Aug 13, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
Sarvam AI began with an ambitious proposition: build foundational AI models in India. It must now prove that those models can support a viable business. Co-founder Pratyush Kumar explains to Himanshi…
Pratyush KumarGuest
Rajan AnandanGuestHimanshi LochaabHost[upbeat music] Our first guest today is Pratyush Kumar, co-founder of Sarvam AI.
It's among the few Indian startups which is building and scaling frontier AI models ground up.
This is the decade when we should go from being a consumer of tech to builder of tech.
Joining him is Rajan Anandan, the managing director of Peak XV Partners and one of India's most influential technology investors, who has backed and mentored some of the country's leading deep tech ventures.
Look, we are, uh, you know, institutional as an institution, big believers that India's time has come.
It doesn't matter whether it's building our own models, launching our own rockets, uh, you know, developing new chemistries, uh, or, or building the largest payments infrastructure on planet Earth.
When it comes to voice, Indic language voice, Sarvam is state-of-the-art and is the fastest-growing in India.
This conversation comes at an inflection point when Sarvam is entering its next phase of growth, from building models to now commercializing them with an end-to-end AI stack.
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