Company

Krutrim

www.krutrim.com

Indian AI company founded by Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, and the first Indian AI startup to reach unicorn status.

Founded: 2023
HQ: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Status: Private

Overview

Indian AI company founded by Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, and the first Indian AI startup to reach unicorn status. Operates Krutrim Cloud, a GPU cloud for developers and enterprises, and has announced plans to build what it calls India's largest supercomputer with NVIDIA; reporting in 2026 noted a shift in emphasis toward cloud services.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Valuation of record

Company-claimed

$1Bas of Jan 2024

Priced roundOther post-money

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Key facts

Operator class

Neocloud (GPU / AI compute)

Founder

Bhavish Aggarwal (Ola)

Milestone

First Indian AI unicorn

Power capacity (planned)

20 MW now, ~1,000 MW target

Primary accelerator

NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 / H100

Data & sources

News coverage

Web sources

3 sources backing this record.View all →

Current leadership (1)

Bhavish Aggarwal Founder & CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Krutrim.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names Krutrim.

Companies (1)

Ola

Funding rounds (1)

Other2024-01-01
$50M · $1.0B post

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 30, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (3)

India's first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services (TechCrunch) · https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/indias-first-genai-unicorn-shifts-to-cloud-services-as-ai-model-ambitions-face-reality/
Bhavish Aggarwal to invest $230M in Krutrim (TechCrunch) · https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/softbank-backed-billionaire-to-invest-230m-in-indian-ai-startup-krutrim/
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/indias-krutrim-plans-three-chips-and-1gw-cloud-expansion-from-2026/ · 2024-08-01

Common questions

What is Krutrim?

What does Krutrim make?

Krutrim has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry.

Is Krutrim publicly traded?

No. Krutrim is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who is the CEO of Krutrim?

Bhavish Aggarwal is the ceo of Krutrim, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Krutrim?

Krutrim is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is Krutrim headquartered?

Krutrim is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Who owns Krutrim?

Krutrim is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Krutrim a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Krutrim ranks in roughly the top 26% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Krutrim founded?

Krutrim was founded in 2023.

Is Krutrim safe?

Krutrim has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Sources by quality tier

2: secondary-industry-publication; Industry publication
1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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