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  • 3AI Holding Ltd & SML India launch launch GenAI platform – ‘Hanooman’

    3AI Holding Ltd & SML India launch launch GenAI platform – ‘Hanooman’

    Mumbai: 3AI Holding Ltd and SML India has announced the launch of ‘Hanooman’, India’s homegrown largest multilingual and most affordable GenAI platform in 98 global languages, including 12 Indian languages, to build Gen AI ecosystem for India by leveraging the country’s diverse linguistic and cultural heritage.

    Derived from the name of Lord Hanuman, it symbolises the platform’s commitment to using the power of GenAI for greater good. Hanooman, with all his knowledge, power and strength always served Ram loyally and we want Hanooman to bring the same GenAI power to humanity. Hanooman has been developed by SML India in partnership with 3AI Holding. The platform aims to reach 200 million users within its first year of launch.

    As part of the launch, SML India announced its partnership with leading technology stalwarts and innovators like HP, NASSCOM, and Yotta. Through the partnership, Yotta will provide GPU cloud infrastructure to bolster SML India’s operations. Additionally, SML India’s partnership with NASSCOM is aimed at several initiatives, like supporting AI startups, fostering fintech innovation, engaging with 3000 colleges, and participating in research programmes.  The company has also collaborated with the Government of Telangana and the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), to facilitate seamless translation between English and Telugu, enhancing accessibility and understanding of crucial documents like court orders. These strategic partnerships with leading tech players and government bodies signify a monumental leap forward in India’s GenAI landscape, and underscoring Hanooman’s capabilities and commitment to delivering innovative solutions to businesses and individuals alike. The 12 Indian languages that the web and app are currently available in include Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Sindhi. Additionally, Hanooman will support a host of global languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, and 80 other languages worldwide.

    Powered by 3AI Holding’s cutting-edge technology, it combines specialised LLMs built with a dynamic integration synthesis matrix to deliver clear, adaptive insights and transform complex data into actionable intelligence effortlessly. It is presently accessible in its free version, with the premium subscription plan to be launched later this year. Along with its exceptional translation capabilities, Hanooman’s versatile features can handle everything from a casual chat to offering professional advice, as well as perform complex technical tasks like coding and tutoring.

    With integration-ready pipelines seamlessly integrating into existing products, Hanooman aims to cater to four sectors, including healthcare, governance, financial services, and education. Hanooman is set to offer an open-source alternative to commercially accessible Large Language Models (LLMs), while providing a closed-source model tailored for enterprises in need of on-premise solutions.

    3AI Holding MD Arjun Prasad said, “Our mission is clear: to ensure that AI is not just a privilege for a few, but a tool accessible to every Indian. Hanooman embodies this commitment of democratising access to cutting-edge technology to every Indian. What sets Hanooman apart is that it is built in India, built for India, and stored in India (data). Through our strategic partnership with SML India, we strive to cater to a diverse spectrum of users, making AI inclusive and available to everyone, regardless of their ethnicity or location. We strongly believe that by empowering individuals with GenAI, we can unlock unprecedented opportunities for innovation, thereby contributing to the growth of the country.”

    SML India co-founder & CEO Dr. Vishnu Vardhan said, “Hanooman represents a new era of AI innovation in India. With its launch, we aim to impact the lives of 200 million users within the first year alone. 80 % of Indians can’t use English, hence, Hanooman’s capabilities to support Indian languages will bring Gen AI to the reach of everyone in India and open massive opportunities for companies and startups bringing Gen AI products to the market.

    We envision Hanooman not only as a technological marvel but also as a catalyst for societal change. We see Hanooman as a cornerstone of India’s economic future, unlocking the vast potential of GenAI to drive innovation, productivity, and prosperity across various sectors.”

    The strategic partnership between SML India and 3AI Holding reflects a commitment to the fundamental mission of ‘AI for All.’ By jointly owning Hanooman, both the entities are dedicated to democratising the GenAI space and bridging the gap between urban and rural India. The platform’s launch marks a significant milestone in India’s AI journey, positioning the country as a global leader in AI adoption and innovation.

    Hanooman is now available for download in India and can be accessed through the web and mobile application for Android users on the Play Store. The forthcoming IOS app will soon be available for download on the App Store.

