Published: August 30, 2025, 12:23 PM IST
Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw praised Chewy, an AI robot born in Bengaluru that feeds wet waste and turns it into usable soil.
In a city that fights mountains of wet waste and landfills, homemade innovations have attracted attention for one of Bengaluru's most respected voices. Biocon Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has used social media to praise the AI-powered robot called “Chewie” and called it a promising solution for managing the city's home trash.
“Wow! Innovation for wet trash produced at home in Bengaluru,” she posted, sharing a video of a compact kitchen robot at work.
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Developed in Bengaluru, Chewy is an AI-driven waste processing unit that digests wet kitchen waste, including food waste, skins and leftovers, and converts it into nutrient-rich soil that can be used within hours. Eliminate the need to store rotten organic waste in bottles and tackle one of the most unpleasant aspects of household waste management: odor.
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Bengaluru's innovation for the Bengaluru problem
Although Bengaluru is known worldwide as a high-tech and startup hub, it has long struggled with outdated and overgrown waste management systems.
By converting waste into usable soil, Chewy also supports urban horticulture and agriculture. This provides a sustainable circular model that benefits both the home and the environment.
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Since Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's post, interest in Chewie has skyrocketed on social media, with many Bengalis praising the idea and expressing their interest in adopting technology.
“Amazing. Great! I think he should make these big machines and sell them to local governments. Municipalities can convert this waste into organic fertilizer and they have to pay the homeowner to deposit the waste,” commented one user. Others expressed skepticism about how artificial intelligence is used in machines.
