Indian AI company Sarvam plans to bring newly released AI models to users by bringing them to Nokia feature phones, cars, and its own smart glasses.
The company, backed by Lightspeed, PeakXV, Khosla Ventures and others, said at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi that it uses an edge model that takes up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline.
The company is partnering with HMD to bring its conversational AI assistant to Nokia and HMD phones. A video demo showed users clicking a dedicated AI button on their feature phones to converse with an AI assistant in the local language and get guidance on government schemes and local markets. It is unclear whether all the AI features introduced at the event will work offline.
“Through edge AI, we want to bring intelligence to every phone, laptop, car, and even new generation devices,” said Tushar Goswamy, Head of Edge AI at Sarvam, in a presentation.
He said the company worked with Qualcomm to tailor the model to Qualcomm’s chipsets. Sarvam did not provide details on which devices the model will be rolled out to. Qualcomm said it is developing a “Sovereign AI Experience Suite” that will work on a variety of devices, including phones, PCs, laptops, cars and IoT devices.
“Our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies allows us to accelerate sovereign AI from research to deployment,” Sarvam co-founder and CEO Vivek Raghwan said in a statement.
“This enables Sarvam to design models and applications that run closer to the edge, protect data, and are ready for large-scale deployment.”
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Sarvam also said the company is working with German engineering giant Bosch to equip cars with AI assistants, but did not provide many other details.
The startup also unveiled AI smart glasses named ‘Sarvam Kaze’ which are designed and manufactured in India. Company co-founder Pratyush Kumar said the glasses are a “builder’s device” and are expected to be launched in May.
Sarvam has traditionally operated primarily in the enterprise market, offering a voice-focused model for use cases such as customer support. The new models and partnerships show the company is shifting its focus to consumer use cases.