    To unlock the potential of Hanooman, please visit: https://hanooman.ai/ and download the app:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hanooman.ai&hl=en_US&pli=1

  • Immerso AI and Yotta announce strategic partnership for generative media

    Immerso AI and Yotta announce strategic partnership for generative media

    Mumbai: Immerso AI, part of the Eros Investments Group, a leading Generative AI company with intellectual property and licensed data, has announced their strategic partnership with Yotta at Vibrant Gujarat 2024. With this partnership, Immerso AI will leverage the Omniverse platform by NVIDIA and high-fidelity custom development to develop high-quality movie characters from the Eros Now library and Conversational AI and as Avatars and Characters for Gaming and other use cases. This development will leverage the NVIDIA-powered reference architecture with NVIDIA Infiband Networking infrastructure as being deployed by Yotta in Q1 2024. The companies will leverage the recent partnership announcement between the Govt. of Gujarat, GIFT City and Immerso AI Parks to engage local talent for research, development, and deployment.

    “India has the rich talent, vast scale, and deep pools of data to harness Generative AI to help solve the nation’s and the world’s greatest challenges,” said NVIDIA, South Asia MD Vishal Dhupar. “To help achieve this potential, NVIDIA is working with leading Indian businesses, as well as the larger ecosystem, to create cloud-based sovereign AI accelerated computing infrastructure.”

    Government of Gujarat principal secretary, IAS department at science and technology Mona Khandhar mentioned “Gujarat will play a pivotal role in the future of Deep Technology for Digital India and we are very pleased with this collaboration from leading companies like NVIDIA, Yotta and Immerso AI in the Generative AI space developing in Gujarat.

    Immerso AI CEO Ali Hussein mentioned “2024 is going to be the year of Generative Media, unlike other digital business infrastructure and performance will play a key role in generative Media and Gaming. Our core vision to develop India’s largest AIIP company is augmented with this partnership.”

    Yotta co-founder & CEO Sunil Gupta shared “Yotta is dedicated to harnessing AI’s power to transform various industries throughout India. Our collaboration with NVIDIA signifies a notable advancement in this endeavor, reinforcing our dedication to offering top-tier services to both existing and future clients. Through Immerso AI’s capabilities, we believe we can significantly enhance the M&E sector, greatly boosting our abilities in movie production and gaming development.

    As of May 2023, the Indian Generative AI landscape had more than 60 startups dedicated to offering solutions and services to their customers spread across various industry verticals. More than $590 million in funding has already flown into this space, with 2022 being the year with the heaviest funding inflow. 2024 will be a pivotal year in the development of the Generative AI eco-system in India and the native technology will cut across industry verticals.

  • Here are the winners of the second edition of Ann Awards

    Here are the winners of the second edition of Ann Awards

    Mumbai: On 17 July, Animation Xpress concluded the second edition of KAM Kids Animation & More summit that successfully brought together all the stakeholders of the animation space from all across the globe. The summit was followed by a grand award ceremony titled the ANN Awards 2021 where the best talents in the world of animation were honoured and recognised for their artistry and creativity.

    KAM Summit and ANN awards were presented by Nick and co-powered by Cosmos-Maya, Unreal-Engine and Discovery Kids. YOTTA served as the workstation partner and OTT service partner whereas Green Gold Animation was the summit partner. ABAI promoting Centre of Excellence (COE) were the associate partners and the event was supported by in10 Media – GUBBARE and HUION. Tokyo-based TBS’ Digicon6 Asia was the festival partner and ASIFA India was the community partner.

    Animators, studios, and individuals from institutes participated across 66 categories, setting a benchmark in the animation space. Over 300 artists were judged by a well-qualified 10-member jury through an online mechanism. The jurors were Vidit Kundra, Shilpa Ranade, Yoshiya Ayugai, Sekhar Mukherjee, Joan Vogelesang, Indrajit Nattoji, Anil Wanvari, Vivek Ram, Jack Liang, Dhimant Vyas.

    The winners will receive the Ann Awards trophy along with digital certificates.

    This year to honour the creative genius and champion of Indian animation industry, the late Arnab Chaudhuri, AnimationXpress introduced a new recognition, ‘The Arnab Chaudhuri Director’s Award’. To select the winners, an Awards Committee was put in place that consisted of people who have been associated with Arnab and understood his philosophies- Vaibhav Kumaresh, Ashish Kulkarni, Pete Bishop, Orion Ross, P Jayakumar, Prakash Moorthy, Hari Varma, Anil Wanvari and Ashima Avasthi.

    The winning student director under ‘The Arnab Chaudhuri Young Ace Award – Short Form content’ will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs 15,001 and the winner of ‘The Arnab Chaudhuri Young Ace Award – Long fort Form content’ will be awarded with Rs 33,001. The cash prize is a joint contribution from Ashima Avasthi, Vaibhav Kumaresh and AnimationXpress. The winners will also receive a digital tablet from our support partner HUION. 

