Sarvam AI has appointed former Google Cloud India managing director Sashikumar Sreedharan as president and chief business officer after raising $234 million in the first close of a $300 million Series B round, Storyboard18 reported on 7 October.
Key points
- Sreedharan’s remit covers business leadership as Sarvam expands its enterprise AI operations.
- He previously led Google Cloud India and Microsoft’s enterprise commercial business in India.
- The Series B first close valued Sarvam at $1.5 billion after the company raised $234 million.
- Sarvam is developing models, infrastructure and applications for enterprises, developers and government organisations.
Sreedharan takes Sarvam’s business leadership
Sreedharan’s mandate covers Sarvam’s business leadership while the company develops AI models, infrastructure and applications for enterprises, developers and government organisations. Its products span voice agents, speech-to-text, translation, document digitisation and enterprise applications. The appointment puts an executive with cloud and enterprise sales experience in charge of that commercial expansion.
He had been managing director of Google Cloud India since July 2025. Before that, he was chief operating officer of Google Cloud APAC from September 2023 to July 2025, according to Storyboard18. His move to Sarvam follows more than a year running Google’s cloud business in India.
Before Google, Sreedharan led the enterprise commercial business at Microsoft India as managing director from February 2018 to September 2023. Konsulteer reported that he also served as chief executive and managing director of Happiest Minds. His previous posts put enterprise technology sales and cloud operations at the centre of his career.
At Google Cloud India, Sreedharan was involved in expanding sovereign cloud capabilities for organisations with requirements concerning data control and isolation, Konsulteer reported. Sarvam is building AI models and infrastructure aimed at Indian enterprises and public-sector organisations, with a strategy centred on greater domestic control over AI systems and data processing.
Sarvam raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation
Sarvam announced the first close of its Series B round in June 2026, raising $234 million at a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion, Indian Television reported. The announced round was $300 million. HCLTech was its lead strategic investor, while existing investors included Khosla Ventures and Peak XV Partners.
The company was founded in 2023 by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar. Sarvam’s stated focus covers AI systems for Indian languages and applications that give organisations greater control over their data and infrastructure. Its intended users include developers and government organisations alongside enterprises.
Sarvam’s applications cover financial services, customer experience, automation and digital services. Its business also extends beyond model development to infrastructure and applications. Sreedharan’s appointment comes as the company works to expand commercial operations around that wider platform.
Other suppliers are pursuing sovereign AI products in India. IBM and Yotta made a sovereign AI agent platform available in the country, AI Affairs reported. Sarvam’s offering spans its own language and speech models as well as infrastructure and enterprise applications.
Sarvam plans a trillion-parameter model
Sarvam plans to develop a trillion-parameter AI model for coding, cybersecurity, scientific research and simulation, Konsulteer reported. The plan broadens the range of workloads the company is targeting as it builds out its model portfolio and seeks customers for its infrastructure and applications.
The company’s existing products include speech technology alongside its conversational and enterprise applications. Sarvam says it trained its Saaras V4 speech-recognition model in-house and designed it to support all 22 Indian languages.
