- Published on July 24, 2025
- In AI Startups
Indian AI Startups are Obsessed with Open-Source Small Models
“Just having them openly available, without any restrictions, helped a lot in my research journey.”
- By Siddharth Jindal
As foundational models become more capable, a parallel trend is emerging in open-source AI: developers and entrepreneurs are building smaller, more specialised models that can be deployed locally. For many developers, the journey started with Meta’s Llama 2.
This conversation unfolded on an episode of AI Talks by AIM, powered by Meta. Sunil Abraham, public policy director of data economy and emerging tech at Meta India, led a deep dive into how open-source generative AI is driving real-world impact well beyond Silicon Valley.
https://youtu.be/gGp9Dlz0o8Y
He was joined by Pratik Desai, founder and CEO of KissanAI, and Adithya S Kolavi, AI researcher at CognitiveLab. Both are practitioners building frontier models for India’s unique requirements.
“Llama 2 was a very
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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