India, June 16 -- Meet The Minds Behind India's New AI Unicorn- Dr. Vivek Raghavan and Dr. Pratyush Kumar are basically the brains behind Sarvam AI, this Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup that has kind of jumped into India's unicorn club after a $234 million Series B round, and yeah, that pushed its valuation to $1.5 billion. It was founded in August 2023, and the company says it's building a "full-stack sovereign AI platform" for India's diverse digital ecosystem and all 22 official languages.

What really makes Sarvam AI stand out isn't only the funding noise or the headline numbers, but the intent behind it- AI that actually understands India, and not in some generic way. It's supposed to work across languages, accents, and all those e...