Education technology is transforming the way we learn, and Shaktimaan.ai is at the cutting edge of this revolution. Shaktimaan.ai, a personalised mentoring and discipline-driven educational ecosystem, recently secured $2 million (INR 16.5 crore) in a seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation from Fundersclub, Goodwater Capital, Jar founders Misbah Ashraf and Nishchay AG, and several other angel investors.
The fresh capital will be used to develop an LLM (Language Model) tailored to educational use cases, as well as to expand the platform’s capabilities and adaptability. Shaktimaan.ai also plans to serve 100,000 students by December 2023.
Shaktimaan.ai was founded in early 2023 by Vimal Singh Rathore and Aseem Gupta, and its current offerings include real-time doubt resolution and personalised feedback, with detailed evaluations of students’ handwritten answers. This helps UPSC aspirants with targeted assistance and efficient study plans.
Speaking about the company and its mission, Co-founder& CEO of Shaktimaan.ai, Vimal Singh Rathore, said: “Shaktimaan is our answer to the challenges of affordability and accessibility of excellent education in India. The prospect of making a real difference keeps our entire team driven and inspired. When I encountered GenAI last year, it struck me that this could be a game-changer in education, particularly in a nation where quality teaching is often beyond reach.”
YCombinator is a startup accelerator that provides seed funding for startups. This year, it invested a $2.5 million seed funding round in the HRTech platform HireSure.ai with Binny Bansal’s Three State Capital. The round also saw participation from San Francisco-based Tribe Capital and Pioneer Fund.
Education technology is creating an environment where high-quality education is within reach, and Shaktimaan.ai is at the forefront. The platform provides an efficient way for teachers to provide personalised feedback to students, and its goal of reaching 100,000 students by 2023 is a testament to its ambition. Education technology has great potential to revolutionise the way we learn, and Shaktimaan.ai is taking full advantage of this opportunity.
