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Krutrim Unicorn

Krutrim Si Designs Private Limited Bengaluru, Karnataka Founded 2023 olakrutrim.com ↗
Bhavish Aggarwal · Founder & CEO
$74 MnTotal funding (tracked)
2Funding rounds
26 Jan 2024Last round

Krutrim: Business Model Canvas

The nine-block Business Model Canvas, filled in only where a public source states it — empty blocks mean we haven't found a citable fact yet, not that the answer is zero.

Value Propositions

Sovereign, India-hosted AI cloud

AI cloud with GPU-as-a-service, distributed training, low-latency inference and fine-tuning, hosted in Indian data centres with INR pricing and full data residency.

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Indic-language LLMs

Krutrim-2, a 12-billion-parameter model trained on English plus 22 Indian languages, open-sourced in February 2025.

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Lower infrastructure cost at scale30% lower infra cost

Ola Group's migration to Krutrim Cloud processed thousands of VMs and petabytes of data at a claimed 30% lower infrastructure cost.

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Customer Segments

Enterprises (telecom, financial services, healthcare)25+ enterprise customers

More than 25 enterprise customers across sectors including telecom, financial services, and healthcare use Krutrim's AI cloud.

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Developers and startups500+ teams

Krutrim Cloud serves individual developers and teams building and deploying AI models, with named users including Dashverse, TeleCMI, VCTI and Vionix.

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Ola Group companies

Group companies such as Ola and Ola Electric are customers of Krutrim's cloud and AI infrastructure; about 90% of Krutrim's FY25 revenue came from group companies.

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Customer Relationships

Self-serve developer platform

Developers self-serve via APIs and SDKs for AI workloads, storage, and compute/applications.

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Enterprise SLA support

99.99% uptime SLA with 24/7 intelligent monitoring, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001/27017/27018 compliance for enterprise accounts.

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Channels

Direct platform / website (olakrutrim.com)

Developers and businesses sign up directly for Krutrim Cloud via the company website with AWS-compatible SDKs (Python, Node.js, Go, Java, Rust).

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Enterprise sales

Dedicated enterprise tier with IAM, private networking, high availability and 99.9% SLA sold directly to large customers.

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Key Activities

AI cloud infrastructure operations

Operating GPU clusters, AI pods, LLM inference/fine-tuning, storage and compute for developers and enterprises — now the company's primary activity after its late-2025 pivot.

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LLM research and training

Developed the Krutrim-2 12B-parameter model trained on English plus 22 Indian languages, open-sourced in February 2025.

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Chip design (paused)

Krutrim previously worked on in-house AI chip design; this effort was paused as part of the late-2025 business overhaul.

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Key Resources

Nvidia GB200 supercomputer

India's first GB200 AI supercomputer, deployed in partnership with Nvidia, expected to go live by March 2025.

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India-hosted data centres

Multi-region infrastructure across Bangalore and Hyderabad underpins Krutrim Cloud's data-residency guarantees.

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Founder personal capital

Bhavish Aggarwal financed the business largely through his family office, investing $230 million with a commitment to raise total investment further.

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Key Partnerships

Nvidia

Partnered with Nvidia to deploy India's first GB200 AI supercomputer.

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Matrix Partners India

Early and repeat investor — provided $24M debt in October 2023 and led the $50M Series A in January 2024 that made Krutrim a unicorn.

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Ola Group (Ola, Ola Electric)

Group companies are both infrastructure customers and Krutrim's largest revenue source (about 90% of FY25 revenue).

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Samagra / BharatSahAIyak

Acquired BharatSahAIyak, a public-sector-focused AI unit, from consulting firm Samagra in June 2025 to expand into government and citizen services.

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Revenue Streams

AI cloud / GPU compute services

Now the company's core focus after the late-2025 business overhaul; most of its GPU compute capacity is already committed to external workloads.

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Intra-group services (Ola, Ola Electric)~90% of FY25 revenue

About 90% of Krutrim's FY25 revenue came from group companies.

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Cost Structure

Total operating expenses (FY25)₹159.39 Cr FY25 expenses

Krutrim's total expenses reached ₹159.39 crore in the fiscal year ended March 2025, of which ₹65.8 crore was reimbursed to Ola Electric Mobility and ANI Technologies for shared services.

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Employee salaries and personnel costs₹37.9 Cr salaries, 485 employees

Krutrim paid ₹37.9 crore in salaries to its 485 employees in FY25, plus a further ₹6.1 crore to employees of two Ola group companies working on Krutrim.

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Related-party reimbursements to Ola Group₹65.8 Cr reimbursed to Ola entities

Krutrim reimbursed ₹65.8 crore to Ola entities in FY25 for shared employees, cloud infrastructure and other services.

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Payments to Ola Electric US subsidiary and affiliate₹16.62 Cr + ₹2.22 Cr to Ola Electric entities

Krutrim paid ₹16.62 crore to Ola Electric Mobility Inc (US) and ₹2.22 crore to Ola Electric Technologies Pvt Ltd in FY25, both subsidiaries of Ola Electric Mobility Ltd.

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FAQs on Krutrim

What is Krutrim's business model?

Krutrim's core value proposition centers on Sovereign, India-hosted AI cloud, Indic-language LLMs, Lower infrastructure cost at scale.

How does Krutrim make money?

Krutrim's cited revenue streams include AI cloud / GPU compute services, Intra-group services (Ola, Ola Electric).

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