
India must urgently build its own frontier-scale artificial intelligence models instead of remaining a passive consumer of global technology if it wants to play a meaningful role in shaping the future of AI, according to Pratyush Kumar, co-founder of Sarvam AI.
Speaking at the CII Business Summit 2026, Kumar said Sarvam AI plans to train its first trillion-parameter AI model within the next nine months, positioning the company at the centre of India’s push to develop homegrown AI capabilities.