Building Foundation Models • Founder at @soketlabs • @iiscbangalore • HPC ♥️ AI
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Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Does an instruction actually decide its output?
@prit_sk explains our @emnlpmeeting paper on the Task–Specificity Score: with just 5% of the data, TSS/TSS++ win 8 of 9 settings.
@upperwal @lingoiitgn @iitgn
arxiv.org/abs/2602.03103
#EMNLP2026
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
We're hiring a Cybersecurity Specialist, Agentic Cybersecurity, in Bengaluru.
Help build Soket's cybersecurity frontier model with MITRE ATT&CK mapping, exploit and CTF datasets, agentic red and blue workflows, and evals.
You'll need 3 to 5 years in red teaming, pentesting or AppSec.
Apply: in.northstarz.ai/job/candida…
#Hiring #Cybersecurity
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Our Partnerships Lead @KochharSoumya represented us at #AadhaarSamvaad2026 and spoke on AI and the future of India’s digital identity infrastructure.
Organised by @UIDAI on the 17th Aadhaar Day under “Trusted Identity, Expanding Possibilities.”
Five initiatives were announced — including face authentication for ePDS and a multilingual UIDAI website.
AI is already in identity. The next step is sovereign foundation models that strengthen the intelligence layer around it — while keeping security, privacy, and human accountability at the centre.
AI should automate the work, not the accountability.
#AadhaarSamvaad2026 #UIDAI #DigitalIdentity #SoketAI
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Our first OCR model - live soon on HuggingFace and Bodhan
Text (Indic-Translate). Speech (Indic-Transcribe). Now vision.
IndicOCR, the new kid on the block. Built by @ai4bharat and @Bodhan_AI
Handwritten notes, degraded archives, 9+ scripts, all in a 0.8B model that holds its own against models 4-5x its size.
Live 05.09.2026.
Short video here 👇 full version in the reply.
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
My classes from the ongoing course of "Math of GenAI" at IISc are online. If one is interested in knowing the rigorous math behind the models that have revolutionised the world, this is the place. New lectures every week. The link to the playlist is in the first reply.
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors where AI can create meaningful impact.
We're excited to collaborate with @ICRISAT to build AI-powered tools for climate-smart agriculture and help make agricultural intelligence more accessible, localized, and actionable.
Looking forward to what we can build together.
Read more: millingmea.com/icrisat-soket…
#AgriTech #ClimateSmartAgriculture #AIForGood #ICRISAT #SoketAI
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
We are hiring across multiple roles at @soketlabs: soket.ai/careers/jobs
We are assembling a world-class team to build the next generation of foundational AI models for India and the world. #BestCompensation #SOTAComputeAndResearchInfrastructure
@upperwal @OfficialINDIAai
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
The future of AI interfaces is being built on Hosur Road.
A week ago, @ProjectMirageHQ launched their first AI interface, Dune. This was after ~5 months of R&D.
We visited Project Mirage's Bengaluru facility to find out what it's like inside of an Indian consumer tech startup:
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Introducing Dune: a context-aware keypad for Mac that adapts to what you’re doing.
Dune reads which app is in the foreground and automatically changes what its three keys do based on what you’re working on.
One tap to join meetings without searching for links. Approve and merge PRs on GitHub. Approve or reject on Claude. Or trigger your own Agentic workflows. All from a single key press.
Choose what Dune does from a set of pre-built workflow triggers or build your own. We are shipping a limited batch of Dune and would love to see what you build with it.
projectmirage.ai
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
We're hiring a COO at @zenteiq Aitech.
We're building Foundation Models — backed by IndiaAI Mission & MeiTY.
₹50–60 LPA + ESOPs. Outstanding candidates — we'll stretch.
Bangalore · Full-time Apply → forms.gle/RTmMRkrpy3Tbe25b8
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
🔸ઇન્ડિયા AI સમિટમાં IIT ગાંધીનગરના પ્રોફેસર મયંકે સુરક્ષિત અને વિશ્વાસપાત્ર AI ના નિર્માણ માટે સ્વદેશી નવીનતાઓ રજૂ કરી
🔸સમિટનું મુખ્ય આકર્ષણ 'પ્રોજેક્ટ EKA' રહ્યું, જે 22 ભારતીય ભાષાઓમાં કામ કરતું 120 અબજ પરિમાણો ધરાવતું સ્વદેશી AI મોડેલ છે
#IndiaAISummit #IITGandhinagar #ProjectEKA #MakeInIndia #AI
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Sharing a super proud moment when @PMOIndia meets @soketlabs at @IndiaAiExpo. We are building and will ship soon.... @upperwal @iitgn
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam.
Being here among innovators, researchers and tech enthusiasts gives a glimpse of the extraordinary potential of AI, Indian talent and innovation. Together, we will shape solutions not just for India but for the world!
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
Happy to share the Largest (open) Multimodal Dataset inclusive of the the diversity of India with 100+ self reported languages in the dataset.
Includes:
- 31,255+ hours of spontaneous speech
- 288K+ real-world images
- 156K+ speakers
- 165 districts, 28 States + 3 UTs
Link 👇
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
This is how we counter Western propaganda. A big shoutout to our IT Minister!
#BREAKING: India’s IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Davos strongly counters IMF Chief for calling India a second-tier AI power:
“I don't know what the IMF criteria is but Stanford places India at 3rd in the world for AI preparedness. I don't think your classification is correct.”
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
A matter of great pride to meet the honorable @PMOIndia to present @soketlabs and @iitgn dream on futuristic #AI which will be built in India & for the world. Lots of insights by PM to what to focus on, what to avoid and how to make AI impactful. 2026 is India’s AI year. 1/2
PM Modi chaired the Roundtable with Indian AI Start-Ups at his residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg earlier today.
These Start-ups are working in a diverse set of areas including Indian language foundation models, multilingual LLMs, speech-to-text, text-to-audio and text-to-video; 3D content using generative AI for e-commerce, marketing, and personalized content creation; engineering simulations, material research and advanced analytics for data-driven decision-making across industries; healthcare diagnostics and medical research, among others. The AI Start-Ups commended India’s strong commitment to advancing the artificial intelligence ecosystem in the country. They highlighted the rapid growth and vast future potential of the AI sector, observing that the centre of gravity of artificial intelligence innovation and deployment is beginning to shift towards India. The leaders said that India now offers a robust and enabling environment for AI development, firmly placing the country on the global AI map: PMO
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
As India prepares to host the India AI Impact Summit 2026, PM @narendramodi Ji chaired a roundtable with Indian AI start-ups advancing responsible, inclusive, and globally relevant AI innovations.
➡️ These 12 start-ups are working in a diverse set of areas including e-commerce, marketing, engineering simulations, material research, healthcare, medical research and more.
Abhishek Upperwal retweeted
PM also shared his vision to how to make IndiaAI summit as “India ka Summit” instead of “india me Summit”.
Also, presented him a greeting card made by my daughter which he adored and returned with an autograph.
@OfficialINDIAai @lingoiitgn @upperwal
