Why Sri Lanka for AI companies

Sri Lankan teams now build AI products as well as services. Roar Global launched the country's first AI gateway with access to 200+ models. Xeynergy ships its own agentic software engineering platform. Rootcode is helping build national AI infrastructure for the Estonian government. AI companies come here for engineers who already build with frontier models in production.

200+: models on Roar's AI gateway
2: AI products shipped by Xeynergy
#1: Rootcode's 2025 APICTA rank in Asia Pacific

Who is already building AI in Sri Lanka

Roar GlobalBuilt and hosts Roar AI, a gateway to 200+ frontier and open source models with deployment tooling. Also an OpenAI Select Partner.Read the story and sources

XeynergyCreated FASE, its framework for AI assisted software engineering, and two AI products: Accxis360 and BetterCode AI.Read the story and sources

RootcodeWorks on platforms for the Estonian government, including the next generation of the Bürokratt citizen assistant, and an AI crop health platform for the City of Porto.Read the story and sources

IGT1 LankaSet up by the private equity owners of IFS to serve their software portfolio, including generative AI work.Read the story and sources

OceansTrains the Sri Lankan professionals it places with US startups on current AI tools.Read the story and sources

Roles you can hire

Machine learning and LLM engineers
Data engineers
Backend engineers building agentic systems
MLOps and platform engineers
AI trained operations and support staff

Services firms that moved first

Xeynergy restructured how its engineers work alongside AI in 2025 and then started building its own AI products. That pattern is spreading. Teams here use AI in delivery daily, so you are hiring people who already work the way you do.

Local AI infrastructure exists

Roar AI runs on infrastructure hosted in Sri Lanka and bills in rupees. For companies that need regional hosting or local deployment, the base layer is in place.

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Common questions

Are there AI product companies in Sri Lanka?

Yes. Roar Global runs an AI gateway with 200+ models, Xeynergy builds Accxis360 and BetterCode AI, and Rootcode builds AI platforms for European governments.

Can I hire LLM and machine learning engineers in Sri Lanka?

Yes. Engineers at the companies above work with frontier and open source models in production. Tell us the role and we will introduce people or teams who fit.

Is Sri Lankan AI work recognised internationally?

Rootcode ranked first in Asia Pacific at the 2025 APICTA Awards, and Startup Genome's 2026 report recorded Sri Lanka's emerging ecosystem ranking rising by more than 65 places.

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