How AI is improving the odds in IVF gamble

Sumit Jha

Oct 13, 2025

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In a fertility clinic in Hyderabad, Dr Radhika Potluri watches as an embryologist peers through a microscope at a droplet containing dozens of sperm cells. 

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The embryologist must select just one – the single cell that will be injected into a waiting egg during intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

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Traditionally, this process takes an hour or two as the embryologist manually assesses the shape, movement, and morphology of each sperm cell. 

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“With AI-based grading systems, the task can be completed much faster. The software rapidly screens and grades thousands of sperm, allowing us to choose the healthiest one for fertilisation"

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From predicting how patients respond to ovarian stimulation to selecting embryos most likely to result in healthy pregnancies, AI tools now assist at nearly every stage of the IVF process.