Desk: Indian AI startup Sarvam has launched its new Indus AI chat app, which has been brought to directly compete with global AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. This app is specially designed for Indian users and provides text and voice support in 22 Indian languages. The company claims that its focus is on local understanding, data security and India-centric AI ecosystem. In such a situation, the question arises whether this app will really be able to become a strong alternative to ChatGPT.
Indus app has been specially designed for India. It can converse in 22 Indian languages and understands voice input along with text. The company says that the model has been trained to better understand Indian idioms, accents and contexts. Since its infrastructure is in India, emphasis has also been laid on keeping data local and strengthening the domestic AI ecosystem.
This app is built on the company’s large language model with 105 billion parameters. Sarvam had recently introduced its 105B and 30B models and now the same technology has been delivered to the users through the app. The company is also working with HMD to bring AI to feature phones and with Bosch to create solutions for the auto sector. It is clear from this that the startup wants to create not just a chatbot but a complete AI ecosystem.
ChatGPT is currently considered a more mature platform in terms of features. It can do coding, professional writing, image generation and multimodal work easily, and users can also ask questions by uploading images. Whereas Indus currently focuses more on text and voice chat and does not have facilities like image or file upload. However, its command over Indian languages makes it attractive for local users.
ChatGPT is available in free as well as paid plans like GO (₹399) and Plus (₹1,999), while Sarvam Indus is currently being offered completely free in the beta phase so that more and more users can join. But Indus still has some limitations like not being able to delete chat history separately and the knowledge cutoff being June 2025. Overall, Indus can be a good option for basic questions, local information and Indian languages, while ChatGPT seems to be ahead for advanced research and multimodal needs.
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