01
distraction & isolation
you study alone. you lose focus inside fifteen minutes. nothing pulls you back.
2+ hrslost per session · every interview confirmed it
startup aid · iiit hyderabad · 2026
you have an exam tomorrow.
it's 11pm. you've reopened instagram four times in the last hour. your group chat has 87 unread messages, three of which might be useful. nobody knows what's actually on the paper.
gommies fixes that — live study circles with your friends, and an ai that tells you exactly what to study next.
140+student interviews
9campuses scoped
~84%said "i'd use this tomorrow"
studying solo at 1am is a bug, not a feature.
02 · the problem
it's not one thing. it's three.
we interviewed 140+ students across iiits, iits, nits, and tier-1 privates. the same three complaints came back. every. single. time.
02
misdirected effort
past papers live in fifteen whatsapp groups. nobody synthesises what actually gets asked.
15+group chats per course · before the exam
03
broken workarounds
forest + discord + sheets + a telegram bot. duct tape. none of it shares data.
4 appsaverage · taped together for one exam night
"i don't need another productivity app. i need my friends in the same room — and someone to tell me what's actually on the paper." — third-year, iiit hyderabad
03 · pillar one
study circles.
your friends, in one room.
drop into a live circle with two clicks. shared pomodoro. camera optional. focus-locked — your phone knows when you're scrolling.
- · synced timers so the room breaks together
- · gentle peer pressure — not a leaderboard, just presence
- · ambient mode for solo sessions that still feel social
- · circles persist across days — the room remembers you
+47%median session length in pilot
3.1×more sessions per week vs. solo
04 · pillar two
an ai that tells you
what to study next.
we ingest your syllabus, the last eight years of papers, and your own quiz history. then we rank topics by probability and roi — given how much time you have.
- · past-paper frequency analysis per topic
- · personal weakness signal from your practice
- · time-budget aware — 4 hours vs. 4 days
- · always shows its working — no black box
8 yrsof past papers ingested at launch
1.2sto a study plan, from upload
05 · the product
it's real. and it's already on your phone.
a closed beta is running with two iiit hyderabad cohorts. here's what they see.
9:41●●●● 5G
tonight's plan
avl rotations45 min · high roi
bfs / dfs60 min · high roi
hashingskim · 15 min
start focus session →
tonight · prioritised
9:41●●●● 5G
data structures · live
APRyou
24:17
focus · 25 min · 4 studying
aanya finished trees
rohit 4-day streak
end early →
circle · live
9:41●●●● 5G
past papers · ds
2024 · midsemsolved
2023 · endsemsolved
2023 · midsemsolved
2022 · endsemopen
topic frequency
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papers · synthesised
06 · validation
we didn't guess. we asked.
six weeks of interviews. two campus pilots. one number we keep coming back to.
0+ students interviewed
iiit-h, iiit-d, iit-bombay, nit-w, bits pilani
0% said "i'd use this tomorrow"
unprompted, after a 5-min walkthrough
0% longer sessions in pilot
median across two iiit-h cohorts · n=38
0day-30 retention in pilot
vs. ~9% benchmark for solo study apps
"the circle thing is the bit. i don't open notion. i don't open forest. but if my friends are already in the room, i'm in." — second-year cse, iiit-h
"the priority list saved me eight hours the night before midsems. it told me to skip the chapter i was about to spend two hours on. it was right." — third-year ece, nit warangal
07 · market
india has a study problem.
a big one.
we're not selling courses. we're not another edtech. we're the layer between students and the work they already have to do.
TAM
40M
indian college students
(aishe 2024)
(aishe 2024)
SAM
8M
tier-1 + tier-2 stem undergrads
phone-native, exam-driven
phone-native, exam-driven
SOM · y1
120k
30 campuses we can win first
via student ambassadors
via student ambassadors
every indian undergrad spends ~₹0 on study software and ~120 hours per semester on study coordination they shouldn't have to do. that's the budget we unlock.
08 · model
free to study. paid to win.
circles are free forever. ai priority and the past-paper engine are where the money lives.
free
₹0/forever
- unlimited study circles
- basic timers, focus mode
- 3 past papers per course
acquisition layer · viral by design
most students pick this
pro
₹149/month
- full ai priority engine
- every past paper, synthesised
- weakness heatmap + retention loop
- private circles, custom timers
target: 8–12% of free → pro by month 6
campus
custom/per cohort
- bulk seats via student bodies
- course-officer dashboard
- private past-paper library
2 lois signed · 3 in pipeline
cac₹38ambassador-led, no paid ads
arpu (pro)₹1,420 / yr
ltv : cac~37×at 18-month retention
gross margin78%
09 · the ask
study with your friends.
beat the syllabus.
we're opening the next cohort in june. 500 seats. iiit-h, iiit-d, iit-bombay, nit-w, bits pilani — in that order.