Inside India’s Sovereign AI Ambition | ft. Pratyush Kumar and Vivek Raghavan of Sarvam AI

India makes up a significant portion of global AI users, and yet imports almost all of its frontier AI while exporting its data and talent. Something does not add up. Sarvam AI is set on changing that. Co-founders Pratyush Kumar and Vivek Raghavan sat down with Hemant Mohapatra on Lunchbreak with Lightspeed to talk about what it actually takes to build India's full-stack AI from scratch. They cover everything from their unlikely origin story and pre-training a 105B parameter model that competes with the world's best, to the civilizational bet underneath all of it. They also get into the sovereign AI imperative, the road to a trillion parameters model, why the model layer is the most important bet in tech right now, and what ‘universal basic intelligence’ could mean for a billion people. Whether you are a founder, a builder, or just someone who thinks India should be making intelligence instead of importing it, this episode is a must watch. #LunchbreakwithLightspeed #SarvamAI #VivekRaghavan #PratyushKumar #ArtificialIntelligence #SovereignAI #AIinIndia #AIStartup #FullStackAI #IndianAI Timestamps: 00:00 - Trailer 01:16 - Introduction 02:16 - The founders’ background and why they go all-in on Sarvam 07:14 - The first month: boot camp in Chennai with 15 people and no playbook 11:14 - Why “Sarvam”, and why the model layer is linchpin of the post-AI world 14:37 - The full stack: models, GPU infrastructure, and application products 20:43 - Speed at 200 people: brand, talent, and the 14-day launch blitz 26:27 - The model journey: the road to one trillion parameters 36:37 - What it costs to stay close to the frontier and who actually cares about the gap 45:36 - Crossing the chasm of tech adoption 49:38 - Different slices, one company: how Sarvam is perceived 53:39 - The next chapter: global ambitions and Sarvam 2.0 Learn more about #LightspeedIndia through our official channels: 🌐 Website: https://lsip.com 🗞️ X: https://x.com/LightspeedIndia 💼 LinkedIn:   / lightspeed-india   🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vm2Odd...