India’s AI scene picked up pace this week. New tools, datasets, grants and events are changing the game. Here's everything that happened: 1. Sarvam launches Bulbul V2 Bulbul V2 is a new text-to-speech system that speaks English plus 10 Indian languages with authentic Indian accents compared ElevenLabs. It’s super fast (0.398 s P90 latency) and very cheap (₹15 per 10 K characters). ▶ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ6P85jxPpg 2.Maya Research unveils “Indic Vault” Indic Vault is a free (MIT-licensed) dataset of simple question-and-answer pairs for Hindi, English and Telugu and soon Marathi and Bengali. It’s built to help you train smarter AI models in Indian languages. https://mayaresearch.ai/ 3. CognitiveLab bags the 2024 Llama Impact Grant Bengaluru’s CognitiveLab won a six-figure, non-dilutive grant to build Nayana. A family of AI models that understand text, images and speech across 22 languages (10 of them Indian). https://www.cognitivelab.in/ 4. AI Launchpad 2025 opens applications Want a free, 9-week, equity-free residency in Dharamshala? AI Launchpad picks 30 builders of AI agents, apps and tools. You cover zero cost, can apply by May 15. https://www.altspaced.com/ 5. Lossfunk’s new Indiranagar hub & “Luma” talks Bengaluru-based Lossfunk has opened an office in Indiranagar and kicked off “Luma”, regular AI talks you can join in person or online. A great spot to learn, share ideas and meet fellow AI enthusiasts.
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