Sarvam Becomes India's Latest AI Unicorn

Bloomberg Markets Wednesday 17 June 2026, 06:24 UTC 1 min read

Key Points

Jun 17th, 2026 Sarvam Becomes India's Latest AI Unicorn Sarvam AI has become India's latest AI unicorn after raising $234M from investors including HCL Tech, Bessemer, and Khosla Ventures. Co-founder, Pratyush Kumar, joined Paul Allen on Insight with Haslinda Amin t [Image text:] LIVE Chennai, India Pratyush Kumar SARVAM AI CO-FOUNDER Insight SARVAMRAISES$234M INSERIESBFIRST CLOSE with Haslinda Amin

India (LOCATION) Latest AI Unicorn Jun 17th (ORG) Latest AI Unicorn Sarvam AI (ORG) HCL Tech (ORG) Bessemer (LOCATION) Khosla Ventures (ORG) Pratyush Kumar (PERSON) Paul Allen (PERSON) Haslinda Amin (PERSON)

Originally published by Bloomberg Markets Read original →

Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis on Clarkson's Farm The 66-year-old presenter disclosed the diagnosis during the latest season of the show and said he had already begun treatment. Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of cancer. The disclosure came during the final two episodes of the fifth season of Clarkson's Farm, the Amazon Prime Video series documenting the British host's attempts to...

Channel News Asia 3m ago

Costly Malaysia-Thailand seafood stand-off nears an end

Malaysia and Thailand are edging closer to resolving a tit-for-tat seafood safety dispute, offering a lifeline to exporters after weeks of halted shipments and retaliatory restrictions on Thai shrimp and Malaysian sea bass. Tentative signs of a way out emerged on Wednesday when Malaysian officials confirmed that their Thai counterparts had returned a completed food safety standards questionnaire for formal assessment. Completing the questionnaire was a condition set by Malaysia for lifting...

South China Morning Post 6m ago

'Rape gangs': UK MP demands deportation of Pakistani men linked to grooming gangs

UK MP Rupert Lowe has read out testimonies from victims of the UK's alleged grooming gang scandal, claiming that several survivors said race and religion played a role in the abuse they suffered. Speaking about the testimonies, Lowe read out one victim's account: "Comments were constantly made suggesting that white girls, the Christian girls, were viewed as having fewer morals or lower values, whereas Muslim girls were described by some of the men as having dignity and higher moral standing....

Times of India 9m ago

Japan moves toward first-ever consumption tax cut, adds to fiscal strain

Japan moves toward first-ever consumption tax cut, adds to fiscal strain TOKYO, June 17 : Japan is moving toward temporarily cutting its consumption tax on food to 1 per cent in what would be the first effective reduction of its kind, further straining its already worsening finances. The proposal, presented by a senior executive of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a key government panel on Wednesday, would slash the current 8 per cent food levy for two years from April next year...

Channel News Asia 9m ago

Sarvam Becomes India's Latest AI Unicorn

Related Stories

Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis on Clarkson's Farm

Costly Malaysia-Thailand seafood stand-off nears an end

'Rape gangs': UK MP demands deportation of Pakistani men linked to grooming gangs

Japan moves toward first-ever consumption tax cut, adds to fiscal strain