Fractal.ai Proposes ₹150-Crore Multimodal Medical AI Model Under IndiaAI Mission
Fractal.ai has submitted a proposal to the IndiaAI Mission to build a domain-specific multimodal medical foundation model designed to address India's critical shortage of healthcare professionals. The company has requested ₹127 crore of the total ₹150-crore budget to support compute infrastructure for the initiative. The model is positioned to help mitigate the country's high doctor-to-patient ratio of 1:1,500, significantly above the WHO’s recommended threshold, by delivering advanced AI-driven support to regions with limited access to specialist care.
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The company indicated that this proposed model would extend its existing healthcare-focused work, including the Kalaido text-to-video diffusion model and Vaidya.ai. These platforms form the foundation for the new initiative, which will incorporate multimodal reasoning, enabling the AI to analyze and interpret a variety of clinical inputs, from imaging to patient records, in a cohesive and context-aware manner.
Fractal.ai’s leadership has clarified their decision not to compete in building a general-purpose large language model (LLM), describing the pursuit as misaligned with current technological and strategic priorities. Instead, they believe that focusing on vertical domains like healthcare can allow India to assert a competitive and sovereign edge in the AI space.
Agentic AI and the Enterprise Track
Beyond healthcare, Fractal.ai is expanding its research into Agentic AI—AI systems capable of operating independently to complete tasks. The company sees this as a natural evolution of its work in reasoning and LLMs, and is currently targeting enterprise clients seeking intelligent automation.
To support these efforts, Fractal has developed Cogentiq, a platform that facilitates the deployment of AI agents tailored for tasks such as search, forecasting, and data analysis. These agents operate collaboratively under a central orchestrator, allowing enterprises to redesign workflows for speed and efficiency, while reducing reliance on static systems.
According to Fractal’s roadmap, domain-specific models—particularly in healthcare—and autonomous agent systems are the twin pillars of its long-term AI strategy. Through initiatives like this proposed IndiaAI collaboration, the company aims to shape a future where AI serves both public health goals and enterprise innovation, grounded in an indigenous, purpose-built approach.
