Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first person to try out the sleek new AI powered glasses called ‘Sarvam Kaze’. The new glasses are yet to debut in India but homegrown AI startup teased the new product at the ongoing AI Impact Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
Notably, PM Modi inaugurated the India AI Expo at the Bharat Mandapam on Monday evening where he was also seen interacting with the new technology. In a picture shared by Sarvam, the Prime Minister can be seen wearing the black coloured glasses and testing out some of the key features.
“The first person to try them? The Prime Minister,” wrote Sarvam founder in a social media post.
The new AI powered device will debut in India in May but its specifications or other key details are yet to be revealed by the company yet.
Notably, Sarvam is part of 12 big and small organizations tasked by the Indian government for developing AI models based on Indian datasets.
Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had also stressed the importance of developing sovereign AI models during the ongoing summit.
He said, “Sovereign models have been launched here. You can go and see and see how they stand on the global parameters. In the coming time, AI mission 2.0, there will be a need to prepare a large infrastructure for sovereign models. This will bring India’s availability to a new level,” V
What exactly is Sarvam Kaze?
Sarvam Kaze is the answer by the AI startup to the growing smart wearable which is led by Meta’s Ray Ban glasses while Reliance Jio has also begun to showcase its new product.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sarvam AI founder Pratyutsh Kumar said that the Kaze was an initative to get the company’s products in the hands of users with a device that has been designed and built right in India.
“Sarvam Kaze moves intelligence from the screen to the real world. You wear it. It listens, understands, responds, and captures what you see.And you can build custom experiences for it with the Sarvam platform. This is a whole new world to build for.” wrote Kumar
Ahead of the Saravam Kaze debut, the company had also introduced its Sarvam Edge AI model which is designed to run locally on devices like smartphones, laptops and other hardware without relying on cloud servers. The model is said to offer faster responses, improved privacy and the ability to use AI tools even without internet.
“Responses are instant. There’s no round trip to a data center… The model is already there, ready to run the moment you need it.” Sarvam had said in its blogpost
