IIT-H incubated startup rolls out AI-based personal assistant Chitti

Hyderabad: City-based AI Assis, which has been floated by IIIT-Hyderabad alumni and has been incubated at IIIT-H, on Thursday unveiled its artificial intelligence based app and personal assistant –

Chitti

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The bootstrapped startup, in which the three founders — Siva Kumar A, Sudeep Reddy C and Suresh DNV — have invested Rs 1 crore, is also looking at raising Rs 5 crore to scale up the app and make it support native languages.

AI Assis is also looking at taking Chitti global by 2020 to markets like Indonesia and Singapore, from where they have received queries, AI Assis co-founder Siva Kumar A told newspersons here.

The app, which is available on Android and iOS, is being initially launched in English and will later be rolled out in Indian languages like Hindi, Telugu, Tamil Nadu, Siva Kumar said, adding that the 2.0 version of the app will be rolled in the first quarter of 2019.

According to Siva Kumar, Chitti, which responds to text and voice commands, will act as a personal assistant answering queries, making phone calls, scheduling events, giving reminders and making suggestions and will also filter social media news feed based on the user’s interests. It’s advanced versions will also enable users to avail of third party services like booking cabs, movies and ordering food, among others.

“Unlike most personal assistant apps that are reactive, Chitti is proactive and is designed to offer the right content at the right point of time to save time,” Siva Kumar claimed.

He said the app was pilot tested in two colleges in the country in early December this year before being rolled out.