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Soket Labs & ZenteiQ Launch Indigenous AI Models

Soket Labs & ZenteiQ Launch Indigenous AI Models

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has unveiled three indigenous artificial‑intelligence foundation models—EKA‑1, Dhīr 2B and Dhīr 5B—developed by domestic companies with support under the IndiaAI Mission, and the government highlighted their potential for specialised applications. At the same time, visa policies remain uncertain for Indian IT firms, with expectations of greater regulatory scrutiny of AI investments and increased oversight of visa policies.

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    Homegrown AI startups Soket Labs and ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations have rolled out new indigenously-developed large language models (LLMs) under the…

    — Inc42

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    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched three new sovereign AI models from two Indian AI labs, namely Soket Labs Technology and Research and ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations. The ministry released Soket AI’s EKA-1 and ZenteiQ’s Dhīr 2B and Dhīr 5B AI models. Soket claims…

    — NDTV

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Homegrown AI startups Soket Labs and ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations have rolled out new indigenously-developed large language models (LLMs) under the…

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