AI-based edtech platform Shaktimaan.ai raises $2 million from YCombinator and other investors

Artificial intelligence-based edtech startup Shaktimaan.ai raises $2 million in a seed funding round from YCombinator, Fundersclub, GoodWater Capital along with Misbah Ashraf and Nishchay AG (Jar) amongst others.The startup will use the fund to build an LLM trained for different educational use cases.Founded by Vimal Singh Rathore and Aseem Gupta in 2023, Shaktimaan provide real-time doubt resolution and personalised feedback, with detailed evaluations of students' handwritten answers.“Generative AI can be a game-changer in education, particularly in a nation like ours where quality teaching is often beyond reach. Shaktimaan solves the challenges of affordability and accessibility of quality education in India,” added Rathore, co-founder and chief executive officer, Shaktimaan.