# Bhavish Aggarwal

> Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati, founded Ola Electric and launched AI venture Krutrim. His expansion from ride hailing into manufacturing and computing infrastructure has brought recognition, a public listing and, more recently, a retrenchment of Krutrim’s original full-stack AI plans.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and Managing Director at Ola Electric; founder of Krutrim
- **Organizations:** Ola Consumer, Ola Electric, Krutrim, Microsoft Research India
- **From:** Ludhiana, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati., Founded Ola Electric and oversaw its 2024 public listing., Founded Krutrim, which reached a reported $1 billion valuation in January 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduated from IIT Bombay and worked at Microsoft Research India.
- **2010** — Started the venture that became Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati.
- **2017** — Founded Ola Electric.
- **2018** — Named to the TIME100 list.
- **2023** — Founded Krutrim and appeared on the TIME100 Climate list.
- **2024** — Krutrim raised $50 million at a $1 billion valuation; Ola Electric listed publicly.
- **2025** — Krutrim researchers published a paper on a multilingual model trained for Indian languages.
- **2026** — Krutrim reportedly shifted emphasis toward cloud and enterprise services amid restructuring.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati.
- Founded Ola Electric and oversaw its 2024 public listing.
- Founded Krutrim, which reached a reported $1 billion valuation in January 2024.
- Named to TIME100 in 2018 and TIME100 Climate in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Ola Electric’s board approved a rights issue of up to ₹1,000 crore; Aggarwal said he would subscribe to his entitlement.
- **2026-07** — Krutrim reportedly cut another 20 to 25 employees as it focused on cloud infrastructure and enterprise services.
- **2026-05** — Reporting described Krutrim pulling back from its original model and chip plans.

## Links

- Website: http://bhavish.in
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/bhavishaggarwal
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bhash

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Last updated: 2026-09-29