India, July 22 -- Will AI models ever be as good for Indian languages as they are for English?

Soket AI is attempting to find a real answer to this question by building large language models (LLMs) that treat Indic languages as a core, not optional add-ons.

Founded in 2019 by Abhishek Upperwal, the startup is building a sovereign open-source AI stack that serves a gamut of Indian languages. This approach has already helped the startup secure Rs.177 Cr in backing under the IndiaAI Mission, including Rs.162 Cr in compute resources and Rs.15 Cr in non-compute support.

Soket AI's approach differs in one important way. While multilingual AI remains a key goal, the startup is equally focused on building strong reasoning capabilities that can...