Ola CEO unveils AI model Krutrim, but details sketchy

The firm didn't clearly reveal key info such as data source on which the model is being trained

- Shouvik Das

Bhavish Aggarwal on Friday unveiled Krutrim-a new company and a foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model that the co-founder of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric claimed has been attuned to India's needs. The company will design its own chips over the next six months, which will be focused on efficiency, he said.

However, Krutrim (Sanskrit for artificial) is yet to release any technical documentation on the aforementioned model, while details on the company's approach towards industry adoption also remain unanswered as of now.

In a demonstration, Aggarwal said that the AI model was trained on 2 trillion tokens-a size more or less in line with large foundational models released by global firms such as OpenAI, Meta and Google. He also added that a chatbot based on the Krutrim model can "write and speak in 10 Indian languages, and can understand 22." Work on the model, Aggarwal revealed at a media roundtable after the announcement, had begun "roughly a year ago."