Education
Kautuki.
A tutoring marketplace with live online classes for Class 6–12 students, built first for families in India's Tier 2, 3 and 4 towns. Parents pay per class.
Kautuki’s tagline sets out the idea: “Your child is not behind. They were only further from a teacher.” Classes are taught live on the family’s phone by a teacher the Kautuki team has checked.
The problem
A family’s choice of teacher is limited to what’s nearby, and the usual options have problems:
- Coaching classes want a year’s fee upfront, plus the auto fare every day (Kautuki’s site puts that at about ₹960 a month).
- Tutors who arrive through WhatsApp or an agency are unchecked.
- In batches of 200, doubts never get asked.
- Once the class ends, the learning stops too.
The product
How it works
Four class formats
A one-to-one class of 60 minutes, a small batch of up to 12 students, a 30-minute doubt session and a 2-hour session before an exam.
First class free
The first class with any teacher is free, and a family can try more than one teacher before choosing.
Pay per class
After that, families pay for each class separately, with no package, subscription or deposit. Teachers set their own rates, typically ₹100–500 for a one-to-one hour, and are paid only after the class has happened.
Built for weak networks
Video adjusts to the signal. When the signal gets too weak, the class carries on with audio and the shared whiteboard instead of dropping.
Included with every class
Every class comes with the whiteboard and session notes, and parents get a weekly progress report.
Free self-study library
Video lessons, chapter notes, quizzes that mark themselves and assignments a teacher marks by hand. Students also get a personal notebook, links to the free NCERT textbooks and a way to ask a doubt without booking.
Trust and safety
Checks on teachers, recordings for parents
Three checks per teacher
Aadhaar identity, qualification papers and a background check, each reviewed by a person on the Kautuki team. Failing any one of them ends the application.
Every class recorded
Every class is recorded, and parents can watch any of them back.
Data kept in Mumbai
Data is stored in Mumbai and handled under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023.
Three audiences
Who it is for
Families
The main audience. Parents choose the teacher and the class format.
Teachers
Teachers keep 80–90% of what they charge, and the share rises with their rating. They are paid out in about 24 hours, set their own hours and pay nothing to join.
Schools
Planned for after the launch for students. Schools will be able to cover a missing subject teacher with live batches, list their own staff, and get attendance, parent reports and one GST invoice a month in one place.
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