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Odisha Startup Plans Sovereign Multilingual AI for Bharat
Tanumanasa is an Indian company working on artificial intelligence.
Its founder, Abinash Das, is from Kendujhar in Odisha.
The company says it wants AI to understand Indian languages and local needs.
Its main project is called Antariksha.ai, and it is still described as coming soon.
The company says its current AI models are smaller than the very large model it hopes to build in the future.
It aims to support more than 22 Indian languages, including some used by tribal communities.
The planned service could answer questions, help with translation, and work with different kinds of information.
Tanumanasa says its work is supported by several Indian and Odisha innovation programmes.
Tanumanasa Research Pvt. Ltd., founded by Abinash Das, says it is developing AI products focused on Indian languages and needs.
Its flagship project, Antariksha.ai, is described as a sovereign AI initiative backed by Startup Odisha.
The company says its current models use 7-billion to 32-billion parameters and are trained and aligned using Indian-language data.
Antariksha.ai aims to support more than 22 Indian languages, including tribal and low-resource languages, and draw on Indian Knowledge Systems.
The planned platform is described as offering chat, translation, developer tools, multimodal features, and research capabilities; it is listed as coming soon.
- Who
- Tanumanasa Research Pvt. Ltd., founded by Abinash Das.
- What
- The company is developing Antariksha.ai, a sovereign AI platform intended to support Indian languages and use cases.
- Where
- Tanumanasa is based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, and its founder is from Kendujhar, Odisha.
- When
- The press release is dated October 9; Antariksha.ai is described as coming soon.
- Why
- The company says it aims to make AI more accessible and build technology grounded in India's languages, needs, and communities.
Key facts
- Company
- Tanumanasa Research Pvt. Ltd.
- Founder
- Abinash Das
- Flagship project
- Antariksha.ai
- Current model range
- 7 billion to 32 billion parameters, according to the release
- Language ambition
- Support for 22 or more Indian languages, including tribal and low-resource languages
- Listed support
- IndiaAI Mission GPU infrastructure and Startup Odisha
- Planned capabilities
- Chat, Indian-language tools, APIs and SDKs, multimodal features, and research tools
Quotes
Abinash Das
Founder of Tanumanasa Research Pvt. Ltd.
“At Tanumanasa, our vision is to harness the power of artificial intelligence to make technology and innovation more accessible to all. Our goal is to build intelligent solutions rooted in human understanding and responsible innovation. We want to prove that Bharat is capable enough to develop AI from grassroot levels, not just from tier-1 cities or IITs. We want to take homegrown innovation from a tribal region like Kendujhar, across Bharat, and to the global stage. As we grow, we remain commi”
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“While many LLMs are being developed in India, Tanumanasa’s approach is different — we are building AI from the grassroots up, rooted in Bharat’s real-world needs, languages and communities. Our growth reflects the untapped potential of districts like Kendujhar to contribute to global technology ecosystems.”
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