Why 22 languages matter for Indian AI
Research Team · 10 June 2026 · 6 min read
Over 90% of Indians don't speak English as a first language. Yet most AI products assume they do. That gap is exactly where the biggest opportunities — and risks — lie.
Sutra is trained with Indian languages as first-class citizens, not an afterthought. That means better tokenization for Devanagari and other scripts, culturally grounded responses, and safer behavior on India-specific topics.
In our internal evaluations across Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Bengali and more, Sutra meaningfully outperforms English-centric baselines on instruction following and factual accuracy.
We'll publish detailed benchmarks soon. For now, try it in the playground — switch your prompt to any Indian language and see for yourself.