The company has received venture capital backing and has participated in government-supported AI initiatives, including India’s sovereign large language model programme under the IndiaAI Mission.[2]
History
Sarvam AI was established in August 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, who were previously associated with AI4Bharat at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.[1] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Foundational language models
On 18 February 2026, the company announced the release of two foundational models:
Sarvam-30B – 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.[5]
Sarvam-105B – 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.[6]
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. [7][8]
Speech and vision systems
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.[9]
'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.[11]
Government and institutional collaborations
In 2025, Sarvam AI was selected to contribute to India's sovereign AI model initiative under the IndiaAI Mission.[2] 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 Aadhaar-related services.[12]
Sarvam AI has also worked with AI4Bharat and academic institutions on language datasets and speech research projects.[13]
Industry participation
Sarvam AI presented its foundational models at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.[5] The company has also been listed among Indian members of the AI Alliance, a consortium focused on open-source artificial intelligence initiatives.[14]
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