Sarvam AI raises $41 million to Train Indic LLMs

Bangalore-based startup Sarvam AI has raised USD 41 million in a Series AI funding round led by Lightspeed and supported by Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures.

Founded by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, Sarvam AI will focus on India’s unique needs. This includes training AI models to support the diverse Indian languages and voice-first interfaces. The company will also work with Indian enterprises to co-build domain-specific AI models on their data.

Finally, the company aims to create population-scale impact by layering generative AI on top of the highly successful India stack specifically for public-good applications.

Sarvam AI’s ambitious plan is to develop the “full-stack” for Generative AI, ranging from research-led innovations in training custom AI models to an enterprise-grade platform for authoring and deployment.

The company believes that this full-stack approach will accelerate the adoption of generative AI in India, especially given that enterprises see the potential of generative AI but are grappling with how to leverage it for their business.

"I have seen first-hand the enormous value in innovating at foundational layers and deploying at population scale. India has demonstrated that it can harness technology differently, and with generative AI we have an opportunity to reimagine how this technology can add value to people’s lives,", Vivek Raghavan, co-founder of Sarvam AI said.