# HCLTech

Type: Company (HCLTECH)

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-15**: Series B first close: $234 million raised — Sarvam becomes a unicorn at $1.5 billion valuation, with HCLTech leading with $150 million for 10.46% stake.
- **2026-03-24**: Unicorn Round Talks — Reports emerge of $250M round at $1.5B valuation with Nvidia and Accel.
- **2026-03-07**: Sarvam 105B Launch — Announced a competitive 105-billion parameter open-source Indian LLM.
- **2023-12-01**: Series A Funding — Raised $41 million led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- **2023-07-01**: Company Founded — Sarvam AI founded by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar.
- **2023**: Sarvam AI founded — Co-founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar establish Sarvam to build full-stack sovereign AI for India.

## Recent coverage (3 stories)

### Sarvam AI Joins Unicorn Club with $1.5B Valuation; 45M Policyholders Served
2026-06-16 00:30:04 · Sentiment: Very Bullish · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 8

Sarvam AI's unicorn milestone comes with staggering traction: 45 million policyholders served and 17 million farmers engaged via multilingual voice agents. The $234 million Series B will fuel expansion across banking, insurance, and defense sectors. This funding highlights the rise of a new generation of Indian AI startups.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/sarvam-ai-unicorn-45m-policyholders

### Sarvam grabs $234M at $1.5B valuation, becoming India’s newest AI unicorn
2026-06-15 15:53:00 · Sentiment: Very Bullish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Sarvam’s latest round not only catapults it to unicorn status but also highlights a strategic shift in Indian venture: corporate investment by an IT services major alongside top-tier VCs. This raises the bar for deep-tech funding in the region.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/sarvam-unicorn-series-b-startups

### Nvidia and Accel Lead $250M Push for India's Sarvam AI at $1.5B Valuation
2026-03-24 14:04:33 · Sentiment: Bullish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Indian AI startup Sarvam is in advanced talks to raise $250 million from a high-profile consortium including Nvidia, Accel, and HCLTech. The deal is set to value the company at $1.5 billion, marking a significant milestone for India's sovereign AI ambitions and the development of regional large language models.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/nvidia-accel-hcltech-sarvam-ai-funding-unicorn

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