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Sarvam AI has announced the expansion of a new vertical, Chanakya, focused on delivering applied AI solutions for institutions where reliability and security are critical.
In a post on X, the company said it has spent the past year quietly building full-stack AI tailored to “problems of national consequence and complex enterprises,” and is now formalising the effort into a dedicated vertical.
“On-prem deployments in air-gapped environments. Multi-modal data ingestion. Production-grade agentic workflows for institutions where failure isn’t an option,” a post by the AI startup on X said.
Sarvam is targeting organisations that cannot depend on public cloud infrastructure or consumer-grade AI tools, including regulated enterprises and institutions in strategic sectors.
The company added that systems developed under this initiative will have “dual use,” catering to both enterprise needs and strategic applications.
Sarvam recently unveiled its first in-house AI models, Sarvam-30B and Sarvam-105B, at the India AI Impact Summit this year.
Alongside this, it introduced a suite of products such as Sarvam Vision for OCR and multimodal capabilities, Sarvam Dub for translation and dubbing, and the Indus beta app for mobile and web platforms. The company also showcased Sarvam Kaze, its AI-powered smart glasses.
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View AllAccording to an earlier report by The Economic Times on March 25, the startup is in preliminary discussions to raise $250–300 million from investors including Nvidia, HCLTech, and Accel.
Sarvam co-founder Vivek Raghavan has previously said the company’s monetisation strategy is focused on enterprise and government deployments.
“We are primarily working with enterprises. Our approach is largely B2B. We’re also working with governments and different sectors,” Raghavan told ET earlier.