Digital
mFilterIt and PayG Solutions forge a techno-strategic collaboration
Mumbai– In a decisive move mFilterIt, a global leader in digital Ad fraud detection and preventive solutions, has announced a techno-strategic collaboration with Customer PayG Solutions, a pioneer in payment technology services.
In an era where financial crimes are getting sophisticated, this joint venture aims to proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with digital financial transactions to enhance defense machines to combat financial fraud.
The Core of this collaboration is monitoring and assessing high-risk merchant accounts and the mule networks. By leveraging mFilterIt OSINT capabilities, these assessments enable the identification of threats at an early stage, ensuring that the financial digital platforms remain secure from fraudulent transactions.
The profound impact is expected to be seen in the BFSI sector. mFilterIt and PayG solutions anticipate a significant reduction in money laundering incidents. This will in turn fortify the digital financial ecosystem.
mFilterIt CEO Amit Relan said, “This partnership marks a significant step in our mission to combat financial crime and enhance the security of the digital economy. By joining forces with a leading payment aggregator like PayG, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that protect our clients from evolving threats and uphold the integrity of the financial ecosystem.”
PayG CTO Shivam Tiwari said, “In collaboration with mFilterIt, we are introducing powerful tools to combat the increasing sophistication of financial fraud. Our joint efforts will provide PayG with unparalleled protection against emerging and existing threats, ensuring a safer and more secure financial environment.”
Digital
Sarvam AI launches Indus, India’s sovereign AI app
Government-backed beta brings 105B model to users
BENGALURU: India’s sovereign AI ambitions have moved from white papers to working product. Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI, founded by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, has opened limited beta access to Indus, a new conversational interface powered by its 105-billion-parameter sovereign model. The launch follows the company’s selection under the Government of India’s IndiaAI Mission to build a home-grown large language model.
For Sarvam, Indus is more than an app. It is proof of concept.
The company says its 105B model is smaller than the frontier systems that power global consumer chat platforms. That is by design. For now, the focus is on accuracy, efficiency and alignment with Indian contexts before scaling to larger foundational models. In other words, build steady, then build big.
True AI sovereignty, Sarvam argues, means owning the full stack. The first step was training foundational models from scratch in India. Indus is the next, giving India control over the data and interface layers as well.
Backed by the Centre, the project is positioned as part of the broader Atmanirbhar Bharat push. In a post on X, Sarvam said it is proud to have been selected to build India’s sovereign large language model, fluent in Indian languages, voice-enabled, capable of reasoning and ready for secure, population-scale deployment. The company thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior officials for their support.
Co-founder Pratyush Kumar struck a more rallying note. India, he wrote, must be a builder and not merely a consumer in this defining era of technology. Strategic autonomy starts now.
Indus is currently available in beta on iOS, Android and the web. Users can ask questions via text or voice and receive responses in both formats. Sign-in options include phone number, Google, Microsoft and Apple accounts. For now, access appears restricted to India.
There are early-stage wrinkles. Users cannot delete chat history without deleting their account. The reasoning feature cannot be switched off, which may slow responses at times. Compute capacity is limited, so new users may encounter a waitlist as access is gradually expanded.
Sarvam has made it clear that this is a work in progress. The company describes itself as being in listen mode, inviting feedback from developers, researchers, creators and everyday users. If sovereign AI is to mean anything, it says, it must be built with the country, not just for it.
The message is simple. Try Indus. Say what works. Say what does not. In the race for artificial intelligence, India is signalling it does not want to merely download the future. It wants to write it.
