hire for itself has no business advising anyone else.
This ranking says that, for one year, people looked at GoodSpace AI, applied to it and joined it. That is the only kind of proof I trust: what people did, not what we said about ourselves.
The credit is the team's
I did not build this. The team did, one hire, one client and one hard week at a time. They chose to work here when they had other choices. Every number LinkedIn counted is a decision one of them made, or a person they brought in.
Thank you, all of you.
To the other 19
Congratulations to every company on the list. Building in India is not easy, and each of these teams earned its place. I am glad to be in that company.
If you are hiring, below the CXO level or for the top seat, this is how to reach us.