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Sarvam AI’s Plan to Break Big Tech’s Stranglehold on India

Co-founder Pratyush Kumar bets on a business-to-business led diffusion of AI
The Sarvam booth at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi in February 2026.Photographer: Saritha Rai/Bloomberg

Welcome to the Thursday issue of India Edition; I’m Menaka Doshi. Each week, I bring you a ringside view of the billionaires, businesses and policy decisions behind India’s rise as an emerging economic powerhouse. You can subscribe here, and share feedback with me here.

This week: How made-in-India AI hopes to take on global rivals, a homegrown high-speed trading unicorn and a $25 billion war bill.