India, May 7 -- GenAI startup Sarvam AI, recently selected by the Centre to build India's first homegrown LLM, has unveiled a new speech AI model that supports 11 Indian languages, including Punjabi, Marathi, Odiya, Tamil and Bangla, among others.

The Bengaluru-based startup took to X to announce Bulbul V2.

'Meet the all-new Bulbul.Natural, familiar speech in 11 Indian languages, with authentic accents that sound just like India," the X post read.

Sarvam AI claims that the model has fast performance and a voice that doesn't appear robotic but real. It further says that the model will also offer a custom voice option for brands to represent their distinctive identity.

"From lower latency and India-first pricing to wider language, Bulbu...