It’s December 16, 2023, and Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has made a remarkable and groundbreaking announcement: the launch of India’s first full-stack AI solution, Krutrim AI. Deriving its name from Sanskrit for ‘artificial’, the AI platform is set to revolutionize the country’s cultural and linguistic heritage.
Krutrim is designed to better capture the nuances of Indian culture, going beyond the training of AI models primarily on Western data. It is also equipped with the ability to understand and generate content in 20 Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, and Kannada, with an extensive training process involving over 2 trillion tokens. This gives Krutrim an unrivaled understanding of Indian culture, values, and aspirations.
Not only is Krutrim able to respond to voice inputs and switch between written and spoken communication, but it has also surpassed GPT-4 in supporting Indic languages. It has been reported to even have a real-time coding capability, making it a potential game-changer for developers and businesses.
In addition, Ola plans to launch Krutrim Pro, an even more advanced version with sophisticated problem-solving and task execution capabilities, further elevating the AI experience. Aggarwal’s vision of India as a global AI leader and an AI-first economy is embodied in Krutrim, positioning it as a tool for cultural expression and technological innovation.
This is undoubtedly a momentous occasion for India, as Krutrim AI is set to redefine how AI is integrated into the fabric of Indian society and economy. The base model of Krutrim will soon be accessible to the public, with its website currently open for registration of interest. December 16, 2023 will be remembered as the day that India took a giant leap into the future of AI-driven innovation.
