Founder · Sarvam AI

Pratyush Kumar

Co-founder of Sarvam AI, an artificial intelligence company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruArtificial Intelligence
Founded
2023
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Raised to date
$275.2M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
Series B
$234M · Jun 2026

About

Pratyush Kumar is Co-founder of Sarvam AI, an artificial intelligence company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2023. Sarvam AI's most recent disclosed round was a Series B of $234M in Jun 2026.

Compiled from StartupFox records · updates as coverage is published

Company

Est. 2023
Sarvam AI
Artificial Intelligence · Bengaluru

Sarvam AI is an Indian artificial intelligence company building large language models and voice systems for Indian languages. It was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to develop a sovereign foundational model trained on Indian language data.

Funding
Jun 2026Series B$234MHCLTech (anchor)
Aug 2025Undisclosed round (Tracxn record only)$0.228M
Aug 2023Seed$41MLightspeed and Peak XV Partners (co-leads)
Company profile →3 rounds on record

Journey with Sarvam AI

1 milestone
  1. Aug 2026Milestone

    Board approves issue of 20,244 Series B preference shares and seven equity shares at ₹3,44,570 each to raise ₹698 crore (about $74 million), led by NVIDIA. Approved by resolution; allotment not confirmed.

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Coverage

2 stories
Lite Updates · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Sarvam AI Board Approves ₹698 Crore Share Issue to NVIDIA, Glade Brook Capital and Others
Lite Updates · 15 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
HCLTech Leads $234 Million Series B in Sarvam AI at $1.5 Billion Valuation