Indian billionaire Pearl Kapur has unveiled Kyvex, an open source AI answer engine built entirely in-house.
Indian billionaire Pearl Kapur has launched Kyvex, a fully in-house AI answer engine built on a homegrown large language model and designed as India’s strongest open-source bid to challenge global smart-search leaders. Positioned to compete directly with platforms such as ChatGPT and Perplexity, Kyvex sets itself apart by functioning not as a conventional chatbot but as a research-oriented intelligence layer built on accuracy, contextual depth, trustworthiness and concise, reference-backed outputs.
The platform carries the endorsement of India’s leading academic figures, including Prof. Ramgopal Rao, former Director of IIT Delhi; Prof. P. P. Chakrabarti, former Director of IIT Kharagpur; and P. J. Narayanan, Director of IIIT Hyderabad. Their involvement signals Kyvex’s intent to anchor India’s deep-tech innovation and strengthen national AI autonomy.
Explaining the philosophy behind the product, founder and CEO Pearl Kapur said: “We are not creating another AI platform but a new way the world can engage with knowledge.”
Kyvex is currently available through kerkyvex.ai, with Android, iOS and browser-integrated applications scheduled for release to ensure universal access.
The initiative is positioned as a milestone for India’s startup ecosystem, grounded in principles of access, transparency and technological independence.
Drawing on academic intelligence and Indian-built AI, Kyvex aims to offer a globally competitive alternative rooted in reliability and openness.
Central to its vision is a commitment to open-source development, offering its platform to researchers, enterprises and educators worldwide. By supporting reproducibility, auditability and decentralised innovation, Kyvex frames itself as India’s contribution to the next generation of open, accountable AI infrastructure.
