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Revolt intellicorp powered by vodafone idea 4g network & iot connectivity solution launches ai enabled smart electric motorbikes
MUMBAI: Vodafone Idea, country’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced its partnership with Revolt Intellicorp, the next-gen mobility company, created for the smart world. The collaboration between the two companies aims to give a ‘smart’ riding experience for India’s first AI-enabled electric motorbike.
As a part of the partnership, Vodafone Idea Business Services (VIBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea, provides Revolt Intellicorp with 4G IoT connectivity solutions. Building on the existing features of the new and fully equipped motorcycle – like app connectivity and four separate artificial exhaust sounds, VIBS is now providing exclusive IoT enabled solutions to enable features such as geofencing, bike locator and real-time bike information and diagnostics, with voice start feature to be introduced soon for the customers.
Speaking on partnership, Nick Gliddon, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Vodafone Idea said, “We are extremely happy to announce this partnership with Revolt Motors and make India’s first AI based electric motorbike truly smart through our IoT solutions. Electric Vehicles will disrupt the Indian automobile landscape in the coming few years. Connectivity will play a pivotal role in ensuring that electric vehicles are a success. It offers us an ideal opportunity to collaborate and introduce comprehensive end-to-end solutions for our partners in the automotive industry and enhance customer experience.”
Commenting on the collaboration, Rahul Sharma, Founder, Revolt Intellicorp said, “We are happy to partner with Vodafone Idea, as we progress to make urban commute convenient, clean and connected. This collaboration is an important milestone in our journey to offer smart mobility solutions and an enhanced riding experience to our customers. We are committed to the sustainable mobility mission and will continue to work towards bringing aspirational e-mobility solutions for the customers.”
The fully electric motorbikes-RV400 and RV300 can be purchased through the My Revolt Plan. This partnership will herald a new chapter in the Indian automotive industry and more particularly shape the Electric Vehicle revolution.
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Tessolve lands a semiconductor veteran to drive its next big push
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, who started his career at ISRO and has spent 35 years building chips and companies, joins the Bengaluru-based firm as president and chief operating officer
BENGALURU: Tessolve has never been shy about its ambitions. The Bengaluru-based engineering services firm already counts 18 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies among its clients, employs more than 3,500 engineers across 12 countries, and last year pocketed a $150m investment from TPG. Now it has hired the executive it believes can turn those assets into something bigger. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, a 35-year semiconductor veteran who once built satellite payloads for ISRO and has since scaled engineering organisations across three continents, joins as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
THE MAN AND THE MANDATE
The appointment is, by any measure, a serious hire. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu comes to Tessolve after senior leadership stints at HCL Technologies, Altran and Wipro, where he managed large profit-and-loss portfolios and oversaw cross-regional teams. Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in bringing more than 1,000 new products to market across the high-tech, energy and manufacturing verticals. Before the private sector claimed him, he began his working life as a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation, contributing to research and development in charge-coupled device technology and satellite payloads, a foundation that shaped everything that followed.
In his new role, he will lead Tessolve’s global growth strategy: expanding its engineering capabilities, deepening customer relationships and accelerating innovation across semiconductor and high-performance computing domains. The brief is broad, but the context is specific. Tessolve operates in the $550 billion global semiconductor market, and its recent moves, the acquisition of Germany’s Dream Chip Technologies and the TPG funding round, have sharpened both its reach and its expectations.
Srini Chinamilli, co-founder and chief executive of Tessolve, is characteristically direct about why Ravi Kumar Chirugudu was the choice:
“As we scale our global semiconductor and system engineering capabilities, Ravi’s appointment marks an important step forward. As global semiconductor demand continues to accelerate across industries, it is creating significant opportunities across the semiconductor lifecycle, from design, packaging, validation and systems integration. Ravi’s deep knowledge and leadership in this ecosystem brings the right mix of industry expertise, customer connect and execution capability, which will play a key role in strengthening our position as a trusted global engineering partner and reinforcing our market leadership.”
THE NEW ARRIVAL SPEAKS
Ravi Kumar Chirugudu, for his part, frames the move in terms of timing and culture, two factors that veteran executives tend to weigh as heavily as title or compensation:
“I am happy to join Tessolve at a time when the industry is rapidly evolving towards more complex, AI-driven systems. What stands out to me is its strong people-first culture and its commitment to bringing value to its customers. The strength of its global team, combined with its deep expertise in semiconductor innovation and next-generation product engineering, creates a solid foundation to build differentiated, scalable solutions. I look forward to working closely with the team to drive strategic growth and strengthen its role in shaping the global semiconductor ecosystem.”
The reference to AI-driven systems is not incidental. The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a structural reshaping, driven by the insatiable compute demands of artificial intelligence. For engineering services firms like Tessolve, which offers end-to-end capabilities from silicon design to packaged parts and invests in high-performance computing, high-speed interfaces, photonics and 5G, the moment is both an opportunity and a test. The company says it is well positioned to capture the next wave of industry growth. Ravi Kumar Chirugudu is now the person who has to prove it.
He came in from outer space, literally, and spent three decades learning how the semiconductor industry works from the inside out. Now Tessolve is betting that accumulated knowledge can help it cross the next frontier. In the $550 billion global chip market, the gap between ambition and execution is measured in engineering hours and leadership quality. Tessolve has just gone shopping for both.
