Archive · 21 Nov 2025
Soket AI Labs Unveils 7B Model Ahead of AI Impact Summit
Soket AI Labs is making a special language model for India.
It will understand many Indian languages and be tested with a 7 billion parameter model.
This model will help check if everything works before making bigger models with 40 billion and 120 billion parameters.
The government is helping with money, and investors are also interested.
Soket AI Labs to release a 7B parameter language model in February 2026
Model designed to be India-centric, focusing on Indian languages and context
To be trained on over 22 languages, including strategic ones for defence use
Model will serve as a testbed before scaling to 40B and ultimately 120B models
Funding combines grants and equity, with Government of India taking an equity stake
- Who
- Soket AI Labs
- What
- Developing an India-centric language model
- When
- To be released around the AI Impact Summit in February 2026
- Where
- India
- Why
- To create a foundation model that prioritizes Indian linguistic and cultural needs
- Model Size
- 7 billion parameters (initially), scaling up to 40 billion and 120 billion
- Languages
- Over 22 languages, including strategic ones for defence use
- Funding
- Combines grants and equity, with Government of India taking an equity stake
- Event
- AI Impact Summit in February 2026
- Model Type
- General-purpose, India-centric foundation model