Sarvam stakes claim in AI race

CO-FOUNDER PRATYUSH

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Kumar added that the focus is on inclusion and scale: “We need to build for the last citizen”.The models are designed to work seamlessly across multiple Indian languages, including “Hinglish,’ and are optimised for voice commands — a crucial feature for population-scale deployment. The broader ambition is to position AI as a digital public good, akin to Aadhaar or UPI, enabling large-scale applications in governance, education and commerce. Sarvam describes its technology as full-stack, spanning compute infra, foundational models and enterprise applications. The systems are also “agentic,” capable of performing multi-step tasks such as coding or planning workflows with minimal human intervention — a feature aimed at accelerating enterprise automation.