Saarathi · सारथी Voice‑first navigation Made for India · 11 languages
Now in private beta Bengaluru · Mumbai · Delhi NCR 2,400+ on the waitlist
The voice-first map for India

Maps were built for highways.
Saarathi is built for Indians.

Indian languages · Landmark directions · Lane-level local knowledge
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Saarathi (सारथी) — the charioteer. Your guide on the road.
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In 200 metres, take the second left right after the Shiva Temple — tight turn, easy to miss. दो सौ मीटर में, शिव मंदिर के बाद दूसरा left — turn थोड़ा tight है, miss मत करना।
Saarathi · Hindi
01 · Language

Speak the way you actually speak.

Hindi to English to Tamil to Kannada — switch mid-sentence. Saarathi follows the way your friends do, not the way a dropdown menu does.

हिन्दी English தமிழ் ಕನ್ನಡ తెలుగు বাংলা मराठी ਪੰਜਾਬੀ മലയാളം +2
Live conversation
You Saarathi, mujhe pickup point pe le chal — wahi jagah jahan kal gaya tha. सारथी, मुझे पिकअप पॉइंट पे ले चल।
Saarathi Got it. Aaj traffic theek hai, going via the inner lane. Shall I start? आज ट्रैफ़िक ठीक है।
You Haan, chalo.
Saved by voice
Tailor — for Riya's clothes 2nd cross · near the petrol pump "Save this — yahi waala tailor."
Daughter's school — side pickup Use the side gate, not the main one "Pickup yahin pe — main gate nahi."
Saturday vegetable vendor Corner of 4th main · weekend only "Yeh wala — Saturday subah waala."
Mechanic — clutch repair Garage row · ask for Faisal bhai "Wahi banda — pichli baar clutch theek kiya tha."
02 · Memory

Places saved by just saying so.

No pinning. No typing addresses. No copy‑pasting from chat. Speak a place into existence the way you'd describe it to a friend.

03 · Local knowledge

Built for the lanes between the lanes.

"Take the right at the mall, then the left right after the electronics shop — both within ten metres, easy to miss." Landmark cues, timed to your turn — not "in 50 metres, turn left."

Live route
BOOKSTORE 2ND LEFT BLUE GATE YOU DEST.
+ 3 min via lanes Avoids construction No left turn 7–10pm
The honest comparison

What Google Maps says
vs what you actually need to hear.

Google Maps Built for highways

The instruction
"In 200 metres, turn left onto unnamed road."
The language English-first. Hindi voice that mispronounces every street name.
The address "Plot 14, 4th Cross, 7th Main." Half the addresses don't resolve.
Saving a place Type. Search. Pin. Star. Rename. Categorise. Six taps minimum.
The lanes Same suggestion as the truck in front of you. No idea about the gali shortcut behind the temple.

Saarathi Built for Indians

The instruction
"Shiv mandir ke turant baad doosra left — turn tight hai, miss mat karna."
The language 11 Indian languages, code-mix native. "Take left after the petrol pump" works exactly the way you'd say it.
The address "Riya ke tailor ke saamne wali gali" — landmark routing. Saved by voice, found by voice.
Saving a place "Save this — yahi waala tailor." Done. One sentence.
The lanes Knows the inner roads, the school side gate, the no-left-turn at 7pm, the Saturday vegetable lane. Local roads, local rules.
— A note from the team

Maps were built for highways.
Saarathi is built for Indians.

11Indian languages,
code‑mix native
3Cities live in beta:
Bengaluru · Mumbai · Delhi
<800msVoice latency,
edge inference
2,400+Drivers on the
waitlist
Watch the demo ▸
Free during beta · Android first · iOS on the roadmap

Questions, answered straight.

Does it work offline?

Voice runs on-device for under-800ms response, even in tunnels and patchy 4G. Maps cache for the cities you drive most.

Is it free?

Free through the private beta. After launch: free tier for personal use, paid tier for fleet operators and rideshare drivers.

Android or iOS?

Android first — that's where 95% of Indian drivers are. iOS rolls out in Q2 2026.

Does it use Google Maps under the hood?

No. Routing is our own, built on OpenStreetMap + 2.1M+ community-mapped lanes. Voice and language understanding are our own models, trained on Indian code-mixed speech.

Which languages are live today?

Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Odia. Hinglish and code-mix work natively across all of them.

What about my data?

Voice processing happens on your device. Saved places are encrypted end-to-end. We don't sell location data — ever. That's not a marketing line; it's how the product is built.

When does it launch publicly?

The beta is open India-wide to a limited group of early drivers. Join the waitlist — seats roll out in batches.

Who's behind Saarathi?

A team of Indian engineers and linguists who've spent the last year on the wrong end of every Google Maps reroute.