    Here’s the list of Ann Awards nominations and winners:

    PROGRAMMING

    Best Preschool Show

    ·  Mighty Little Bheem episode – A Royal Festival of Colors (Green Gold Animation)

    Best Channel Packaging

    ·  Warner Media India – Pogo Festive Packaging

    Best Promo

    ·  Kaal ka badla (Discovery Kids India)

    ·  Kris Live Action Sport (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    ·  Kris Live Action Stationary (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    ·  Toons ki barish (Warner Media India – Cartoon Network)

    ·  What’s Your Summer Plan (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best 2D Animated Series

    ·  Abhimanyu (Toonz Media Group)

    ·  Ting Tong as Inventor (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Chhota Bheem Episode – Shrunken Kids (Green Gold Animation)

    ·  Fukrey Boyzzz: Vanaar Sena (Discovery Kids India)

    ·  Titoo (Cosmos-Maya)

    Best 3D animated series

    ·  Bhoot Bandhus Family Tree & Bhoot Bandhus Magic Show (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Rudra – Race to the mountain (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Bablu Dablu: Monster Plan (One Take Media)

    ·  Motu Patlu (Cosmos-Maya)

    ·  KickO and Super Speedo (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best Animated Film

    ·  Fatak Patak – Sheru Ban Gaya Champion (Nihodo Media)

    ·  Rudra – The Land of Nowhere (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Bheem In The City (Green Gold Animation)

    ·  Little Singham : Kaal ki Shatir Chaal (Discovery Kids India)

    ·  Little Singham: Future mein Satakli (Discovery Kids India)

    Best Animated Short Film

    ·  Ting Tong as Kungfu Dancer (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Jungle Mangal (Saggitive TechnoCreative Solutions)

    ·  Lamput – Transfer Gun (Warner Media India)

    Best Music Composer

    ·  Har Task with a Mask (Warner Media India)

    ·  Move it Like the Animals (YoBoHo Digital Content)

    ·  Kicko and Super Speedo vs Benaam Who (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best Remotely Produced Content

    ·  Bheega Diya na (Warner Media India)

    ·  We for the World (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    ·  Momo and Tulus (YoBoHo Digital Content)

     

    DIGITAL/ OTT AWARDS

    Best Animated Film

    ·  Bombay Rose (Paperboat Design Studios)

    ·  Titoo Ambulance (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    ·  Christmas Ident (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    ·  Simmba Biker Gang (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    Best Animated Digital Series

    ·  Gummy Bear & Friends (Toonz Media Group)

    ·  Mighty Little Bheem Episode – Come Out and Play (Green Gold Animation)

    Best Animated Music Video

    ·  The Fortune & Julia Nem – Lost (Kiran Venugopalan)

    ·  Titoo aisa kyun hain? (Warner Media India)

    ·  Har task with a mask (Warner Media India – Pogo)

    Best Remotely Produced content

    ·  Toons ki barish (Warner Media India – Cartoon Network)

    Best Animated Social Media Brand

    ·  Cosmos-Maya WowKidz

    Best Reels

    ·  Pixoury Media

     

    TECHNICAL AWARDS

    Best Title Design

    ·  Fukrey Boyzzz: Vaanar Sena (Discovery Kids India)

    Best Title Song

    ·  Keymon Ache (Viacom18 – Nickelodeon)

    ·  Hope Song – Phhir Dil Bolega YAY! (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    ·  Honey Bunny ka Jholmaal title song (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best Editing in an Animated TV Series

    ·  Motu Patlu (Cosmos-Maya)

    Best Editing in an Animated Film

    ·  Fatak Patak – Sheru Ka World Tour (Nihodo Media)

    ·  Fatak Patak – Sheru Aur Masti Ki Pathshala (Nihodo Media)

    ·  Honey Bunny in Ghost Palace (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best Editing in an Animated Digital Series

    ·  Momo and Tulus (YoBoHo Digital Content)

    ·  Ace2Three Rummy (Skill Tool Studio)

    Best Director of an Animated TV series

    ·  Toonz Media Group
    Chacha Chaudhary

    ·  Cosmos-Maya
    Selfie With Bajrangi

    ·  Cosmos-Maya
    Motu Patlu

     

    Technical Awards

    Best Director of an Animated Film

    ·  A THEOREM (AK RAPOLU THEOREM)
    DHIRA

    Best Director of a Digital Series

    ·  Skill Tool Studio
    Ace2Three Rummy

    Best Screenplay

    ·  Fatak Patak – Sheru Ka World Tour (Nihodo Media)

    ·  Fatak Patak – Sheru Ban Gaya Champion (Nihodo Media)

    ·  Honey Bunny and Super Car Race (Sony Pictures Networks India)

    Best Character Design

    ·  Tiger in Jungle Mangal (Saggitive TechnoCreative Solutions)

    ·  Gadget Guru Ganesha (Cosmos-Maya)

    ·  Bapu (Cosmos-Maya)

