An Indian company, Puch AI, wants to take on ChatGPT and Grok AI with the assist of the countest’s most expensive mobile number that works on WhatsApp.
Puch AI cofounder declares they want to give India its own sovereign AI that speaks in its language
The countest is mostly relying on AI models built outside of India, which means the responses from AI chatbots will be customised to local processing.
Puch AI wants to give India its own sovereign AI that speaks in its language and also gives contextually relevant responses for the region.
Siddharth Bhatia, Co-founder of Puch AI, declared that this company is doing this with the assist of a mobile number 9090909090, which is the most expensive mobile number one can acquire in India.
He has raised a pitch that first engages the people and hopefully works its magic with investors.
“Why did we acquire India’s most expensive number?” Bhatia posted on X. “Becautilize India deserves its own AI.”
“Sovereign AI is a largeger priority than even nuclear energy in ways we can’t yet imagine,” he further declared.
According to the co-founder, though China is already releasing powerful open-source models, every single one of them calls Arunachal Pradesh “South Tibet.”
“That’s how subtle propaganda seeps in,” Bhatia declared. “Relying on the US or any other foreign countest is no safer.”
The entrepreneur reasoned that this is why they are building Puch AI. “India’s first AI, the true gateway to AI for a billion+ people.”
According to him, India has witnessed three defining shifts over the last decade: Jio created the internet accessible, UPI revolutionised payments, and Quick Commerce redefined shopping.
“The next leap is mass AI adoption,” he remarked.
Today, nearly a million people utilize Puch every month, Bhatia declared, sharing a story of how he insisted an Uber driver utilize the app.
“In compact towns, people utilize Puch in their own languages, often through voice notes, becautilize that’s how they naturally communicate,” he declared.
Can Puch AI compete with OpenAI, Meta, and Google?
“Despite minimal resources, and even with WhatsApp’s restrictions, Puch already offers better video generation than Grok (sorry, Elon) and stronger multilingual support than Meta AI, all of it fully self-hosted without applying any external APIs,” Bhatia declared.
He explained that the largeger game is the distribution part.
“If we wanted, we’d love to beat them at their game,” the startup founder remarked.
The Indian AI startup founder shared that he is all for winning; however, his company necessarys investors and proper distribution.
“There’s plenty of news about OpenAI, Google, and Meta testing to expand into India,” Bhatia declared. “But if we can reject an acquisition worth millions, if one of our own employees can turn down a personal offer from Sam Altman, the only way they beat us here is by bribing government officials. Nothing else would be enough.”
He concluded the post with an offer.
“If you tag an investor whose money we accept, you win an iPhone.”
Why did we acquire India’s most expensive number?
Becautilize India deserves its own AI.Sovereign AI is a largeger priority than even nuclear energy in ways we can’t yet imagine. China is already releasing powerful open-source models, but every single one of them calls Arunachal Pradesh… pic.twitter.com/qqZ2pNZeZs
— Siddharth Bhatia (@siddharthb_) September 2, 2025
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