Krutrim to launch first AI chip in 2026: Bhavish Aggarwal
Krutrim, the artificial intelligence startup of Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, said on Thursday that it would launch its first AI chip, Bodhi 1, by 2026 and a superior Bodi 2 two years later.
Krutrim’s chips will be custom-built for handling complex AI workloads, Aggarwal said. «They will enable development of faster and more efficient AI systems.»
The Bengaluru-based company is working on four chips: Bodhi 1, Bodhi 2, Sarv 1 and Ojas. On Thursday, it announced partnerships with global semiconductor company Arm and Untether AI for the development of CPU and AI chips, platforms and systems.
«While Bodhi 1 will be introduced in 2026, it will be designed for frontier LLMs, AI inference and fine-tuning, and will have best in class power efficiency,» Aggarwal said. Bodhi 2 will come by 2028 which will be able to support more than 10 trillion parameter models, he said.
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Sarv 1, its cloud native CPU, will be introduced in 2026 while Ojas, an Edge AI chip will power next-generation Ola Electric vehicles, Aggarwal said.
In response to a question on where the chips would be manufactured, he said: «We haven't finalised that yet, whether it will be a Taiwanese foundry or not. We're still in talks with various companies.»
The announcement comes days after Ola Electric, the electric vehicle maker founded by Aggarwal, made a successful initial public offering.
«The announced vision and roadmap definitely look appealing, and the timing is apt
