Respected @svembu this restriction on Fable and Mythos access is a clear wake-up call. Technology has become the ultimate strategic asset. Globalisation as we knew it is over. I have read. your article
Weโve declared โwake-up callsโ multiple times:
โข Atmanirbhar Bharat push during COVID
โข Semiconductor Mission after the global chip crisis
โข Repeated calls for data sovereignty and reducing
import dependence In each case, the diagnosis was correct. The follow-through on building real capability at scale has been weak.
The structural failure is clear: Risk capital remains difficult to access for serious builders in India. Our wealthy individuals and institutions still prefer safer avenues. Bureaucracy, slow processes, and lack of patient domestic capital continue to hold back deep tech ambition. Fixing capital formation and dramatically reducing friction for risk-taking is now essential.
Without it, we will keep reacting to external shocks instead of building ahead of them.
The things that are very suspicious about $sarvam are model drops and sudden surges in downloads, often coinciding with funding rounds or following criticism. This looks coordinated to manufacture momentum and narrative.
Secondly, pushing "we beat global models" headlines while avoiding independent verification is a classic hype tactic.
An Indian IT services giant facing slowing growth and AI disruption to its traditional business is putting in half of a $300M round. This smells like a defensive/strategic move either locking in AI capabilities for their own services or using Sarvam as outsourced R&D rather than pure belief in superior technology.
Unusual for a traditional IT company to lead such a large deep-tech bet. Co-founder Vivek Raghavan spent over a decade as a key volunteer/technical leader at UIDAI building Aadhaar's biometric systems.
This creates serious questions about arm's-length dealings, preferential access to government contracts/data, and whether success is driven by merit or connections. It blurs public-private lines.
These practices are common in pre-profit AI companies but especially concerning at unicorn valuation.
Sarvam AI could be Indiaโs biggest sovereign AI success story.
Despite rejections from SoftBank, a16z, Prosus and other top VCs, the Bengaluru startup is on track to raise $300-350 million at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Read our story on this:
https://t.co/DNB1uo9LZT
The things that are very suspicious about $sarvam are model drops and sudden download surges often coincided with funding rounds or after criticism. This looks coordinated to manufacture momentum and narrative.
Secondly Pushing we beat global models headlines while avoiding independent verification is a classic hype tactic.
An Indian IT services giant facing slowing growth and AI disruption to its traditional business is putting in half of a $300M round. This smells like a defensive/strategic move either locking in AI capabilities for their own services or using Sarvam as outsourced R&D rather than pure belief in superior technology. Unusual for a traditional IT company to lead such a large deep-tech bet.
Co-founder Vivek Raghavan spent over a decade as a key volunteer/technical leader at UIDAI building Aadhaar's biometric systems. This creates serious questions about arm's-length dealings, preferential access to government contracts/data, and whether success is driven by merit or connections. It blurs public-private lines.
These practices are common in pre-profit AI companies but especially concerning at unicorn valuation.
@Viceroy_009@niketrajdwivedi Very true and the joke is we talk about building big ass companies, we build a complete la la land, but cannot address the key issues of brain drain it is basically our talent used for others