Pakistan has achieved a notable milestone in the tech sector with the beta launch of Zahanat AI, the nation’s first locally developed artificial intelligence chatbot. Spearheaded by entrepreneur Mehwish Salman Ali, co-founder and CEO of Data Vault and Zahanat AI, the platform promises to address Pakistan’s unique challenges with culturally sensitive and locally relevant solutions.
Zahanat AI is the culmination of years of development, operating from a dedicated data center in Karachi since 2022. This means that the AI model’s data stays in Pakistan for processing and doesn’t go anywhere else. This data center is connected with high-speed internet and has robust DDoS protection.
The system utilizes a mixed GPU architecture, leveraging both Nvidia GPUs and chips, initially incorporating used gaming GPUs to build its computational power. It was a relatively low-cost development project. The owners said that DeepSeek cost $5 million to make, but Zahanat AI cost less, without specifying exactly how much.
Mehwish Salman Ali said:
Our goal was to create an AI that understands and responds to the specific needs of Pakistan. Zahanat AI is trained on a massive dataset of 2 billion parameters, all processed and stored within Pakistan, ensuring cultural awareness and relevance.
A key distinguishing feature of Zahanat AI is its focus on ethical and responsible AI development. The platform is specifically trained to censor sensitive topics and avoid discussions about particular individuals.
The beta launch of Zahanat AI is currently on an invitational basis, requiring interested users to submit their email and personal details, including their profession, work email, and social media accounts. This selective access aims to gather valuable feedback and refine the platform before a wider public release.
Ali further explained:
By training Zahanat AI on Pakistan’s data, we are building a tool that can provide Pakistan-focused solutions to the diverse problems faced by our communities. We believe this technology has the potential to transform various sectors, from education and healthcare to business and governance.
For now, the beta launch has introduced Zahanat AI’s initial Z1 model, with plans to improve and expand further in the future with Z2 and so on. The Z2 model will introduce multilingual support for all languages in Pakistan and will get voice input as well.
Fake news
Is neither pakistani nor local .
No one needs chatbots . We need income and living standards.
Deepseek was actually used in benchmarks .
Also they used nvidia gpus which are not even pakistani lol
Pehle apni zahanat to Dekh lo.
Nobody said that Nvidia gpus are Pakistani. I read the whole article. Just improve your English first and stop being a pessimist.
Hey Angry Guy,
We should appreciate the initiative. Everything starts from small or even copy of other existing works then gradually things improve and come towards really new and innovative.
Youthar spotted
look like fake but lets wait for final version, here at saudi not able to access generating error
Bhai use kaisy karna hai aur is ka link shamal karein ya exact kis tarah open karein
That is true women empowerment. Trying to make fool of anyone and everyone coz ‘mein ladies hon’. She wouldn’t even know what techniques are used for training. DeepSeek was at the pinnacle of innovation and when it released it’s techniques, Nvidia stock collapsed. This lady (who in my opinion is a con artist) comes up with a technique even solid than DeepSeek but she won’t tell anyone and wants us to believe this crap. A stupid article that is most optimally paid or the author is as brain dead as this lady. A country of morons and TikTokers each trying to make fool of the other.
Hahaha, they are just hosting deepseek open source by renting NVIDIA GPUs.
isko tau galiyan hi sikhai hongi, chinese jootey polish krne ke fawaid…
MashaAllah very good effort. It’s really good to hear that first version is capable of voice function with many local languages. While next version will provide more powerful solutions focusing on local requirements. Excellent work and congratulations to whole team of Data Vault. Keep it on.
I need this zahanat AI
Out of all 8 comments I read, nobody is sure about the project and it’s base but As a Pakistani, Alhamdolillah Everybody criticized the post and even AI developer. Weldone Pakistani. Keep it up.
If it is completely new and based on their own models then company should publish its paper, otherwise if it is using deepseek or openai engine then it is just an another application of AI.
Fake Claim Fake new.
Lady using deepseek open source and named it as zahnat Ai…infavt u can call it another chat boat.
They are just using DeepSeek and in its original instruction asked him to not to answer in chinese 🤣