Sarvam AI emerges as a pillar of India’s sovereign, multilingual AI push

Sarvam AI is driving India’s made-in-India AI revolution by building sovereign, multilingual foundational models that support public services, digital inclusion, and national self-reliance.

India’s ambition to become a global digital leader increasingly depends on its ability to develop artificial intelligence systems that are indigenous, inclusive, and aligned with national priorities. As AI reshapes governance, industry, and citizen services, the focus has shifted toward homegrown foundational models trained on Indian languages, local data, and real-world contexts.

At the center of this effort is Sarvam AI, an organization dedicated to building AI systems tailored specifically for India. The company has developed a full-stack AI platform entirely designed, deployed, and governed within the country. Its enterprise-grade solutions reflect India’s linguistic diversity and aim to improve accessibility, multilingual communication, and public service delivery, while reducing dependence on foreign AI infrastructure.

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Sarvam AI exemplifies why the future of technology belongs to India. He noted that such innovations advance the vision of Viksit Bharat by ensuring technology empowers citizens and strengthens national capabilities.

Sarvam AI is among the 12 organizations selected under the Innovation Centre pillar of the IndiaAI Mission, receiving financial and compute support worth ₹246.72 crore. Under this program, the company is developing large language and speech models optimized for Indian languages and governance use cases, including voice-based interfaces, document understanding, and citizen-centric applications.

Its foundational models include Bulbul for text-to-speech across 11 Indian languages, Saaras for speech-to-text covering all 22 scheduled languages, and a Vision model designed for document understanding across mixed scripts and handwritten text. Together, these capabilities form population-scale digital infrastructure aimed at improving service delivery and linguistic accessibility.

Beyond models, Sarvam AI has built a comprehensive sovereign AI ecosystem spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Its offerings include conversational AI for enterprises, an open enterprise AI work platform, multilingual content creation tools, and low-latency edge intelligence for real-world deployment.

The company is also partnering with key public institutions to deploy AI at scale. Collaborations with UIDAI aim to enhance Aadhaar services through multilingual voice interfaces and fraud detection. Partnerships with the governments of Odisha and Tamil Nadu, along with IIT Madras, are helping establish sovereign AI compute hubs and research parks to support national AI capacity.

By aligning innovation with public good, Sarvam AI is positioning itself as a cornerstone of India’s AI future. Its work supports digital self-reliance, strengthens the open-source ecosystem, and ensures that advanced AI technologies remain accessible, secure, and rooted in India’s unique social and linguistic landscape.