Sarvam AI
India-first AI platform: speech, translation, and chat APIs built for 22 Indian languages.
About
Sarvam AI is a Bengaluru-based startup founded in 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar (both formerly with AI4Bharat at IIT Madras) building sovereign AI for India. Its platform covers chat, translation, speech-to-text (Saaras), text-to-speech (Bulbul v2, supporting 11 Indian languages with authentic accents and voice fine-tuning), and document OCR, with India-first tokenizers and pricing.
Its conversational voice agent platform, Sarvam Samvaad, powers multilingual customer interactions for enterprises such as Tata Capital and was reported to drive about 80% of the company's revenue. The company raised a $300M Series B in June 2026 at a $1.5B valuation, was selected under India's IndiaAI Mission to build the country's first indigenous foundation model with government GPU support, and reportedly held late-2026 talks for a further $250-300M raise.
Limitations: valuation and fundraise figures come from press reports and were unconfirmed at the time of writing; voice quality for a specific language or dialect should be evaluated with native speakers before production use.
What it can do
- Chat, translation, STT, TTS, and OCR APIs for 22 Indian languages
- Bulbul voice models with authentic regional accents and fine-tuning
- Sarvam Samvaad conversational voice agents for enterprises
- India-first tokenizers and pricing
Setup
Sign up on the Sarvam AI API platform; call REST endpoints with an api-subscription-key header.
Prerequisites
A Sarvam AI API key; use cases in Indian languages benefit most.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 80; Trending score 84/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
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