Ola कृत्रिम unveils its AI vision for India; opens up its AI Cloud infra, rolls out mobile app

Ola कृत्रिम (Krutrim), India’s very own AI, unveiled its vision for the developer community to foster innovation in the Indian AI landscape. Krutrim also announced mobile apps for the कृत्रिम AI assistant. The company, focused on developing full-stack AI capabilities, has opened up its cloud platform – कृत्रिम Cloud – to enterprises, researchers, and developers, empowering them to develop new-age technology products at a fraction of current costs. The cloud platform provides access to state-of-the-art AI computing infrastructure, कृत्रिम ’s foundational Models and open-source models being hosted on कृत्रिम Cloud. The platform also provides foundational location services APIs & SDKs to build innovative localised mapping based solutions.

Additionally, the कृत्रिम assistant app, built on the company’s own LLM (trained on over 2 trillion tokens with
the largest representation of Indic data), will simplify leveraging the power of AI for everyone. It currently
understands and generates intelligent responses in 10+ India languages, which will be expanded to 22 official
languages in the near future.

In Future, the App will allow users to give voice prompts and it will integrate text, voice, and visual data in the output. The कृत्रिम assistant also effectively works with other apps to perform tasks such as booking cabs, setting reminders, or sending messages without having to switch between applications. It also adapts to user’s preferences and habits over time, offering a personalised experience with tailored suggestions and reminders.

Speaking on the occasion, Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder, Ola कृत्रिम, said, “In line with our Prime Minister’s
vision of Viksit Bharat, we are committed to developing full-stack AI capabilities in India, for the world. We
truly believe that India needs its own technology platforms to enable the emergence of world-class products
at a fraction of current costs. With कृत्रिम, our enterprises and developers will no longer have to be dependent
on complex and cost-heavy western cloud platforms, which are not optimised for the Indian use cases. Our
कृत्रिम assistant app will revolutionise the adoption of GenAI with its ability for a seamless integration into everyone’s life by solving the complexity and fragmentation often experienced with digital tools and
services.”

With access to कृत्रिम Cloud, developers will now be able to build scalable products from scratch with the following models, tools, and services:
Model-as-a-Service (MaaS)
कृत्रिम has announced Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering developers access to its LLMs as well as open- source models being hosted on its cloud. कृत्रिम ’s base LLMs and multiple associated instruction-tuned
versions, together with the Python SDKs, will enable developers to create India-specific products, given its superior understanding of Indian languages and cultural context. Moreover, developers and enterprises can
benefit from cost advantages owing to much cheaper inference costs, thanks to कृत्रिम ’s vertical integration
of the whole AI solution stack. The company is also planning to release models for voice, image understanding and generation, and pre- tuned LLM agents.

GPU-as-a-Service
कृत्रिम Cloud will be offering GPU-as-a-Service on its state-of-the-art AI computing infrastructure, allowing
enterprises and developers to train/fine-tune/serve their models.

Foundational Services
In an effort to help enterprises focusing on localised location services, the Krutrim cloud is offering the following location API services.

● Places API (Autocomplete and Reverse Geocoding)
The Places API helps consumers find specific locations like restaurants, hotels, or charging stations on a map. It helps get detailed information about these places, such as their names, addresses, and categories.

● Tiles API
The Tiles API helps load and display small sections of a larger map, called tiles, which together form the complete map. This approach makes loading maps faster and more efficient as only the parts of the map one needs to see are loaded.

● Routing APIs
The Routing/Directions API will help generate accurate and optimised routes between multiple waypoints, including detailed turn-by-turn directions, estimated travel times, and alternative routes. This powerful tool empowers users to plan their journeys effectively, whether they are navigating through busy city streets or exploring remote landscapes.

● Navigation SDKs for iOS & Android

Navigation SDKs include tools and code libraries that developers use to build navigation features such as turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates, and route planning, among others, into their own apps. कृत्रिम envisions creating a comprehensive, reliable, and scalable Maps Platform that not only addresses local needs but also supports broader initiatives for technological and economic advancement within India. The company is also working on developing MapGPT to enable natural conversations powered by location-aware कृत्रिम AI intelligent assistants. Further, it aims to offer an immersive experience of the location hotspots besides integrating community-based features for real-time updates on traffic and road conditions and add more features to improve personalisation.