New Delhi: India is readying its homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Sarvam AI. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced recently that the AI will be fully operational by December 2025 or January 2026. The minister confirmed that he will personally use Sarvam AI, signalling the government’s strong push for indigenous AI technologies.

Sarvam AI is being developed by a Bengaluru-based startup. The company focuses on turning advanced AI research into practical and real-world applications. Last August, the startup introduced a software enabling businesses to communicate with customers via voice rather than text. This technology has been trained on data from 10 Indian languages, allowing users to interact in their own regional language.

While global AI chatbots like ChatGPT and

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