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Can a ₹340 Crore Startup Build AI for 1.4 Billion People? The Sarvam AI Story

from Nelson John 360

A professor lied about a Chinese robot dog on national TV. The internet exploded. But at the same AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Sarvam AI quietly launched 105-billion parameter models trained in 22 Indian languages, AI smartglasses PM Modi tested, and a platform that runs on Nokia feature phones. This is the real India AI story sovereign AI, multilingual AI models, Indian language technology, and the startup challenging Google Gemini and ChatGPT from Bengaluru. Nelson John 360 breaks down the Sarvam AI story, the founders from IIT and Carnegie Mellon, the $41 million funding, and why India's AI future isn't about copying Silicon Valley it's about building for a billion people who don't speak English. #SarvamAI #IndiaAI #AIImpactSummit2026 #NelsonJohn360 #MadeInIndiaAI #SovereignAI #IndianStartup #AIForBharat

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