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boAt to co-develop India-made chips with HrdWyr; Tata Electronics to assemble

boAt plans to integrate it into 25 percent of its devices by 2026, starting with the premium Nirvana range

August 28, 2025 / 15:02 IST
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boAt plans to integrate it into 25 percent of its devices by 2026, starting with the premium Nirvana range.
The new HrdWyr Indus 1011, an MCU-class SoC for headset charging cases, will be assembled and packaged in India by Tata Electronics

India’s largest audio brand boAt is making a decisive push to localise its component ecosystem by co-designing a chip with Bengaluru-based semiconductor startup HrdWyr to reduce its import dependence and tighten supply chain control.

The new HrdWyr Indus 1011, an MCU-class SoC for headset charging cases, will be assembled and packaged in India by Tata Electronics. boAt plans to integrate it into 25 percent of its devices by 2026, starting with the premium Nirvana range.

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“Despite designing most of our Prime and Nirvana series of products locally, we still ended up procuring most of the silicon from countries like Taiwan and China. Together with HrdWyr, we identified the chip,” boAt Co-founder and CEO Sameer Mehta told Moneycontrol.

The chip is designed to improve power and battery management in charging cases. “The first products with this SoC will launch in the Nirvana range. By late 2026, we plan to deploy it across about 25 percent of our devices. The prototype will be ready by December, and the commercial chip will be plugged into Nirvana products by mid next year,” Mehta said.