Archive · 9 Oct 2026
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.
- When
- The press release is dated October 9; Antariksha.ai is described as coming soon.
- Where
- Tanumanasa is based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, and its founder is from Kendujhar, Odisha.
- Why
- The company says it aims to make AI more accessible and build technology grounded in India's languages, needs, and communities.
- 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