Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
Where Krutrim's silicon stack stands going into 2026 The Krutrim chip announcement is not new — Bhavish Aggarwal unveiled the Bodhi, Sarv and Ojas lines back in 2024 at the Sankalp event at Ola's Futurefactory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. What is new is the proximity of the 2026 launch window. With six to seven months left on the announced timetable, the conversation has shifted from "can India design an AI chip?" to a much harder question: even if Bodhi-1 ships, can the economics actually compete with NVIDIA imports, and does it move the needle on India's GPU import dependence? Krutrim, Ola Group's AI subsidiary, became India's first AI unicorn after its earlier billion-dollar valuation round. It already runs models, inference services and a small cloud footprint. The chip is the part of…
