According to reports, the Karnataka government intends to join the Center-led IndiaAI Mission by launching a specialised AI mission. As GenAI becomes more widely used, it is necessary to control its use and establish a framework, according to a media article that quoted Karnataka’s minister of electronics, information technology, and biotechnology, Priyank Kharge.
In order to create a distinct framework for AI, Kharge continued, the state is currently considering including the new policy into the next Karnataka IT policy 2025–2030. At the Bengaluru Tech Summit in November, the state intends to introduce its new IT policy. Over a million techies and one lakh AI specialists call Karnataka home.
The state’s AI Workforce Impact Study, which aims to explore how AI automation is affecting the workforce and what skills people should prioritise for the future, was launched shortly after the AI framework policy talks.
Karnataka Fostering Matured Startup Ecosystem
Conversely, Karnataka boasts one of the most developed startup ecosystems in the nation, as Bengaluru-based AI startups secured $872 million in funding over the past five years, according to India’s AI Uprising: GenAI, AI Agents & The Future Of Startups, Report 2025.
A Centre for Applied AI for Tech Solutions (CATS) would be established with an investment of INR 50 Cr over the next five years, in addition to the INR 100 Cr corpus for deep tech businesses that the state of Karnataka announced in this year’s budget. With more than $2 billion in financing, Bengaluru was the most well-funded startup cluster overall.
The Centre is already on track to promote the creation of domestic AI models in the nation under its IndiaAI mission, which has an expenditure of more than INR 10K Cr, even though Karnataka plans to create its own AI mission.
The Centre-led initiative to develop indigenous LLMs in India has already shortlisted GenAI firms SarvamAI, Gnani.ai, and Soket AI. This will also boost India’s GenAI sector, which is predicted to grow to a $17 billion opportunity by 2030.
India’s AI Roadmap
The government is providing investment funds and other forms of support to firms like Sarvam, Gnani, Gan, and Soket AI Labs in order to encourage the development of LLMs as part of India’s AI goal. More LLM-developing applications that will receive GPU access or grants will shortly be announced by the IndiaAI Mission, according to various media reports.
With a plethora of ideas under the IndiaAI Mission centred on creating large language models (LLMs), India’s push to become a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is gathering steam.
According to a media report that quoted Sunil Gupta, CEO of Yotta Data Services, the country’s strategic commitment to autonomous and culturally relevant AI is demonstrated by the 43 proposals out of 506 that the India AI Mission received for the development of foundation AI models that are explicitly devoted to creating LLMs.
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