Archive · 8 Dec 2025
Chai Bisket Launches India's First Regional Short-Series OTT Platform
Chai Bisket, a company known for Telugu digital entertainment, has launched 'Chai Shots', a new app for watching short shows on your phone.
These shows are very short, less than 2 minutes, and are made just for smartphones.
Chai Shots wants to help storytellers by giving them a way to share their ideas quickly and even has a big fund to support new creators.
They have also got money from big investors to help make this app successful.
Right now, the shows are in Telugu, but they plan to add more languages soon.
Chai Bisket launched 'Chai Shots', India's first regional short-series OTT platform designed for smartphones.
The platform offers premium, vertical, scripted entertainment with episodes under two minutes.
Chai Shots introduced a Creator Gateway for storytellers to pitch ideas directly, with a promise of 'From pitch to live in just 45 days'.
A ₹20 Crore Creator Fund has been established to collaborate with 200+ creators over the next six months.
Chai Shots raised a $5 million seed round from Info Edge Ventures, General Catalyst, and several angel investors.
- Who
- Chai Bisket, Info Edge Ventures, General Catalyst, and various angel investors
- What
- Launch of 'Chai Shots', India's first regional short-series OTT platform
- When
- Today (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- India, with initial focus on Telugu content
- Why
- To revolutionize entertainment consumption with structured, high-quality storytelling on smartphones
- Platform Name
- Chai Shots
- Episode Length
- Under 2 minutes
- Creator Fund
- ₹20 Crore
- Investors
- Info Edge Ventures, General Catalyst, Rana Daggubati, Sri Harsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, Phanindra Sama, Alakh Pandey, Prateek Maheshwari, Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, Rishikesh SR, Rohit Chennamaneni, Amar Nagaram
- Launch Language
- Telugu
- Expansion Languages
- Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese
- Creator Gateway Promise
- From pitch to live in 45 days