Sarvam AI

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Bytes of Tomorrow
December 10, 2023

BYTES OF TOMORROW

Hey there,

What's the Buzz About Sarvam AI?

TL;DR

  • Sarvam AI, a five-month-old Indian startup, raises $41 million in a Series A funding round.

  • Lightspeed leads the Series A round, with participation from Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures.

  • The Bengaluru-based startup focuses on building large language models supporting Indian languages.

  • Sarvam AI plans to create a platform for businesses to build applications using these models.

  • The startup emphasizes voice as the default interface and aims to cater specifically to the Indian market's language and interface requirements.

The Byte

Five months, $41 million.

That's the impressive story of Sarvam AI.

Came out of nowhere and now they're the talk of the town.

They're not messing around with some vague ideas or flashy promises.

These guys are building full-stack generative AI offerings in India.

Change the architecture of existing models to teach new languages? They're on it.

They're even focusing on building voice as the default interface in India.

The result: more efficient models for understanding and generating Indian languages.

The brains behind this? Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar.

Worked at tech veteran Nandan Nilekani-backed AI4Bharat of IIT Madras.

Vivek even spent a decade at UIDAI, overseeing Indian identity system Aadhaar.

Massive value in innovating at foundational layers and deploying at population scale? He's seen it firsthand.

And that's exactly what they plan to do with Sarvam AI.

The first model is set to go public in just a few weeks.

This is what grit and determination look like, folks.

It's not about luck or genius.

It's about turning pain into power and obstacles into opportunities.

Remember, forget your emotions, work your butt off, and keep moving.

Careers

Sarvam is currently hiring across product design, engineering, marketing, sales and product. Please shoot them an email if you’re interested in transforming AI for India.

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