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Sarvam AI, founded in 2022 in Bengaluru, builds large language models with native support for Indian languages.
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Capital graph
Company· 10
Investor· 5
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-06Series B$234M
Investors · HCL Technologies, Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Peak XV PartnersSource · techcrunch.com ↗
- 2023-12Series A$41M
Investors · Lightspeed, Peak XV Partners, Khosla VenturesSource · SVTR Weekly #031 ↗
Comparable companies· by market
This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Sarvam AI
Builds large language models that support Indian languages
Series B · $275M · 2026-06
$275M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Writer
Develops large language models and software that make it easier for companies to build AI applications
Undisclosed · $450M · 2024-11
$450M - Deepgram
Voice AI models and APIs (STT, TTS, etc.)
Series C · $130M · 2026-01 · Valuation $1.3B
$130MValuation $1.3B - Black Forest Labs
Building the FLUX family of foundation models for image generation and editing
Series B · $331M · 2025-12
$331M
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Baichuan
Generative AI and large language models
Series A · $700M · 2024-07
$700M - ModelBest
Development and commercialization of on-device large models
Series C · $219M · 2026-07 · Valuation $2.8B
$219MValuation $2.8B - DeepSeek
Open-source large language model development and API/agent services
Series A · $7.2B · 2026-06 · Valuation $56B
$7.2BValuation $56B
Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Aleph Alpha
Develops AI large language models based on European data
Undisclosed · $500M · 2024-09
$500M - H
Computer-use AI agent platform for large European enterprises.
Seed · $220M · 2024-05
$220M - Mistral AI
Develops open-weight large language models and provides supporting compute infrastructure…
Series D+ · 2026-09 · Valuation $24B
—Valuation $24B
Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Sakana AI
Biologically inspired, efficient AI systems and models (including methods such as "model merging")
Series B · $265M · 2025-11
$265M - AI21 Labs
Provides developers with customized text-based business applications built on AI21's proprietary AI models
Series D+ · $508M · 2025-05 · Valuation $1.4B
$508MValuation $1.4B - Cohere
Platform company that builds general-purpose and vertical large models for enterprises
Series D+ · $1.8B · 2026-10 · Valuation $26B
$1.8BValuation $26B
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