AI-driven edtech startup SiglQ.ai has raised $9.5 million in a seed funding round co-led by The House Fund and GSV Ventures, with backing from Duolingo, General Catalyst India (Venture Highway), Peak XV Partners, Calibrate Ventures, and a notable lineup of angel investors including Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski, Christian Storm, Trevor Darrell, Jitendra Malik, Srini Devadas, and Sharad Malik, among others.

Founded in 2023 by Karttikeya Mangalam and Kurt Keutzer, SiglQ.ai builds AI-powered personalized learning tools aimed at transforming education at scale. Its flagship platforms — PadhAI and EverTutor.ai — are already serving hundreds of thousands of students globally across the U.S. and Indian higher education markets.

Emerging from 18 months of stealth development, SiglQ.ai has made headlines with its claim that PadhAI Tutor secured the top national ranking in the UPSC 2024 Civil Service Exam, outperforming 1.3 million human candidates and surpassing well-known AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude.

The company revealed that PadhAI has attracted over 200,000 UPSC aspirants in India, while EverTutor.ai, focused on GRE preparation, has seen a surge with 10,000+ users in just three months since its launch.

According to a press release, the freshly raised capital will be used to ramp up hiring, enhance its proprietary AI models, and scale operations globally. SiglQ.ai is also preparing to unveil new advancements in both its platforms at the upcoming ASU+GSV Summit, further cementing its position in the rapidly evolving AI-in-education landscape.