The people's AI

The charkha for the age of AI

Putting intelligence in the hands of every Indian, in their own language.

Find a JanAI Cafe
  • A JanAI Cafe
  • A Doot beside you
  • The Asha app
  • A plain phone call
  • 10JanAI Cafes live
  • 8Indian languages Asha speaks
The flower-decked entrance of a JanAI Cafe in Mysuru District on its opening day
Opening day at a JanAI Cafe, Mysuru District.
A speaker addresses community guests at a JanAI Cafe launch
A cafe launch with the community.
Scheme posters on the wall inside a JanAI Cafe
Scheme posters in Kannada.
The network

One trunk, rooted where people live

Four ways in: a phone call, the app, an ambassador, or a cafe. One platform underneath, and one marketplace above, standing on rails India has already built.

JanAI Cafe

The front door

A local cafe and its ambassador help you in person, and earn a share of every verified outcome. A local enterprise, not an outpost.

JanAI Asha

The voice

A voice-first app in eight Indian languages, built for ₹8,000 handsets. No app? Reach Asha with a plain phone call.

JanAI Platform

The intelligence

Agent orchestration, per-citizen scheme eligibility, consent and privacy. DPDP-compliant by design.

JanAI Bazaar

The marketplace

Providers plug in once and reach every household on the network.

How it works

Walk in. Speak. Or just call.

How a JanAI Cafe works
  1. 1

    Walk into a JanAI Cafe

    A trained ambassador, called a Doot, sits down with you and helps you start.

  2. 2

    Speak in your language

    Ask Asha out loud, in any of eight Indian languages. No typing, no forms in English.

  3. 3

    Or just call

    No smartphone, no app? Call Asha from any phone and ask the same questions.

JanAI Asha

Ask Asha, in your own words

Asha listens in your language and answers in it: what you can apply for, what to bring, and where to go next.

Schemes

Find the government schemes you can apply for, and what to bring.

Jobs

Work near your village, matched to what you can do.

Loans

Understand a loan before you sign, and apply through a provider on the network.

Meet JanAI Asha
JanAI Asha home screen in Hindi: a lamp to touch and speak, with suggested questions about schemes, nearby work and selling a crop
What we proved

Eight weeks in Mysuru and Prayagraj

3,000

Households completed a journey

75%

Complete one when a Doot sits down with them

12

Government schemes live on JanAI

3

States

Ten JanAI Cafes are live today. The ceiling is appointments, not demand.

Events

Meet us in Bengaluru, March 2027

All events
JanAI Vishwa Utsav 2027
UpcomingWorld festival and expo

JanAI Vishwa Utsav 2027 (जन AI विश्व उत्सव)

  • 1 to 7 March 2027
  • BIEC, Bengaluru

A world festival (1 to 3 March) and expo (4 to 6 March), convened by Madan Padaki.

Event details
Research

Evidence from the field

All research
For providers

Plug in once. Reach every household on the network.

Free at the point of use for citizens. Providers pay a share of revenue only on a completed outcome: a customer with consent on file, not a lead.

Join the BazaarHow the value flows
The JanAI mark: one glyph that reads as ज and J, shaped like a charkha with an eight-spoked star
The logo story

ज and J, in one glyph

Charkha puts the means of production in the hands of every villager. A century on, the means of production is intelligence — and it sits in data centres, in English, behind interfaces built for someone else. JanAI is the charkha for this century. The glyph reads as ज and J at once, because Bharat shouldn't have to switch languages to be understood.

Eight spokes, eight languages
Built on India's public rails
Aadhaar
UPI
ONDC
BlueDots-ONEST
With our partners
Head Held High Foundation, field partner
EkStep Foundation, public goods partner

There is a JanAI Cafe near you

Ten JanAI Cafes are open today. Walk in and speak in your language.

Find a JanAI Cafe