Sarvam AI

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Indian-language foundation models. Lightspeed + Peak XV-backed Bengaluru lab.

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Bengaluru, IndiaFounded 202380+ employeesSeries A · $41M raisedSovereign AI · Indian LLMs

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67/ 100

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Sarvam AI is the Vivek Raghavan + Pratyush Kumar-led Bengaluru lab building Indian-language foundation models. The 2024 $41M Series A (Lightspeed + Peak XV + Khosla) anchored the senior-IC bench plus the IndiaAI Mission compute allocation through 2025. Senior research hiring concentrated at IIT Madras + IIT Bombay + IISc Bangalore PhD pipelines.

Hiring Velocity84

Compensation68

Retention64

Mission Alignment78

Methodology · 5 dimensions equally weightedData as of MAY 7, 2026

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Hiring velocity · YoY

+220%

Net-new AI hires (12-month)

Funding stage

Series A · $41M raised

Sovereign AI · Indian LLMs

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Senior AI Researcher

INR 70LtoINR 1.4Cr

ML Infrastructure Engineer

INR 55LtoINR 1.1Cr

Leadership

Who runs talent at Sarvam AI.

Vivek Raghavan

Co-founder

Pratyush Kumar

Co-founder

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Pratyush Kumar and Vivek Raghavan turned Sarvam AI into the structural Indian-language foundation model thesis. Bhavish Aggarwal scaled Krutrim to 220+ open senior IC roles. Manish Gupta anchors Google DeepMind India's Bangalore senior research bench. The 20 engineers reshaping the Bangalore-Dubai-SF corridor.

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