Bengaluru, Nov. 19 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday launched KEO, a compact, open-source personal computer developed and manufactured within the state, priced at Rs.18,999 and designed to bring artificial intelligence capabilities to students, engineers, and households across urban and rural areas.

The device, launched at the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025, is the product of a collaboration between the state's department of electronics, information technology (IT) & biotechnology (BT) and the Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS). It runs on an indigenous RISC-V processor fabricated by a Bengaluru semiconductor company and features an on-device AI core that operates offline.

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