AI-led personalised exam-prep platform for IGCSE, AS and A Level, IBDP and other school boards. Its AI tutor, 'Sorty,' is a board-aligned assistant with personalised doubt-solving, curriculum-specific guidance and exam preparation support.  It serves students across more than 15 countries, with 71% acquired organically. $350K pre-seed round from angels including Boman Irani (Rustomjee Group, Rustomjee International School); Sameer Mehta (boAt); Subrat Pani (OneAssist); Rohini Kasturi (HG Insights); Ranjit Pawar (London Stock Exchange Group). Backed by PIEDS, the Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society at BITS Pilani. Founded in Sep 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Ananya (Ashoka University '24) is ex-Prime Securities; Chief Product & Innovation Officer Aryaman (Trinity College Dublin '25) was with E&Y for six months; Naman (Narsee Monjee '24) started soon after college.

Voice-first AI tutoring platform for school and competitive exam prep. Akin to a teacher with a whiteboard, the platform offers real-time audio conversations and a live interactive sketchpad, allowing the AI tutor to draw diagrams and work through problems while explaining concepts aloud. While this is K-12, this is particularly used by students in classes 9-12, who undertake board exam prep along with their prep for JEE, NEET and CUET. The platform works in 22 languages including Hindi and Hinglish, with AI avatar versions of real school teachers for partner institutions. 200K users till date, across app and web. $500K/₹4.3CR pre-seed round at a $5M valuation, co-led by DataAlpha.ai and White Swan Global. Founded in Jan 2025, Noida based. Founder & CEO Kirti (IIT BHU '07) was AVP and Head of CET at PhysicsWallah; prior to which he founded real-time doubt-solving platform, Puchoto (i.e., "just ask").

AI mentor to prepare for NEET exams, for undergraduate medical education. Students are taught through AI mentors that are based on real teachers who have taught over 125K students. Students can watch AI-generated videos, practice, solve doubts and undertake revision on the platform. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount led by Boundless Ventures, along with angels. Founded in Jul 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Ajit (IIT Bombay '16) worked on product across Swasth Alliance (non-profit digital backbone for integrated care delivery), Thoughtworks and eGovernments Foundation. CTO Praveen (IIT Bombay '16) was Senior Staff Data Scientist at Simpl, and data scientist at FlexiLoans and Flyrobe.

AI companion named Doro, which helps 3-10 year old children build their confidence and improve speaking skills. Conventional speech models struggle with children's speech because of differences in rhythm and pacing. The company has developed VedAnsh-v1, a proprietary speech-to-text and voice activity detection system designed for kids' voices. 500K downloads. $1.5M seed round led by IndiaQuotient, with the participation of General Catalyst. Gurgaon based, founded in Aug 2025. Founders: Shivam (IIT Madras '17) was Head of Product at Probo, starting out as a PM at Paytm and Urban Company; Siddhant (NIT Kurukshetra '15) was an engineer at Probo and technology associate at Goldman Sachs.

Soon to launch AI-native EdTech platform for K-12 students and competitive exam prep including JEE and NEET. The company's AI companion will understand a student's level and adapts teaching in real time. ₹30CR (~$3.2M) pre-seed round led by BEENEXT, along with Eximius and Antler. Founded in April 2026, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Ravneet (IIT Hyderabad '14) was Director of Technology at Vedantu (~four years) before co-founding FC.ONE, automating back office tasks for sports businesses, clubs and academies.

Skilling platform with a simulation-first approach which provides MBA students and corporate professionals immersive environments (interactive video lectures, animations, and real-life case studies) to solve real world business challenges across ops, strategy, marketing, sales and leadership. The goal is to solve the "job-ready" crisis for MBAs and corporates. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount from Real Time Angel Fund (RTAF). Founded in Apr 2022, Noida based. Founders & CEO Rajat (Rajasthan Technical Univ. '10; IIM Kozhikode '25) is a former governmentn employee who worked in the PWD and the Railway's RITES Ltd. He was senior faculty at Made Easy Education (coaching institute for engineering grads).

IT training marketplace connecting learners with live, verified IT tutors and courses. $500K seed round. Founded in Nov 2021, Hyderabad base. Founder Vinay (Sullivan Univ. '13) was Director of Operations at IT consulting firm Xcelo Group and was an Oracle database administrator at Intuit.

AI-powered, video-first learning platform for competitive nursing entrance exams undertaken by close to a million nurses in India each year, for highly paid roles here and around the world. The company replaces rote learning in offline centres, PDFs and recorded lectures with an AI mentor, 1,400 hours of exam-aligned content, mock exams and individual performance tracking to drive superior exam results. This allows nurses to get access to government jobs and global placements which pay ₹1–5 lakhs per month, i.e. up to 10x entry-level private sector roles in india. 100K nurses have used the platform within 10 months of launch. India is the world's largest supplier of healthcare workers along with facing an increasing shortage at skilled professionals at home. $1.5M seed round led by Lumikai, the third in the interactive learning space after Supernova (AI tutor for spoken English) and Vobble (interactive AI-first audio platform for kids). Jodhpur based. The founders, Prince, Utkarsh and Gourav, are doctors who started NPrep while completing their MBBS at AIIMS Jodhpur.

Helps schools students develop career guidance and relevant skills before college. Students get access to an AI mentor (MU20 Coach), bootcamps and in-school career inubation labs to give htem exposure to entrprenuership, AI and data science and more. It currently works with 300 schools. $500K pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2018, Indore based. Founders: CEO Tejas (ISB '26) and COO Madhur seem to have started this out of college.

AI-led personalised learning and skilling courses. With certified programs, the platform covers 200 in-demand skills including cybersecurity, HR, project management and AI roles. Users have seen placements into companies like Google, PhonePe, Novartis, Reliance Retail and Jio. Revenue scale undisclosed. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Formerly known as CareerNinja. Founded in May 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: Shronit (Veermata Jijibai Technological Institute '14) led sales and innovation for the real estate vertical at construction firm Bucon Engineers and Infrastructure for four years; Gargi (SPJIMR '16) was head of Product & Marketing at Sweet Dreams (a clothing brand) for five years.