Ex-Microsoft employee joins Sarvam, says parents’ concerns turned to pride after AI Summit: 'They were smiling'

Former Microsoft employee shares how AI Summit changed parents’ views. (Image credit: @HarveenChadha/ X)

• Harveen Singh Chadha's parents now support his move to Sarvam AI
• Sarvam AI unveiled a voice-first model for 24 Indian languages
• Chadha's story went viral, inspiring praise for Sarvam's work

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After Sarvam AI’s standout showing at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, employee Harveen Singh Chadha shared that his parents, once upset about him quitting Microsoft, have now changed their view.

Chadha's post

Harveen Singh Chadha, who works as an LLM Researcher at Sarvam, said he had a major shift in perspective since he quit Microsoft in April 2025 to join the startup.

Sharing a post on X, the Sarvam employee wrote, “10 months back, parents were not happy when I left MS. Today, when I reached, they were smiling.”

He said his parents are proudly saving articles about Sarvam and circulating them on WhatsApp.

“Dad showed me all the news channel recordings, newspaper mentions of Sarvam. Mom told me how she promoted Sarvam in WhatsApp groups and to neighbours,” said Chadha. “Overall, a very small win but a long way to go.”

10 months back parents were not happy when I left MS

Today when I reached, they were smiling Dad showed me all the news channel recordings, newspapers mentions of sarvam Mom told me how she promoted sarvam in whatsapp groups and to neighbours Overall, a very small win but a… — Harveen Singh Chadha (@HarveenChadha) February 21, 2026

The post quickly went viral, with users flooding the comments section.

One user wrote, “Build from India. Built for the world. We are having the opportunity to leapfrog the generation of gaps.”

Another X said, “Working for the country is the proudest thing anyone can do.”

A third user added, “Congratulations on this historic achievement and great first step towards Bharat building models and layers.”

Another user wrote, “Inspiring stuff, Chadha Sahab! Sarvam's team has delivered an unbelievably good product. I just hope you guys continue to improve the product and make AI a mass, UPI-style, democratic, accessible movement in India.”

What is Sarvam AI?

Sarvam AI is a Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence start-up founded in 2023 that develops large language models (LLMs) and multimodal AI systems.

At the summit, Sarvam unveiled an AI model developed from scratch, specially for Indian audiences. The voice-first platform supports nearly 24 Indian languages, which the company considers crucial in a country of 1.45 billion people where many are not comfortable reading or typing in English.