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After Microsoft Azure, Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola exits Google Maps
CEO says his company used to spend ₹100 crore a year on Google Maps and that number would be zero after it moved to in-house Ola Maps
CEO says his company used to spend ₹100 crore a year on Google Maps and that number would be zero after it moved to in-house Ola Maps
The development comes days after LinkedIn AI description addressed Aggarwal as ‘they’ and ‘their’ instead of ‘he’ and ‘him.’
His post has sparked debate on the internet with some users lauding Aggarwal, while others called out Aggarwal’s insensitivity towards gender pronouns.
The chatbot, sharing the same name as the company, was revealed in December as Krutrim's initial product, powered by its multilingual LLMs, also known as Krutrim.
The IPO of Bhavish Aggarwal-led EV company is a mixture of fresh issue of equity shares up to ₹5,500 crore and an offer for sale of 9.5 crore equity shares.
Krutrim to be India’s first AI computing stack, unique to its context, which will connect its future to roots, says Aggarwal
Ola and Ola Electric co-founder says India’s EV industry saw 20x growth by 2022-end, with monthly run rate increasing from just 4,000 units a month in June 2021 to 80,000 units towards 2022-end.
Bhavish Aggarwal says Ola Electric recorded the highest ever sales in India in Oct. Okinawa Autotech, the second biggest EV maker, sees 111.8% growth on month-on-month.
After announcing a physical presence at over 200 locations by FY2023, Ola Electric has taken the first step to be present in up to five international markets.
Bhavish Aggarwal says Ola is exploring alternate chemistries to lithium and is also working on sulfur-based chemistries, which will fructify in the long term