Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Ziroh Labs Expands Kompact AI for Enterprise Workloads
Ziroh Labs has expanded a platform called Kompact AI.
The platform helps organizations run some AI programs using regular computer processors called CPUs.
This may be useful when companies need to process many tasks and use smaller AI models.
The company says this approach can help control costs, performance and data.
Ziroh Labs is also working with schools and colleges to create AI Centres of Excellence.
Students and institutions can use a free academic license to experiment with AI.
Cryptographer Whitfield Diffie and Professor S. Sadagopan spoke positively about the platform.
The project is intended to help more people in India learn about and build AI applications.
Ziroh Labs is extending its CPU-first Kompact AI platform across sectors and form factors.
The platform targets high-volume enterprise workloads where smaller models and workload patterns can support CPU-based inference.
CEO Hrishikesh Dewan said the company aims to make AI more accessible, efficient and controllable for organizations.
Ziroh Labs is working with academic institutions to establish AI Centres of Excellence and offers free academic licenses.
Speakers including Whitfield Diffie and Professor S. Sadagopan praised Kompact AI’s accessibility and energy-efficient approach.
- Who
- Ziroh Labs, led by Co-founder and CEO Hrishikesh Dewan, announced the platform expansion, with support expressed by Whitfield Diffie and Professor S. Sadagopan.
- What
- Ziroh Labs is extending its CPU-first Kompact AI platform across sectors and form factors while developing academic Centres of Excellence.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Bengaluru.
- Why
- The company says the expansion is intended to make AI more accessible, efficient and affordable while giving organizations greater control over cost, performance and data.
- Company
- Ziroh Labs
- Platform
- Kompact AI
- Core approach
- CPU-first AI inference for high-volume enterprise use cases
- Academic access
- Free academic licenses for institutions and their students
- Academic initiative
- Centres of Excellence focused on practical AI infrastructure and applications
- Reported ecosystem figures
- More than 10 partners, over 100 technical papers and more than 1,000 models released
- Event location
- Bengaluru