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Paytm becomes first Indian company on Spider 2.0 global capability leaderboard

The company’s proprietary AI system, Prism, achieves global recognition for advanced Text-to-SQL reasoning, ranking #2 on the Spider 2.0 benchmark.

Paytm has emerged as the first Indian company to feature on the global capability leaderboard of the Spider 2.0 benchmark, a leading industry test for real-world Text-to-SQL and database reasoning. The announcement places India firmly on the map for advanced AI software development.

The company’s proprietary AI system, Prism, scored 82.63, outperforming several top global research institutions and technology companies, and secured the #2 position globally. Spider 2.0, presented at ICLR 2025, evaluates how effectively AI systems translate natural language queries into accurate SQL commands across complex, production-grade databases. The benchmark tests multi-table joins, constraints, and real-world business logic, mirroring the challenges AI systems face in operational analytics.

Prism is built on Paytm’s self-organising swarm architecture, where multiple specialised AI agents collaboratively plan, generate, validate, and refine SQL queries. This ensures high accuracy, reliability, and consistency, even on large, mission-critical databases. The system demonstrates Paytm’s focus on building AI software that works at scale for developers, tech ops, and analysts.

A Paytm spokesperson said, “This milestone validates Paytm’s AI software engineering capabilities and reflects the depth of our proprietary technology. Being the only Indian company on the global capability leaderboard of the Spider 2.0 benchmark reinforces our belief that world-class AI software can be built in India.”

The achievement was led by Soham Acharya, Senior Manager of Data Science, and Anshul Chauhan, Lead Software Engineer, whose contributions were critical in advancing Paytm’s applied AI systems. The recognition on Spider 2.0 underscores Paytm’s growing presence in the global AI research community and highlights India’s potential in producing advanced AI solutions.