    Best Character Animation

    ·  One Take Media Bablu
    Dablu: Monster Plan

    Best Voice Over Artist for a TV series – Male

    ·  Sony Pictures Networks India
    Honey Bunny Ka Jholmaal

    Best Voice Over Artist for a Digital series – Female

    ·  YoBoHo Digital Content Build
    A Childrens Playground

    Best Technical Innovation

    ·  A THEOREM (AK RAPOLU THEOREM)

    DHIRA

    L&M (Licensing & Merchandising) Awards

    Best Animated Character Merchandise

    ·  Chhota Bheem Saregama Carvaan Mini (Green Gold Animation)

    Best Animated Series Merchandise

    ·  Fatak Patak (Nihodo Media)

    Best Licensed Animated Character Programme

    ·  Chhota Bheem (Green Gold Animation)

    Best Licensed Animated Series Programme

    ·  Bablu Dablu: Snow Daze (One Take Media)

    Best use of Leveraging a Character for Brand Marketing

    ·  Chhota Bheem Jelimal Candies (Green Gold Animation)

     

    MAM (Media, Advertising and Marketing) Awards

    Best Animated Brand Film

    ·  Air India Animated Brand Films (ARTHA Animation)

    ·  Ace2Three Rummy (Skill Tool Studio)

    ·  TRAQ by Titan (Paperboat Design Studio)

    Best Digital Campaign for an Animated Series

    ·  Fukreyy Boyzzz Launch (Discovery Kids India)

    ·  Kaal ki Shatir Chaal (Discovery Kids India)

    ·  Ace2Three Rummy (Skill Tool Studio)

    Best use of Animated Character in a Brand TVC

    ·  Air India Animated Brand Advertisements (ARTHA Animation)

    Best Experiential Marketing

    ·  School Contact Programme (Discovery Kids India)

    Best Brand Collaboration

    ·  Fukrey Boyzzz x Britannia Krunch (Discovery Kids India)

    Best Innovative Campaign

    ·  SuperHero Academy (Discovery Kids India)

     

    Student Awards

    Best Student 3D Film

    ·  Deep Trouble (MAAC Andheri – Mumbai)

    ·  Let’s Go (MAAC South Extension – New Delhi)

    ·  BOOND (MAAC Malad – Mumbai)

    Best Student 2D film

    ·  Story of a Beginning
    Balaram J (National Institute of Design)

    ·  Water Pollution
    Vishnu Balal (UNESCO H2Ooooh! – Waterwise Program 2021 by Toonz Media Group)

    ·  Blinding Lights Music Video
    Dhruv Dhindale, Sakshi Singh & Aman Singh (DICE VFS)

     

    SPECIAL AWARDS

    Best Animator – Female

    ·  Meera Latkar (Warner Media India – POGO)
    Bheega diya naa

    Best Animator – Male

    ·  Mukund Bhaleghare (Skill Tool Studio)
    ACE2THREE Rummy

    Best Indie Studio

    ·  Paperboat Design Studios

    Young Animator of the Year

    ·  Balaram J (National Institute of Design)
    Story of a Beginning

    Best Animated Music Video

    ·  Jazyl Homavazir & Amandeep Singh
    Homeless Homeboy Animated Opening

    ·  YoBoHo Digital Content
    Move it Like the Animals

    ·  Discovery Kids India
    Little Singham: Kaal ki shatir Chaal

    ·  Kiran Venugopalan & Aishwarya Manoj Mankar
    The Fortune & Julia Nem – Lost

    Best Bollywood inspired animated IP

    ·  Fukrey Boyzzz (Discovery Kids India)

    Best use of animation in a public service message nominee

    ·  Pollution Control Day 2020 (Digitalclay Studios)

    ·  Mumbai Police Parivaar (ARTHA Animation)

    ·  Fukrey Boyzzz: Swag wali Diwali (Discovery Kids India)

    Best Syndicated Content  

    ·  Bablu Dablu: Sunsational Summer (One Take Media)

     

    EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS

    Best 3D Series Overall- TV and OTT

    ·  Mondo Yan (Toonz Media Group)

    ·  Mighty Little Bheem Episode – A Flower For Mom (Green Gold Animation)

     

    Most Expansive Studio of the Year
    Cosmos-Maya

    The Arnab Chaudhuri Director’s Award

    The Arnab Chaudhuri Young ACE Award – Short Form

    ·  Notun Fasal (New Harvest)
    Sovan Dutta (SRFTI)

    The Arnab Chaudhuri Young ACE Award – Long Form

    ·  Story of a Beginning
    Balaram J (National Institute of Design)

    The Arnab Chaudhuri Animation ACE Award

    ·  Chandra’s Cafe
    Krishna Chandran A. Nair