Soket AI labs launch Pragna-1B AI model in collaboration with Google Cloud

Indian Artificial Intelligence (AI) research firm Soket AI Labs, in collaboration with Google Cloud services, announced the launch of an open-source multilingual foundation model, ‘Pragna-1B’, on Wednesday.

The model will provide AI services in Indian vernacular languages including Hindi, English, Bengali, and Gujarati.

“Our partnership with Google Cloud has been pivotal in the pre-training of the Pragna-1B model. By leveraging Google Cloud’s AI Infrastructure, we achieved both efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the development of Pragna-1B.