Archive · 2 Jun 2025
Sarvam AI Co-founder Responds to Criticism of Indic GenAI Model
A new AI model called Sarvam-M, made in India, is getting mixed reviews.
Some people think it's not impressive, while the creators say it's too early to judge.
This AI can understand and work in 10 Indian languages.
The company wants to create an AI ecosystem where more people can work together.
It is backed by the Indian government to reduce reliance on foreign AI platforms.
Experts say it's hard to build such a model in India, and it's good that it supports so many Indian languages.
They believe it can be used in education, healthcare, and automation.
Sarvam-M, a 24-billion-parameter AI model, is designed to work across ten Indian languages.
Some developers express disappointment with Sarvam-M's performance.
Kumar argues that such early-stage criticism is premature.
The model is part of India's IndiaAI Mission to reduce reliance on foreign AI platforms.
Experts highlight the challenge of developing such a model in India, particularly its multilingual capabilities.
- Who
- Pratyush Kumar, co-founder of Sarvam AI
- What
- Sarvam AI's new generative AI model, Sarvam-M, is being criticized by some for its performance.
- When
- Released this month.
- Where
- India
- Why
- Kumar believes the criticism is premature and reflects a misunderstanding of how AI models mature and wants to foster collaboration.
Critics
Supporters
Difficulty of Development
Critics
The model's early-stage performance is underwhelming.
Supporters
Building a 24-billion-parameter model in India is not easy, especially with limited research encouragement.
Multilingual Support
Critics
The model offers few breakthrough capabilities.
Supporters
Sarvam-M has robust multilingual reasoning by supporting ten Indian languages.
- Model Name
- Sarvam-M
- Parameter Count
- 24 billion
- Number of Languages Supported
- 10 Indian languages
- Primary Task
- Reasoning, math and coding tasks
- Government Involvement
- IndiaAI Mission
- Company
- Sarvam AI