MUMBAI, India – India takes a giant leap towards cyber sovereignty. ExorionAI is proud to announce the upcoming launch of GAHNA, the nation’s first sovereign Small Language Model (SLM) specifically built for Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence. The historic unveiling will take place at Asia’s biggest entrepreneurial platform, IIT Bombay E-Cell E-Summit 2025, on December 11, 2025.
At a time when India’s digital economy is expanding at an unprecedented rate with record-breaking UPI transactions, growing digital public infrastructure, and increased vulnerability to global cyber threats, GAHNA emerges as a vital shield, developed entirely within India to safeguard our data, networks, and digital systems.
One of its key variants, GAHNA CyberMind, is designed to serve as a next-generation AI assistant for cybersecurity professionals and agencies. It can parse Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, auto-triage threats, suggest remediations, and streamline CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence) workflows; all while operating within India’s regulatory, linguistic, and infrastructure realities.
“With GAHNA, India takes control of its digital destiny. We are building cyber resilience, not relying on borrowed intelligence,” said Dr. Utpal Chakraborty, Founder & Chief Scientist at ExorionAI. “This is our sovereign AI by India, for India.”
Why GAHNA Matters:
1) Sovereign-by-Design: Built, trained, and deployed entirely within Indian infrastructure. No foreign dependencies.
2) Compliant & Transparent: Fully aligned with IndiaAI pillars and DPDP Act principles.
3) SLM Architecture: Lightweight, efficient, reasoning-capable models designed for local deployments and air-gapped environments.
4) National Relevance: Designed for Indian contexts, languages, attack vectors, SOC operations, and government systems.
Economic & Strategic Impact:
With GAHNA, ExorionAI introduces an affordable, scalable, and secure AI layer that can be adopted by:
1) Indian cybersecurity startups
2) State-run CERTs and CSIRTs
3) Financial institutions and PSU networks
4) Defence and intelligence agencies
GAHNA is not just India’s answer to global AI race, it’s a strategic tool for digital sovereignty, economic strength, and national security.
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And https://gahna.org/
