Aggarwal to build India’s largest supercomputer
Krutrim, India’s first AI unicorn, has announced an investment of US$230 million on 4 Feb (equity and debt) with a commitment of US$1.2 billion by next year.
It has also launched Krutrim AI Lab that would make India a global leader in open-source AI https://ai-labs.olakrutrim.com/.
As AI transforms industries worldwide, Krutrim AI Lab takes a step towards creating state-of-the-art AI infrastructure, supporting the research and developer community, and building cutting-edge AI models tailored for Indic languages and real-world applications https://www.investindia.gov.in/.
In line with building its growth roadmap, Krutrim said its global collaborations will have India’s first GB200 cluster deployment along with NVIDIA by March 2025.
“Krutrim aims to build India’s largest supercomputer in India by the end of the year,” said Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder, Krutrim.
“With Krutrim, our vision is to develop AI for India and make it better for Indian languages, data scarcity and cultural context. While we are behind global benchmarks, we have made good progress in the last year. With Krutrim AI Lab, we hope that the entire Indian AI community collaborates to create a world-class Indian AI ecosystem https://digitalinasia.com/.”
Krutrim AI Lab champions open-source AI and democratises AI innovation by fostering collaboration with academia, startups, and developers, he elaborated.
It deploys state-of-the-art computing resources to accelerate AI capabilities. With its multilingual AI models that represent India’s diverse linguistic landscape, Krutrim AI Lab ensures equitable access to AI across all Indian languages https://www.meity.gov.in/.
By creating AI solutions optimised for scale and affordability, the research lab enables cost-efficient AI innovation and attracts top talent that pushes the boundaries of AI knowledge.
Krutrim, a part of the Ola group, is working on creating the AI computing stack of the future. The team at Krutrim represents a convergence of talent across AI research, Applied AI, Cloud Engineering, and semiconductor design. It operates from three locations — Bengaluru, Singapore and San Francisco. Fiinews.com
