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Sarvam AI is an Indian artificial intelligence startup focused on building large language models. These large language models (LLMs) are customised for Indian Languages and contexts. The company focuses on building efficient Indian language voice bots and productivity tools for knowledge workers

History

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The company was founded in 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar , Pratyush is also a co-founder of AI4Bharat a research lab at IIT Madras, is dedicated to advancing AI technology for Indian languages through open-source contributions.[1]

The company was launched with the goal of addressing the gap in AI models optimized for India's linguistic diversity. Sarvam AI works on building foundational models designed to handle cultural, linguistic, and contextual nuances specific to India

Technology

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Sarvam AI is developing large language models tailored for Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and further more regional languages.[2]Unlike the other LLMs, Sarvam's models are trained with India-specific datasets so that they can understand cultural references, idiomatic expressions, and multilingual switching.[3]

The company provides APIs and developer tools for integrating its language models into business applications, including chatbots, voice assistants and content-generation tools.The company also provides APIs for enterprises to integrate language models into their own applications

Funding

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In December 2023, Sarvam AI raised $41 million in Series A round. The AI startup was funded by Lightspeed venture partners , followed by Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures.[4][5]This investment was one of the largest early-stage funding rounds for an Indian AI startup during that period[6]

The funds are being majorly used to expand Sarvam AI’s research and development work , scale up infrastructure and find sharp minds to accomplish the company vision

The startup plans to deploy the fresh proceeds to build a full-stack for GenAI ranging from research-led innovations in custom AI model training to an enterprise-grade platform for authoring and deployment

Partnerships and Collaborations

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On 26 April 2025, the IT Minister of India Ashwini Vaishnaw selected Sarvam AI as the first startup out of the 67 companies that were shortlisted to develop India’s first indigenous foundational model under the IndiaAI Mission.[7][8][9][10]

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with Sarvam AI to enhance user experience like AI powered voice based interactions , multilingual ai support for wider accessibility and commitment to user centric information[11][12][13][14]

The company collaborated with Microsoft to build Indic voice large language model (LLM) which will be available on the platform azure.This partnership aims to enhance the accessibility of AI technologies tailored to Indian languages and dialects[15][16][17][18]

Sarvam AI has partnered with AI4Bharat and academic institutions to leverage open-source datasets and research for regional language development[19][20]

Reception

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Sarvam AI’s approach to developing India-first AI models has been noted by industry analysts as a significant move toward AI inclusivity and accessibility in non-English speaking markets.

Sarvam AI Products

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Sarvam Agents
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The agents are voice enabled , multilingual AI based agents which are deployable over phone , whatsapp and other inbuilt app surfaces. They are available in 10 Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil ,Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada and Bengali.These agents are majorly designed for the applications such as customer service calls. Sarvam AI helped other companies to deploy the agents[21]

Sarvam 2B
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Sarvam 2B is India’s first foundational, open-source, 2-billion-parameter Indic small language model (SLM).[22] It is trained on a proprietary dataset of 4 trillion tokens, Sarvam 2B supports tasks like translation and summarization in vernacular languages. It is optimized for efficiency and cost-effectiveness, aiming to perform better at Indian language tasks than international models like Meta’s Llama.

Shuka 1.0
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Shukla 1.0 is India's first open source Audio Language Model . It takes Indian language as an voice input and generates accurate text output[23]

Sarvam Models
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Sarvam Models is an collection of API's which are providing access to Sarvam's Indic models which are used in its agents.[24]They include models for translation ,speech recognition and document parsing.

A1
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This product is specially designed for the legal sector. It offers services like regulatory chat , document drafting and data extraction which will enhance productivity of the legal workforce. It also helps in drafting the contracts and sharing purchase agreement.[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "India’s Sarvam AI raises $41M to build vernacular foundation models", TechCrunch, December 2023.
  2. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-10-28). "Sarvam AI launches Sarvam 1 for Indic languages". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-04-27. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Sarvam AI Eyes Indian LLM Supremacy With $41 Mn Series A", Inc42, December 2023.
  4. ^ Singh, Manish (2023-12-07). "Five-month-old Indian AI startup Sarvam scores $41M funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  5. ^ Roy, Supriya (2023-12-07). "Gen AI startup Sarvam AI raises $41 million in funding from Lightspeed, Peak XV and Khosla Ventures". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  6. ^ "Indian startup Sarvam AI raises $41 million to build India-specific LLMs", Business Today, December 2023.
  7. ^ Choudhary, Lokesh (2025-04-26). "Sarvam To Build India's First Homegrown Sovereign AI Model". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  8. ^ "Centre selects start-up Sarvam to build country's first homegrown AI model". The Indian Express. 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  9. ^ Gupta, Aman (2025-04-26). "MeitY picks Sarvam AI to lead India's sovereign LLM effort; Vaishnaw vows global competition | Mint". mint. Archived from the original on 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  10. ^ "Government selects Indian AI company Sarvam to develop nation's first sovereign Large Language Model". The Times of India. 2025-04-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  11. ^ "UIDAI partners with Sarvam AI to deploy GenAI solution for Aadhaar services". The Economic Times. 2025-03-19. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  12. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2025-03-19). "UIDAI partners with Sarvam AI to bring voice and fraud detection to Aadhaar services". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-04-27. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ Network, Elets News (2025-03-19). "UIDAI Collaborates with Sarvam AI to Introduce AI-Powered Voice-Based Aadhaar Services". Elets eGov. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  14. ^ Choudhary, Lokesh (2025-03-18). "UIDAI Partners Sarvam AI To Offer AI Voice, Fraud Detection To Aadhaar". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  15. ^ Source, Microsoft (2024-02-08). "Indian startup Sarvam AI collaborates with Microsoft to bring its Indic voice large language model (LLM) to Azure". Microsoft Stories India. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  16. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-02-09). "Microsoft Collaborates with Indian Startup Sarvam AI for Cutting-Edge Voice-Based Tools". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-04-27. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ Bureau, CDO Magazine (2024-02-12). "Indian Startup Sarvam AI to Collab with Microsoft for Indic Language LLMs". CDO Magazine. Retrieved 2025-04-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  18. ^ Sarkar, Gargi (2024-02-08). "Lightspeed-Backed Sarvam AI Partners With Microsoft To Build Solutions On Azure". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  19. ^ "IIT Madras, AI4Bharat, and Sarvam AI launch IndicVoices: A milestone in Indian speech recognition". IndiaAI. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  20. ^ "Sarvam AI selected to build indigenous foundational model under IndiaAI Mission". The Economic Times. 2025-04-26. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  21. ^ Rudra, Tapanjana (2024-08-13). "Sarvam AI Launches Full-Stack GenAI Platform With Five Products". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  22. ^ Rudra, Tapanjana (2024-08-13). "Sarvam AI Launches Full-Stack GenAI Platform With Five Products". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  23. ^ Rudra, Tapanjana (2024-08-13). "Sarvam AI Launches Full-Stack GenAI Platform With Five Products". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  24. ^ Rudra, Tapanjana (2024-08-13). "Sarvam AI Launches Full-Stack GenAI Platform With Five Products". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  25. ^ Rudra, Tapanjana (2024-08-13). "Sarvam AI Launches Full-Stack GenAI Platform With Five Products". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
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