Bengaluru startup Sarvam AI is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $300–$350 million, valuing it around $1.5–$1.55 billion, with Bessemer likely leading and major global investors expected to join. The funding push aligns with IndiaAI Mission efforts toward sovereign, localized AI, where Sarvam has showcased India-trained language models and voice-first systems supporting 22 languages, plus agentic tools for enterprise tasks.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has unveiled a new model positioned to dramatically cut costs while supporting an unusually large one million word context window. The release is expected to improve real-world usability and open doors for broader commercial deployments. DeepSeek also rolled out two variants, V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with different parameter and performance profiles.
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