Sarvam AI is an indian artificial intelligence company headquartered in Bengaluru,Karnataka. Founded in 2023, the company develops large language models (LLMs) and multimodal AI systems with a focus on Indian languages and region-specific use cases.
The company has received venture capital backing and has participated in government-supported AI initiatives, including India\u2019s sovereign large language model programme under the IndiaAI Mission.
Sarvam AI was established in July 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, who were previously associated with AI4Bharat at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.The startup announced a combined seed and Series A funding round of approximately US$41 million in December 2023. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures.
In April 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) selected Sarvam AI as one of the companies to develop an indigenous foundational model under the IndiaAI Mission.As part of this initiative, the company was granted access to government-supported compute infrastructure, including thousands of GPUs for model training over a defined period.
In February 2026, Sarvam AI introduced two large language models at the AI Impact Summit held in Bharat Mandapam,New Delhi.
Sarvam AI develops language models trained on datasets that include multiple Indian languages and code-mixed text. The company uses mixture-of-experts (MoE) architectures in some of its models.
On 18 February 2026, the company announced the release of two foundational models:
Sarvam-30B \u2013 A 30-billion parameter model based on a mixture-of-experts design. According to company disclosures reported by the media, the model activates approximately 1 billion parameters per token and supports a 32,000-token context window.
Sarvam-105B \u2013 A 105-billion parameter model activating approximately 9 billion parameters per token, with a 128,000-token context window. The model is positioned for complex reasoning and enterprise applications.
On 20th February 2026, the company released a beta version of the Sarvam-105B model which is named 'Indus'. It is available on the Apple iOS store,Google play store and the web.
Sarvam AI has also developed multimodal systems including speech-to-text and vision-language models. Its speech model, referred to as Saaras V3 in company materials, supports multiple Indian languages.
The company has also introduced a vision-language model known as Sarvam Vision, intended for document understanding and optical character recognition (OCR) in Indian scripts.
'Sarvam Kaze' is an indigenous AI-powered wearable glass that listens, understands, and captures what users see the world through their eyes in real time. The device supports more than 10 Indian languages, enabling voice-based interaction and potentially real-time translation. The company plans to launch the device in May 2026.
In 2025, Sarvam AI was selected to contribute to India's sovereign AI model initiative under the IndiaAI Mission.The initiative aims to support domestic AI infrastructure and model development.
In March 2025, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced a collaboration with Sarvam AI to integrate AI-based voice interactions and multilingual support into Aadhar-related services.
Sarvam AI has also worked with AI4Bharat and academic institutions on language datasets and speech research projects.
Sarvam AI presented its foundational models at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The company has also been listed among Indian members of the AI Alliance, a consortium focused on open-source artificial intelligence initiatives.
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