Sarvam AI To Bid For Building Indigenous AI Foundational Model

Bengaluru-based GenAI startup Sarvam AI plans to submit a proposal to the electronics and IT ministry (MeitY) to build an indigenous AI foundational model under the IndiaAI Mission.

Speaking at NDTV Profit Conclave, Sarvam AI cofounder Pratyush Kumar said, “We (Sarvam AI) will participate in the call for proposals put out by the ministry.” 

The publication reported that Kumar highlighted the importance of having Indian AI models. “DeepSeek has made us question ‘where are our models’. We need to think about India’s sovereign AI…