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It’s Sparsh here!👋
Remember when we told you to keep an eye on Sarvam AI? Well, we weren’t just blowing hot air - the startup we featured in our June 2024 issue has just landed one of the most important gigs in Indian tech this decade.🥇
If you’ve been following our newsletter, you’ll know we love spotting early movers, and Sarvam’s latest leap is proof that we had our sights set on the right stars. 🌟
Let's dive in to know more!🚀
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Back then, Sarvam was a bold young startup with a big dream: to make generative AI accessible, robust, and uniquely Indian. Fast forward to today, and they’ve been handpicked by the Government of India to build the country’s first sovereign Large Language Model (LLM) under the ambitious IndiaAI Mission.💡
This is India’s answer to ChatGPT and DeepSeek, but with a desi twist - built for Bharat, by Bharat, and in Bharat! 🇮🇳
🚦 Quick Recap: Where We Left Off
Here’s a refresher from our last feature (June 23, 2024):
🏢Founded: July 2023 by Vivek Raghavan & Pratyush Kumar
🚀Mission: Transformative AI research for robust, affordable GenAI apps in India
💵Funding: $41M Series A from Lightspeed, Peak XV, Khosla Ventures
👥Team: 25–40 passionate AI enthusiasts
🎯Cool Stuff:
🐘OpenHathi: First Hindi LLM on Llama 2-7B, rivaling GPT-3.5 for Indic languages
🗣️Samvaad: 100,000+ high-quality conversations in English, Hindi, Hinglish
💻Ambitions: Building LLMs from scratch, voice LLMs with Microsoft, and more
We said, “Watch this space.” Well, here’s why ↴
🏆 The Big News
🤔What’s the IndiaAI Mission?
🎯Goal: Strategic autonomy in AI, fostering homegrown innovation, and making AI infrastructure affordable and accessible.
🤝Support: Dedicated compute resources - 4,096 Nvidia H100 GPUs for six months (that’s a LOT of AI horsepower!).
Why Sarvam? Their models are already competitive with global leaders, and they’re deeply committed to building for Indian languages and use cases. 🏆
🛠️ What’s Sarvam Building? (And Why It’s a Big Deal)
🤔Why It Matters?
👤For Citizens: AI that feels familiar, not foreign - think voice assistants that actually understand your dialect, context, and needs.
🏢For Enterprises: Unlock intelligence without sending sensitive data abroad.
🇮🇳For India: Strategic independence, local innovation, and a shot at global AI leadership.
It's official 🇮🇳
We're proud to announce that Sarvam has been selected by the Government of India under the IndiaAI Mission to build India's sovereign Large Language Model.
Building India's sovereign model from the ground up is a crucial step toward Atmanirbhar Bharat. The
— Sarvam AI (@SarvamAI)
9:54 AM • Apr 26, 2025
💡 What’s Changed Since Our Last Feature?
When we first wrote about Sarvam, they were already making waves with OpenHathi and Samvaad. But this new chapter is a massive leap:
🔬From research lab to national infrastructure: Sarvam’s models will underpin everything from government services to enterprise applications.
📈Scaling up: Access to thousands of state-of-the-art GPUs means they’re playing in the big leagues now.
💥Backing from the top: The government’s trust and investment signal a turning point for India’s AI ecosystem.
🚀 What’s Next for Sarvam?
🎉Model Launch: The countdown is on - six months to India’s first homegrown LLM.
🔥Wider Impact: Expect a ripple effect across startups, enterprises, and public services as Sarvam’s tech rolls out.
💪🏻Community Power: Sarvam credits its developer community, early customers, and partners for making this possible
If you missed our original deep dive, go check it out for the full backstory here. And if you’re wondering what’s next for Indian AI, just remember: the future speaks many languages, and Sarvam is teaching it to speak ours. 🗣️🇮🇳
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