Sarvam AI founder warns India risks 'digital colony' status

Sarvam AI co-founder Vivek Raghavan warned in an interview that India risks becoming a 'digital colony' by relying on foreign AI platforms. He likened free foreign AI services to 'dumping' and flagged data privacy concerns. Sarvam, which handles 2.5–3 million daily voice calls in 12 Indian languages, is building a trillion-parameter AI model.