Telugu AI.
Built for Sovereignty
We build small, open-source language models for Telugu — designed to run offline, on low-cost devices.
Across modalities. One language.
Small, efficient models built for the edge from text to voice to vision, across the full stack Telugu AI never had.
Language Model
Models for Telugu understanding, generation, and reasoning
Speech Model
Speech recognition and natural voice for native speakers
Vision Model
OCR and visual understanding for Telugu script, signboards, manuscripts
Datasets
Open, annotated datasets for training and benchmarking Telugu models
Tools and Evals
Open frameworks to test and trust Telugu AI so trust isn't assumed, it's measured
Telugu exists in AI. But mostly on borrowed foundations.
Today's systems can process Telugu — but they are rarely designed around Telugu users, devices, contexts, or infrastructure realities.
Translation is not understanding.
Most systems learn Telugu indirectly through multilingual scaling.
Cloud assumptions exclude many users.
Reliable AI should not require expensive hardware or constant connectivity.
Local context remains under represented.
Dialects, cultural nuance, and regional usage are still treated as edge cases.
What we need to move faster.
We are looking for partners to support the next stage of this work.
Compute Infrastructure
Access to GPUs and training resources to build and iterate on models.
Data Development
Support for dataset creation, curation, and cultural grounding.
Research & Engineering
Collaboration on models, systems, and evaluation.
With the right support, this evolves from research into infrastructure
How we work? Open, always.
We are not a company. We are a community of researchers and engineers who believe Telugu needs sovereign AI models.
Everything we build is open source — models, datasets, and research.
Join the work
Researchers, linguists, engineers, and writers — if you care about Telugu AI, there is a place for you here.