Sarvam
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- 2026-08-11 funding Activate AI participated in a funding round for Sarvam, helping it achieve unicorn status with a valuation over $1 billion. source
- 2026-06-15 funding Sarvam raised $234 million in a Series B funding round led by HCLTech, achieving a $1.5 billion valuation. source
- 2026-06-15 funding Sarvam AI secured $234 million in a Series B funding round led by HCLTech, achieving unicorn status. source
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Developer evaluates AI paper reader's accuracy without vector store
The creator of a project called Talkit, which reads research papers aloud and answers user questions, details their process for evaluating the accuracy of the AI's responses. Lacking a traditional vector store due to th…
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AI models struggle with Tulu legal text due to script and RAG conflicts
A new arXiv paper explores cross-lingual transfer learning for low-resource languages, specifically focusing on Tulu legal comprehension. Researchers tested models like Llama 3, Hex-1, and Sarvam, finding that script-de…
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Indian voice AI startup Ringg raises $10M from Peak XV Partners
Indian voice AI startup Ringg has secured $10 million in an extension of its Series A funding round from Peak XV Partners, bringing the total for the round to $15.5 million. The company, which began as a text-to-speech …
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AI coding tool Cursor to open first India office by end of 2026
Cursor, an AI coding tool, plans to establish its first office in India by the end of 2026. This expansion is driven by the company's growth and increasing competition in the AI sector from major players like OpenAI and…
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AI venture capital shifts to deep tech understanding, spending millions on model access
Activate AI, a $75 million venture fund focused exclusively on artificial intelligence, is changing its investment strategy to prioritize deep technical understanding. Co-founder Pratyush Choudhury believes that to iden…
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Researchers pinpoint cross-lingual refusal circuit in multilingual MoE model
Researchers have identified a specific circuit within a multilingual Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, named sarvam, that is responsible for refusing harmful requests. This circuit's ability to refuse is language-invarian…
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Pixxel and Sarvam launch orbital AI data center satellite
Pixxel and Sarvam are collaborating to develop Pathfinder, a satellite designed to perform AI computations directly in orbit. This initiative aims to process Earth observation data in space, which could lead to quicker …
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Smallest.ai raises $13M for human-like voice AI
Smallest.ai has secured $13 million in Series A funding to develop advanced voice AI models capable of indistinguishable human-like conversations. The startup aims to create specialized, smaller models that process info…
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India's AI Sovereignty Dilemma: US Deals Trump Homegrown Solutions
India is facing a dilemma regarding AI sovereignty, as its enterprises are increasingly signing deals with US organizations rather than leveraging homegrown AI solutions like Sarvam. This reliance on foreign AI raises q…
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New technique SamaVaani audits and debiases clinical ASR for Indian languages
A new research paper introduces SamaVaani, a method for auditing and debiasing multilingual clinical Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for Indian languages. The study evaluated eight state-of-the-art ASR models…
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Canada Pension Fund Invests $741M in India's AI Data Centers
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has committed up to $741 million to Indian data center operator CtrlS, aiming to capitalize on India's growing role in global AI infrastructure. The investment incl…
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Sarvam AI raises $234M to become India's newest unicorn
Sarvam AI, an Indian startup focused on developing AI models for local languages and use cases, has secured $234 million in a Series B funding round, achieving unicorn status with a $1.5 billion valuation. The round was…
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Indian AI talent returns from Silicon Valley amid job market shifts
Indian AI talent is increasingly looking to return home from Silicon Valley, driven by factors like AI-related layoffs and stricter U.S. immigration policies. While U.S. tech giants once held an undisputed allure, India…
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New AI translation methods struggle with gender preservation in Hindi
A new research paper explores the challenge of maintaining gender information in English-to-Hindi machine translation. The study found that current generative translation systems frequently erase explicit gender cues, p…