Krutrim, Bhavish Aggarwal's AI Unicorn, Partners with Databricks

Krutrim, the AI company founded by Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal, has announced a strategic partnership with Databricks to pre-train and fine-tune their foundational model and to develope generative AI models tailored for the Indian market.

The collaboration will leverage Databricks' data and AI platform to train and fine-tune Krutrim's foundational large language model (LLM) focused on Indian languages. This move is set to benefit Krutrim, as the model was previously on the receiving end of a lot of criticism for its performance and responses—like the model itself claiming to be built on top of OpenAI’s model.

"We're excited to be at the forefront of building foundational LLMs trained on Indian languages to better serve our customers in India," said Ravi Jain, Vice President at Krutrim. "We have been working closely with the Databricks team to pre-train and fine-tune our foundational LLM."

Krutrim recently achieved unicorn status after a $50 million funding round led by Matrix Partners. The partnership with Databricks, which combines data engineering, data science, machine learning, and analytics capabilities, aims to accelerate the development and deployment of generative AI solutions in India.

The companies plan to create AI-powered products like conversational assistants, content generation tools, and customised offerings across industries. Krutrim intends to democratise advanced AI access for businesses of all sizes using Databricks' scalable platform.

Databricks has rapidly expanded its presence in India's growing AI market. "Databricks remains committed to driving the data and AI transformation in India, enabling more businesses to become data-forward and unlocking new opportunities," the company stated.

At Databricks' recent Data + AI Summit, Krutrim also won the GenAI Innovation Award for "using generative AI to transform their products, processes and tools."