Sarvam AI launches Indus chat app
23 Feb 2026, 11:36 AMIndus accepts input over text and audio, and is powered by the company's 105 billion parameter large language model.
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Homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) startup Sarvam AI has launched a limited beta version of its chat interface 'Indus' for web and mobile users.
The application accepts input over text and audio, and is powered by the company's 105 billion parameter large language model (LLM) called Sarvam 105B, which was launched last week at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
Along with the 105 billion parameter LLM, Sarvam also introduced its smaller foundational model 30B LLM.
"We’re gradually rolling out Indus on a limited compute capacity, so you may hit a waitlist at first. We will expand access over time," said Pratyush Kumar, co-founder, Sarvam on X.
The startup, founded in 2023 by Kumar and Vivek Raghavan, is touted as a domestic alternative to global AI platforms even as its models are smaller in scale compared to the likes of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
It has secured investments totalling $41 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Peak XV Partners, and Khosla Ventures.
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