Launched at a landmark event in India recently, homegrown firm Sarvam AI claims its new 105-billion-parameter model can rival China’s DeepSeek at a fraction of the computational cost. CNA tests how it stacks up against global peers. SINGAPORE: In recent years, India’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions have been accompanied by a persistent perception. It is that while the country excels at building AI-powered software, it has yet to produce a frontier foundational model capable of standing