[DigitalToday reporter Chi-gyu Hwang] Indian AI startup Sarvam has launched a conversational AI application, Indus, TechCrunch reported on Feb. 21 local time.

The Indus app runs on Sarvam’s 105-billion-parameter large language model (LLM), Sarvam 105B, and is available on the web and mobile.

Sarvam also announced enterprise AI solutions and hardware expansion plans.

The Indus app is available in beta on iOS, Android and the web, and can be used only by users in India. Users can enter questions by text or voice, and the AI responds with text and audio. Users can log in with a phone number, a Google account or an Apple ID, but the app has no function to delete history and records disappear only if the account is deleted, which is cited as a limitation. The app cannot turn off its inference function, which could slow response times, and limited computing capacity could put early users on a waitlist.

Sarvam co-founder Pratyush Kumar (프라티유시 쿠마르) said, "We plan to gradually scale Indus and actively reflect user feedback."

Sarvam, founded in 2023, is developing an India-tailored large language model after receiving $41 million in investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Peak XV Partners, Khosla Ventures and others.