Sarvam AI

Business focus

AI, Large Models & AI Chips

Description

Sarvam AI was founded in Bengaluru in August 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, alumni of AI4Bharat at IIT Madras. In 2025 the Indian government picked it from 67 applicants to build the nation's sovereign LLM. In June 2026 it raised $234M (Series B, HCLTech, Bessemer), reaching unicorn status at $1.5B valuation. Products: the Sarvam-30B/105B models, a speech platform for 22 Indian languages, and Kaze smart glasses.