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Govt To Offer 100% Compute Subsidy To Sarvam, Others For Foundational Models: Report
- The Indian government is offering a 100% subsidy on compute infrastructure costs to Sarvam AI and other companies developing foundational AI models.
- This subsidy is exclusive for building foundational models, with a 40% subsidy available for other AI workloads.
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced a 40% subsidy for common compute access, aiming to reduce costs significantly.
- The government has selected four startups, including Sarvam AI, Soket AI Labs, Gnani.ai, and Gan.ai, to build foundational AI models under the IndiaAI mission.
- The IndiaAI Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet with an outlay of INR 10,372 Cr over five years, aims to boost the homegrown AI ecosystem through various initiatives.
- Foundational AI models are in progress with Sarvam AI working on a language model, Soket AI Labs on a linguistic diversity model, and other startups on voice AI and multilingual models.
- The government received 506 applications for the IndiaAI Mission, and the final selection of companies will depend on India's GPU capacity.
- The IT ministry mentioned India's compute capacity exceeding 34,000 GPUs but new additions are pending activation.
- Startups like Soket AI and Gnani.ai are seeking both GPU support and financial grants from the government to advance their projects.
- The IndiaAI Mission aims to establish a comprehensive AI ecosystem focused on foundational models, compute capacity, safety standards, and talent development.
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