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News
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
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Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$2M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2M
Seed · May 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
5
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Long since its last round
28 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 16, 2025 Released an app SuperKalam: Crack UPSC IAS · App Store May 22, 2024 Raised a round Seed $2M · Inc42 Media 2023 Founded Jan 2023 Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.14%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Seed May 2024 $2M — Inc42 Media
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Overview

SuperKalam is an Indian education technology startup that builds an AI-powered study platform for students preparing for competitive government examinations such as the UPSC civil services exam. Its mobile and web apps provide a personal AI mentor, practice questions, answer writing evaluation, current affairs content and progress tracking. The startup is backed by Y Combinator and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

News

News businessline 2 years ago
SuperKalam secures $2 million in seed funding for AI-led educational platform
SuperKalam secures $2 million seed funding to enhance AI-led educational platform for competitive exam preparation.
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News Inc42 Media 2 years ago
SuperKalam Raises $2 Mn To Enhance Its AI-Led Educational Platform
SuperKalam will utilise the funding to enhance its AI-led educational platform, expand its reach and improve user experience.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at SuperKalam over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
31
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
75/100
Languages
Node JS46%
JavaScript46%
TypeScript23%
Python23%
Frameworks & libraries
React Native46%
Nest.JS38%
React.js38%
Lottie8%
Databases
PostgreSQL46%
MySQL38%
Redis38%
ElasticSearch23%
Cloud & platforms
AWS38%
Azure38%
GCP38%
Rive38%
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Full SuperKalam tech stack 31 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$31k
Typical range
$26k – $37k
Open positions
2
2 Jobs
Junior 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $31k $26k – $37k
Highest paying role Fullstack Mobile Engineer (React Native + NodeJS) $37k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
5 opened / 10 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
30 days
faster than 42% of the market
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Mobile
40%
Design
33% ▼
AI/ML
7% ▼
Product
7% ▲
Finance
7% ▲
Early Careers
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Mobile (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added RAG to stack Oct 2026
Added SQL to stack Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added Tool Use to stack Sep 2026
Added Voice Agents to stack Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack Sep 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack Sep 2026
Added WhatsApp to stack Sep 2026
Added Function Calling to stack Aug 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Aug 2026
Added Text-to-Speech to stack Aug 2026
Added Knowledge Graph to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Bengaluru
Bengaluru India
HQ
2 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $31k Avg Salary
hires for Mobile, Design
seen since Aug 2026

Jobs

In office • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Apply
In office • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
Python
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
AI/ML
RAG
Knowledge Graph
Voice Agents
Agentic Workflows
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Apply
≈ $10k – $27k per year (Estimated) • In office • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
Lottie
Design
Rive
Apply
$16k – $37k per year (gross) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
RAG
Knowledge Graph
Voice Agents
Agentic Workflows
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Apply
$19k – $26k per year (gross) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
Figma
Rive
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Financials

Total raised
$2M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Seed 2024 $2M Details