India, Oct. 28 -- When AI-powered sales intelligence startup Reo.Dev raised $11.3 Mn in July 2026, its priorities reflected a growing reality for Indian startups building for global markets.

The company planned to deploy fresh capital towards expanding sales and marketing operations in the US, which already accounted for nearly two-thirds of its revenue. Yet most of its approximately 75-member workforce remained in India.

Reo.Dev is not alone in operating across these two markets. Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based Coreworks AI raised $5 Mn earlier this year to develop its enterprise AI platform. More recently, RapidCanvas secured $29 Mn to expand its go-to-market and field AI engineering teams across India, the US and Brazil.

These co...