According to the chief executive officer (CEO), IndiaAI Mission, the fourth round of the graphics processing unit (GPU) tender under the IndiaAI Mission is reportedly under progress, with at least five new compute providers showing interest during the pre-bid stage.
The government-backed IndiaAI Mission aims to deploy 38,183 GPUs and build Indian-language foundation models. As per the IndiaAI compute portal, 21,986 GPUs accounting for 57.58 per cent had been assigned to AI workloads. A total subsidy of Rs 7.61 billion has been disbursed so far.
Further, the CEO said the allocation rate on the portal will rise, with more GPUs expected through upcoming tender rounds. Around 8,000 B200 GPUs are anticipated in January, while existing providers such as E2E and Neysa are expanding their capacity. E2E has reportedly placed an order for 4,000 Blackwell GPUs.
Meanwhile, the CEO noted that tenders under the IndiaAI Mission remain platform-agnostic, enabling providers like Cerebras and Sambanova to offer GPUs, wafer-scale systems, or other compute platforms. The mission prioritises user choice and broad eligibility across established technologies to support customised AI training and inference.
He added that beyond the 12 companies already announced for developing foundation models, five additional teams are in the final evaluation stage, pending the securing of compute resources.
