EdTech startup Mindgrasp AI scales from zero to 500,000 users in 12 months. Here’s how

In 2021, Mindgrasp AI emerged from the vibrant corridors of the Maryland Innovation Center with a lofty goal – to serve as an artificial intelligence learning assistant for both students and professionals. Little did this EdTech startup from Maryland know that it would quickly evolve from a mere concept to amassing an impressive user base of 500,000 within a mere 12 months of its launch.

The rapid rise of Mindgrasp AI can be attributed to its innovative and seamless approach to assisting students read documents, textbooks, and article links. MindgraspAI also helps students answer questions about uploaded materials, and convert video and audio lectures into notes. Mindgrasp also enables students to create accurate notes, summaries, flashcards, quizzes, and answer questions from a wide range of sources including documents, PDFs, YouTube videos, Zoom meetings, webinars, podcasts, and more.

Fast forward three years later, Mindgrasp’s AI platform is used by students from renowned institutions such as Stanford, Princeton, MIT, and the University of Maryland, along with post-graduate professionals and knowledge workers across various industries. The Mindgrasp AI tool has become students’ number one “Study Buddy.”

To support its rapid growth, Mindgrasp AI has announced the addition of five new full-time employees to its team. These strategic hires will facilitate the launch of new products and features focused on active learning and establishing new partnerships in sectors such as cybersecurity, healthcare, and higher education.

Thai Cao, co-founder and CEO of Mindgrasp AI, said, “Transitioning five contractors to full-time team members serves multiple purposes. It indicates our growth trajectory so far, positions us for rapid scaling in the next 12 months and beyond, and strengthens our ability to retain top talent.”

In addition to its seamless approach as an AI learning assistant, Mindgrasp AI can process uploads in various formats – text, audio, and video – to generate notes, summaries, flashcards, and quizzes. This feature has helped over 500,000 registered users save time, enhance learning speed, and boost memory and comprehension skills. It has gained trust among students from prestigious educational institutions across the United States and post-graduate professionals.

Below is a screen capture of what some Mindgrasp users have to say.

Feedback from Mindgrasp users

“In our inaugural year, Mindgrasp AI has empowered hundreds of thousands of users to increase their productivity and learning efficiency exponentially,” Cao added. “We’ve achieved this with minimal external funding while rapidly expanding our product, user experience, and now our team, which is quite uncommon in the fiercely competitive generative AI field.”

Founded in 2021 by Thai Cao and Shayan Khanlarbeik, Mindgrasp AI operates with a remote workforce spanning the United States, Dubai, Bangladesh, and Lebanon. The EdTech startup’s remarkable growth has garnered 100 million views on TikTok.