Ola's AI smart assistant 'Kruti' goes dark across app platformsWhile 'Kruti' was not accessible via its direct website, kruti.ai, which showed a "site not found" error, users accessing it through Olakru...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
From setbacks to second wind, what next for Ola and Bhavish Aggarwal?Ola Electric is struggling to revive its position after a sharp fall in market share, financial stress and operational challenges. Founder ...
12 Apr, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
Tata Electronics hits a wall at Dholera; Blinkit’s fresh fundingHappy Thursday! Tata Electronics ordered a major redesign of its Gujarat semiconductor plant's foundations. This and more in today’s ETtech...
27 Nov, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Krutrim’s semicon team exits loom over chip plansClose to half a dozen senior employees and executives from the chip design team of Ola’s AI arm, Krutrim, have left the firm since Septembe...
27 Nov, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Fresh exits at Krutrim as company ramps up work on AI models and semicon chipsKrutrim, Ola's AI arm, faces executive departures and some layoffs. Despite this, Krutrim continues AI semiconductor and model development....
20 Jun, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
Intel, AMD former executives throw the hat into AI semiconductor ringExecutives from major semiconductor companies like Intel and AMD are leaving to launch AI chip startups in India, fuelled by government inc...
29 May, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
AI startups look for acqui-hires, mergers to accelerate journeySome of the startups that have made acquisitions in the last two years include Krutrim and Sarvam, with many companies evaluating potential...
18 Apr, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Ola partners with Lenovo to develop Krutrim 3, build India's largest supercomputerOla has a 700-strong team building its full-stack AI offerings, said CTO Navendu Agarwal at the Lenovo Tech World India 2025 in Mumbai.
06 Mar, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Ola's AI venture runs into human (resources) glitchMost of the exits took place between March and November 2024, some quitting within a year of joining the firm and a few leaving in a matter...
03 Mar, 2025, 02.10 PM IST
Bhavish Aggarwal to invest Rs 2,000 crore in AI startup Krutrim, unveils open-source modelsA source familiar with the matter informed ET that the funding will consist of both equity and debt. On Tuesday, Aggarwal announced the dev...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.14 PM IST
Multi-lingual AI chatbot to assist visitors during Maha Kumbh Mela 2025Prime minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched an AI-powered, multilingual chatbot, Kumbh Sah'AI'ya...
13 Dec, 2024, 09.58 PM IST
Bhavish Aggarwal pledges 1.1% stake in Ola Electric to support AI startup Krutrim AIAggarwal holds a 30.02% stake (132.3 crore shares) in Ola Electric. Of this, he has pledged 4.8 crore equity shares, valued at about Rs 451...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.19 PM IST
Ola Krutrim business head Ravi Jain quitsRavi Jain has resigned from his position as business head of Krutrim AI, marking the first top-level exit from Bhavish Aggarwal's AI startu...
15 Oct, 2024, 09.19 AM IST
Krutrim to launch first AI chip in 2026: Bhavish AggarwalThe Bengaluru-based company is working on four chips: Bodhi 1, Bodhi 2, Sarv 1 and Ojas. Sarv 1, its cloud native CPU, will be introduced i...
15 Aug, 2024, 11.09 PM IST
Synopsys will help Tata Electronics design custom chipsUS-based chip design company Synopsys will help Tata Electronics in multiple aspects of its fab facility—India’s first—coming up in Gujarat...
28 Jun, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim AI launches mobile app, opens up cloud infra for businessesKrutrim AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded by Ola Electric's Bhavish Aggarwal, has opened up its cloud for entrepreneurs a...
04 May, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s Krutrim announces ChatGPT rivalNew large language model to have generative support for 10 Indian languages, to be trained on 'Indian ethos and culture'
18 Dec, 2023, 11.54 AM IST