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Razorpay launches Vulcan AI payments model; CEO Harshil Mathur highlights need for reliability in digital payments

Razorpay has unveiled its Vulcan AI payments model, designed to enhance reliability in digital transactions. CEO Harshil Mathur emphasized the importance of consistent performance in a market where digital payment adoption varies significantly across India, despite the growing demand for such solutions.

Deccan Herald Deccan Herald18 August 2026 · 20:19 UTC
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Razorpay has launched the Vulcan AI payments model, a transformer-based foundation model aimed at enhancing the reliability of digital transactions. Built in collaboration with NVIDIA and AWS, Vulcan leverages advanced computing and cloud infrastructure to process payments efficiently.1

The model has already been tested on 3 trillion data points across Razorpay's network, showcasing its capability to improve transaction success rates. Customers like Blinkit, Bachatt, and redBus have reported positive outcomes in live payment environments, indicating the model's practical benefits.

CEO Harshil Mathur highlighted the need for reliability, stating, “India's appetite for digital payments is real, but it isn't universal yet - for a large part of the country, going digital still comes down to one thing: does it work, every single time?” This sentiment underscores the challenges faced in the digital payment landscape, where consistent performance is crucial for broader adoption.2

Vulcan's features include hyper-precision routing, which directs payments through the most reliable channels in real-time, and network-level fraud detection, which identifies fraudulent activities across different merchants. These innovations aim to bolster user confidence and drive the growth of digital payments in India.3

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“Razorpay's AI Payments Foundational Model offers capabilities like hyper-precision routing and network-level fraud detection, enhancing transaction success rates. Customers such as Blinkit, Bachatt, and redBus are already experiencing these benefits in live payment environments.”
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