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{{Short description|AI agent developed by Ola Krutrim}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Kruti
| logo = Official logo of Kruti, a proprietary AI chatbot developed by Ola Krutrim.png
| logo_size = 114px
| developer = Ola Krutrim
| released = {{start date and age|2025|06|12}}
| replaces = khushi
| genre = [[AI chatbot]], [[Artificial intelligence agent|AI agent]]
| programming language = [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.kruti.ai/}}
}}
'''Kruti''' is a [[Multilingualism in India|multilingual]] [[Artificial intelligence agent|AI agent]] and [[chatbot]] developed by the Indian company Ola Krutrim. It is designed to perform real-world tasks for users, such as booking taxis and ordering food, by integrating directly with various online services. It is notable for its ability to understand and respond in multiple [[Languages of India|Indian languages]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Mohit |date=2025-06-13 |title=What Keeps Team Krutrim Up at Night |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/what-keeps-team-krutrim-up-at-night/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Analytics India Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Krutrim launches Kruti, an agentic AI assistant |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/olas-krutrim-unveils-kruti-an-agentic-ai-assistant/article69687011.ece |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref>

Developed by a team founded by [[Bhavish Aggarwal]], Kruti functions as an "agentic" AI, meaning it can reason, plan, and execute multi-step tasks to fulfill a user's request. The backend technology combines several [[open-source artificial intelligence|open-source]] [[large language model]]s with Ola's proprietary Krutrim V2 model. The system was developed to work primarily on smartphones, addressing the Indian market's specific needs, including language diversity and potential bandwidth constraints.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Abhinav |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Krutrim launches agentic AI assistant Kruti that aims to go beyond conventional chatbots |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2025/06/12/ola-krutrim-launches-agentic-ai-assistant-kruti-that-aims-to-to-go-beyond-conventional-chatbots.html |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ritu |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola Krutrim launches homegrown agentic AI assistant Kruti |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/ola-krutrim-launches-homegrown-ai-assistant-kruti-ws-l-19620123.htm |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en}}</ref>

Kruti was officially released in June 2025, replacing an earlier chatbot from the company that was also named Krutrim. Initially supporting 13 languages, the company plans to expand its capabilities to 22 Indian languages.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Peerzada |first=Abrar |date=15 June 2025 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim bets on India-first AI to rival global peers |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/start-ups/krutrim-kruti-ai-bhavesh-aggarwal-india-localised-ai-assistant-125061500577_1.html |access-date=17 June 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Kruti: India's First Agentic AI Assistant |url=https://money.rediff.com/news/market/ola-s-kruti-india-s-first-agentic-ai-assistant/28403020250612 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
Kruti is an improved version of Ola's Krutrim chatbot, which was first launched in 2023 and was intended to be replaced by Kruti.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Cruze |first=Danny |date=2023-12-15 |title='India's own AI', Krutrim unveiled by Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal; check availability, other details |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/indias-own-ai-krutrim-unveiled-by-ola-ceo-bhavish-aggarwal-check-availability-other-details-409604-2023-12-15 |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-02-26 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim Launches Public-Facing AI Model To Take On ChatGPT, Google |url=https://officechai.com/startups/bhavish-aggarwals-krutrim-launches-public-facing-ai-model-to-take-on-chatgpt-google/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=OfficeChai |language=en-US}}</ref> It was officially released on 12 June 2025 as an upgrade to passive chatbots, with support for text and voice in 13 [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indian languages]]. As an agentic AI, it can execute tasks with customization and [[Reasoning language model|reasoning]], providing adaptive answers based on user preferences and past interactions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Krutrim launches Kruti, an agentic AI assistant |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/olas-krutrim-unveils-kruti-an-agentic-ai-assistant/article69687011.ece |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Kruti: India's First Agentic AI Assistant |url=https://money.rediff.com/news/market/ola-s-kruti-india-s-first-agentic-ai-assistant/28403020250612 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ritu |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola Krutrim launches homegrown agentic AI assistant Kruti |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/ola-krutrim-launches-homegrown-ai-assistant-kruti-ws-l-19620123.htm |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en}}</ref>

