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Sarvam AI Secures $41M Series A — India's Largest Dedicated AI-Native Startup Round
Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI raised $41M in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India). The company, which builds Indian-language AI infrastructure and foundation models, is hiring across ML research, applied AI engineering, and product. The round is the largest dedicated to a native Indian AI company, signalling serious institutional conviction in India-first AI.
What This Means for Your Career
Sarvam is actively hiring ML researchers, applied scientists, and LLM engineers at above-market salaries (40–60L for senior roles). This is a rare chance to join an Indian AI company doing foundational work — not just API wrappers. NLP background in low-resource or Indic language domains is a significant advantage.
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