Ola continues hiring for its Krutrim AI Labs: Jobs across US, Singapore and Bengaluru

Ola’s AI arm, Krutrim, is intensifying its hiring efforts for its AI labs located in the United States, Singapore, and Bengaluru, despite experiencing a series of high-profile exits over the past year. According to a report by Economic Times, the company is actively recruiting for roles such as GenAI research engineer, research scientist for speech and audio recognition, and AI cloud platform engineer, with some positions already closed after being posted on LinkedIn last month.
Krutrim recently appointed Sunit S as Senior Vice President of Product, signaling its commitment to strengthening its leadership team. However, the company has also seen significant departures, including Ashish Kumar, former Applied AI Director, and Priyanka Nayak, Senior Engineering Manager, both of whom left earlier this year. Kumar has since joined Tata Group as Head of Platforms for AI and Data, while Nayak, a decade-long Ola veteran, exited in January.
Despite these challenges, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal remains optimistic about Krutrim’s future. The company has announced plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in its AI initiatives, with a commitment to increase this to Rs 10,000 crore by next year. Aggarwal also revealed that Krutrim is making its AI models, including Krutrim 2 LLM, vision language model Chitrarth 1, and speech language model Dhwani, accessible to the open-source community.

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal shares update on Krutrim AI chatbot

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has shared an update on the Krutrim AI assistant. In a post shared on social media platform X (earlier Twitter), Aggarwal revealed that Krutrim assistant version two is “getting ready” and is expected to be released in April. He highlighted the “DeepSearch” feature and noted that he is shifting his usage from other AI apps to Krutrim. The post also includes videos showing how the upcoming version of the Krutirm AI assistant works. However, he noted that the next version of the assistant is still under testing and still has some “rough edges.”