Kruti is optimized for [[smartphone]] usage and designed to accommodate [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] constraints and usage patterns in India. To ensure scalability and cost-effective performance, it combines various open-source large language models with Ola's own Krutrim V2, which has 12 billion parameters.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Mohit |date=2025-06-13 |title=What Keeps Team Krutrim Up at Night |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/what-keeps-team-krutrim-up-at-night/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Analytics India Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Peerzada |first=Abrar |date=15 June 2025 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim bets on India-first AI to rival global peers |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/start-ups/krutrim-kruti-ai-bhavesh-aggarwal-india-localised-ai-assistant-125061500577_1.html |access-date=17 June 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> Its [[speech recognition]] is built to identify regional Indian languages, dialects, and accents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ishida |first=Aiko Gao |date=2025-06-10 |title=Ola's AI startup Krutrim to launch Indic-language AI assistant |url=https://www.techinasia.com/news/olas-ai-startup-krutrim-to-launch-indic-language-ai-assistant |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=techinasia.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to its integration with numerous apps and services, Kruti is context-aware and can proactively complete tasks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fernandes |first=Jocelyn |date=11 June 2025 |title=Bhavish Agarwal's AI company Krutrim to launch AI assistant and chatbot 'Kruti' on June 12 — all we know so far |url=https://www.livemint.com/ai/artificial-intelligence/bhavish-agarwal-ola-artificial-intelligence-company-krutrim-launch-ai-assistant-chatbot-kruti-june-12-tech-startup-india-11749631351856.html |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=livemint.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Palak |date=2025-06-12 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal on Kruti launch: The more the merrier in AI, but traction is every start up's battle |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/bhavish-aggarwal-on-kruti-launch-the-more-the-merrier-in-ai-but-traction-is-every-start-ups-battle-480209-2025-06-12 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-13 |title=Ola's Krutrim Unveils AI Assistant 'Kruti' with Agentic Capabilities for Everyday Tasks |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/olas-krutrim-unveils-ai-assistant-kruti-with-agentic/493204 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Krutrim upgrades Kruti to agentic AI assistant from chatbot |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/olas-krutrim-upgrades-kruti-to-agentic-ai-assistant-from-chatbot/articleshow/121800087.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kannan |first=Uma |date=2025-06-13 |title=Ola Krutrim launches agentic AI assistant Kruti |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/xplore/2025/Jun/13/ola-krutrim-launches-agentic-ai-assistant-kruti-2 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Initially connected only with Ola ecosystem services, Krutrim intends to expand and incorporate various Indian services into Kruti, with the goal of adding services from [[Blinkit]], [[Swiggy]], and [[Uber]] with respective voice command support.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dilipkumar |first=Bhavya |date=13 June 2025 |title=Krutrim's agentic AI app 'Kruti' aims to go beyond Ola, may integrate with Uber, Swiggy, others |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/artificial-intelligence/krutrim-s-agentic-ai-app-kruti-aims-to-go-beyond-ola-may-integrate-with-uber-swiggy-others-article-13118189.html |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=moneycontrol.com}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> On 20 June 2025, Krutrim acquired the AI platform BharatSah‘AI’yak to increase its involvement in government, education, and agriculture projects. This acquisition will allow Kruti to assist in broadening the scope of BharatSah'AI'yak's work on India-centric, [[vernacular]] [[retrieval-augmented generation]] AI bots.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nadig |first=Smruthi |date=2025-06-20 |title=Ola's Krutrim Acquires BharatSah'AI'yak to Scale AI Solutions for Public Sector |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/olas-krutrim-acquires-bharatsahaiyak-to-scale-ai-solutions-for-public-sector/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Analytics India Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Development ==
Kruti is designed to perform tasks with minimal user input, accepting documents, images, and text, without requiring users to switch between applications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abrar |first=Peerzada |date=2025-06-12 |title=Krutrim looks to go beyond chatbots with 'first of its kind' Kruti |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/bhavish-aggarwal-krutrim-launches-ai-assistant-kruti-for-task-automation-125061201216_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614011754/https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/bhavish-aggarwal-krutrim-launches-ai-assistant-kruti-for-task-automation-125061201216_1.html |archive-date=2025-06-14 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Business Standard |url-status=live}}</ref> Its agentic framework breaks queries into sub-tasks executed by multiple agents working sequentially or concurrently, with reported accuracy exceeding 90%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-12 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal's AI startup Krutrim launches Kruti, an Agentic AI for consumers |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/artificial-intelligence/bhavish-aggarwal-s-ai-startup-krutrim-launches-kruti-an-agentic-ai-for-consumers-article-13113557.html |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-13 |title=Ola Unveils Kruti: New Agentic AI Assistant for Smarter User Experience |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/business/ola-launches-agentic-ai-assistant-kruti-3583307 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

Kruti connects to company databases and [[API]]s via the [[Model Context Protocol]] and presents responses as summaries, tables, or narratives adapted to user behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jindal |first=Siddharth |date=2025-06-12 |title=Krutrim Launches 'India's First' Agentic AI Assistant Kruti |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/krutrim-launches-indias-first-agentic-ai-assistant-kruti/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Analytics India Magazine}}</ref> The system supports payments via [[credit card|credit]]/[[debit card|debit]] cards and [[Unified Payments Interface|UPI]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Palak |date=2025-06-12 |title=Kruti explained: The AI assistant that books cabs, orders food — but can it monetise? |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/tech-today/news/story/kruti-explained-the-ai-assistant-that-books-cabs-orders-food-but-can-it-monetise-480227-2025-06-12 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Business Today}}</ref> The underlying stack, which includes [[foundation model]]s and AI training and inference systems, is intended to support adaptation across sectors such as healthcare, education, and finance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Abhinav |date=2025-06-12 |title=Ola's Krutrim launches agentic AI assistant Kruti that aims to go beyond conventional chatbots |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2025/06/12/ola-krutrim-launches-agentic-ai-assistant-kruti-that-aims-to-to-go-beyond-conventional-chatbots.html |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Rukmini |date=2025-06-16 |title=Bhavish Aggarwal is betting big on Krutrim, but the execution story is still a black box |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/technology/bhavish-aggarwals-krutrim-unveils-kruti-aiming-to-take-on-chatgpt-with-indian-edge/124060 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Fortune India}}</ref> [[Ola Cabs]] and the [[Open Network for Digital Commerce]] have begun integrating Kruti into their platforms pending broader reliability testing.<ref name=":5" />

== See also ==
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* [[Haptik]]
* [[OpenAI Operator]]
* [[ChatGPT Deep Research]]
* [[Manus (AI agent)|Manus]]
* [[Devin AI]]
* [[AutoGPT]]

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Anuj tripathi 111 at 07:55, 21 April 2026