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What builders shipping next quarter need to know Reported, not announced — Outlook Business pegs the round at $300-350M at a $1.5B+ valuation with Bessemer, Nvidia and Amazon participating. Sarvam has not formally confirmed terms. From $53M to ~$350M in a single step — the previous Series A from Lightspeed, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India) and Khosla Ventures was a different category of cheque. India's largest 2026 private round so far — if reported terms hold, this is the biggest Indian startup raise of the calendar year. Mission-anchored — Sarvam was picked in April 2025 to build India's first homegrown sovereign LLM under the IndiaAI Mission, which gives the cheque a policy tailwind that pure-private comps do not have. Pro tip Treat the $1.5B valuation as a directional comp, not a…
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