What it does
Sarvam AI builds AI models for Indian languages. Its range includes large language models, speech models, and a vision model that reads documents in 22 Indian languages and English. It was founded in August 2023.
Most large AI models are built for English first and work less well for the languages most Indians speak, especially speech that mixes languages. Sarvam has released some of its models as open weights alongside its hosted APIs.
- Built by
- Vivek Raghavan, Pratyush Kumar
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Made for
- Developers and organisations building for Indian-language users
Compiled by the Takṣa team from public information, last updated 4 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, Sarvam AI: About us.
How to get it
Open Sarvam AI- Price
- API access; some models are open-weight
- Platforms
- APIs and open-weight models
- Languages
- 22 Indian languages and English
- Stage
- Live
Why it fits India
Speech, document and language models made for India's 22 official languages from the start.
- Languages
- Built around India's 22 official languages.
- Documents
- Its vision model reads text from documents in Indian scripts.
- Open models
- Some models are released as open weights, so Indian developers can run and adapt them.
What users say0
Who builds it2
- Vivek RaghavanCo-founder
Previously with AI4Bharat at IIT Madras; worked on India's digital public infrastructure.
- Pratyush KumarCo-founder
Previously with AI4Bharat at IIT Madras; led open-source work on Indian-language AI.