India’s AI startup Sarvam that Google CEO Sundar Pichai praised launches Indus AI chatbot app with multilingual support

Sarvam, an Indian artificial intelligence startup working on AI models for Indian languages and users, has launched its Indus chat app for web and mobile platforms. With this move, the company enters a crowded generative AI market that is currently led by global players such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google with their respective AI chatbots – ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, respectively. The launch comes days after Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he is impressed with. Speaking at India AI Impact Summit 2026, Pichai specifically highlighted Sarvam AI for developing local AI models tailored to Indian languages and contexts saying "The work Sarvam has done developing local AI models ....I just don't see any impediments to that, and I think it is very, very well positioned".

How Sarvam’s Indus AI chatbot works

Indus works as a chat interface for Sarvam’s newly announced 105B model, a large language model with 105 billion parameters. It allows users to type or speak questions and receive responses in text or audio. Users can sign in using their phone number, Google or Microsoft account, or Apple ID. For now, the service appears to be limited to users in India.




Sarvam has said the app has some limitations in its early version. Users cannot delete chat history without deleting their account, and there is no option to turn off the app’s reasoning mode, which can slow responses.


The app was launched two days after Sarvam introduced its 105B and 30B models at the AI Summit held in New Delhi earlier this week. At the event, the company also shared details about its enterprise plans, hardware roadmap, and partnerships with firms such as HMD and Bosch.

Sarvam’s Indus AI chatbot availability

The Indus app is currently available in beta on iOS, Android and the web. Access may also be limited due to restricted computing capacity.


“We’re gradually rolling out Indus on a limited compute capacity, so you may hit a waitlist at first,” Sarvam co-founder Pratyush Kumar said in a post on X.


Founded in 2023, Sarvam has raised $41 million from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures, as it builds AI models designed specifically for Indian users.