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Over $41 million in funding. Trained across 10+ Indian languages. Backed by India’s sovereign AI mission. And yet — Sarvam-M, the newest large language model from Sarvam AI, clocked just 334 downloads in its first two days. For one of India’s most hyped AI startups, that’s not just a slow start — it’s a signal flare. In this video, we dive into how a model built to serve “Bharat” has unexpectedly found itself at the centre of a fierce backlash. Sarvam-M is a 24-billion parameter model fine-tuned on Indic languages using Mistral Small as its base. It was positioned as a major milestone for Indian AI. But instead of praise, it triggered criticism, from viral LinkedIn takedowns and critical Reddit threads to industry voices asking the tough questions: Where’s the innovation? Where’s the community? And what exactly was this launch trying to prove? Sarvam AI insists this is just the beginning — a stepping stone in a longer journey. Their model reportedly outperforms Llama-4 Scout on Indian language tasks and can even tackle JEE Advanced questions in Hindi. But critics argue it's nothing more than a well-funded fine-tune, pointing to the lack of adoption, missing developer traction, and a mismatch between funding hype and actual delivery. This isn’t just a story about one model. It’s a snapshot of the growing tension within India’s AI ecosystem: should we build for Bharat or benchmark against Silicon Valley? Is sovereign AI about scale, substance, or symbolism? And when the world is watching, do the stakes go higher — or just get noisier? Let’s unpack the Sarvam AI saga — and what it means for the future of Indic LLMs, open-source AI, and India’s place in the global AI race. __________ India’s Biggest AI Summit – Live from Bengaluru: https://cypher.analyticsindiamag.com/ More deep dives on AI and innovation:    • Front Page   Read more at: https://analyticsindiamag.com/ #SarvamAI #indiaai #IndicLLMs #generativeai #SovereignAI #AIforBharat #mistralai #opensourceai #llm #aimtv