# HCLTech plans to invest 150 million dollars in Sarvam AI, leading a 300 million dollar round valuing the Indian AI startup at 1.5 billion dollars, with Nvidia and BVP also joining.

*business · news · 2026-05-14 · CNBC TV18*

## Key points

- HCLTech will invest $150 million in Sarvam AI, leading a $300 million funding round.
- The new funding values Sarvam AI at $1.5 billion, a 7X increase from 2023.
- Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others are participating alongside HCLTech in this round.
- Sarvam AI's recent LLMs reportedly outperform Gemini Flash models in Indian language benchmarks.
- Sarvam AI received 4,096 NVIDIA H100 GPUs and nearly ₹99 crore in government subsidies.

**Companies:** HCLTech, Nvidia, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sarvam AI
**Countries:** India, United States

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