New AI Models: India Launches Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B Under IndiaAI Mission

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Recently, the central government has launched the indigenous AI foundational models Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B developed by domestic companies with support under the IndiaAI Mission. 

About Eka-1

• It is a new AI model developed by Soket Labs Technology and Research.
• Features of Eka-1
  • It is a powerful Foundation Model featuring 26.3 billion parameters and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens.
  • It demonstrates advanced capabilities, spanning all 22 scheduled Indian languages alongside English.
  • It is built as an open, sparse hybrid language model and is designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.

About Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B

• These two are open-source models developed by ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations.
• Features
  • These models can be deployed as secure, on-premise, multilingual assistants supporting English and 10 Indian languages.
  • The models can run on different computing platforms, including GPUs and TPUs.
  • Their lightweight architecture also allows on-device deployment on mobile phones without depending on cloud connectivity,
  • It enables offline-capable, document-grounded automation, knowledge retrieval, and citizen or enterprise services across defence, government, industrial, and educational sectors particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.

Source: TH

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