How Sarvam is helping India seek its DeepSeek moment and what it needs to do next to get there

Sarvam co-founder Pratyush Kumar announced at Epoch 2026 that the startup is building a foundational AI model with over a trillion-plus parameters. The company aims to create sovereign AI for local use cases. Deloitte India partner Vijay Gopalakrishnan said, "The case for sovereign AI models is becoming increasingly compelling."