#DeepSeek has taken the world by storm, but this is just a step towards a surge of AIs in the making globally, including from India. 

Here’s a quick breakdown of estimated AI models in development:

(𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑄&𝐴 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑡𝐺𝑃𝑇. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦; 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤)

General-Purpose LLMs: ~20–30
Domain-Specific AI: 500–1,000+
Regional/Multilingual AIs: 100+
Startup-Led and Experimental: 1,000+

India itself is making strides with initiatives like AI4Bharat and Wadhwani AI.

1. **AI4Bharat**
   - **Overview**: A research lab at IIT Madras dedicated to advancing AI technology for Indian languages through open-source contributions.
   - **Source**: [AI4Bharat Official Website](2. **IndicBERT**
   - **Overview**: A multilingual BERT model for Indic languages, developed by AI4Bharat to support various natural language processing tasks.
   - **Source**: [AI4Bharat's Large Language Models](3. **Project Vaani**
   - **Overview**: A collaboration between IIT Madras and Google to collect speech datasets across India’s diverse languages, aiming to build AI models capable of handling spoken language tasks for over 22 official languages.
   - **Source**: [AI4Bharat's Data Collection Initiatives](4. **Sankhya Sutra Labs**
   - **Overview**: A Bengaluru-based startup focusing on high-performance computing and AI for scientific applications, including computational fluid dynamics and simulations.
   - **Source**: [Sankhya Sutra Labs Official Website](5. **TCS Research**
   - **Overview**: Tata Consultancy Services develops AI systems for various domains, focusing on explainable AI and AI-powered business process automation.
   - **Source**: [TCS Research & Innovation](6. **Wadhwani AI**
   - **Overview**: A nonprofit AI research institute applying AI to challenges in agriculture, healthcare, and education, such as predicting pest outbreaks and improving disease diagnosis.
   - **Source**: [Wadhwani AI Official Website](7. **OpenAI India Collaborations**
   - **Overview**: Indian researchers contribute significantly to global AI advancements through collaborations with organizations like OpenAI and Anthropic.
   - **Source**: [OpenAI Research](