Expertrons

Expertrons is a Mumbai-headquartered career guidance and upskilling company built around AI videobot technology. Videobots are recorded video interactions with domain experts that an AI engine decomposes into components so the system can answer a user's spoken or typed questions in context, producing an interaction the company positions as the successor to text chatbots. Aspirants — students and early-career professionals — interact with videobots of experts who have been hired at leading companies and universities, and can additionally book paid one-on-one consultations with those experts.

Beyond guidance, the platform sells structured upskilling and placement programs: a Post Graduate Certification Program in Banking and Financial Services with IIBF AML/KYC certification, an Advanced General Management Program and internship program with E&ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati, a PRO MBA in Banking and Financial Management carrying certifications from AIMA, Expertrons and the State University of New York, and comprehensive training in IT, finance, data analytics, data science, product management and UI/UX design, supported by capstone projects and mentorship. Several programs are marketed with placement assistance or assurance.

The company also serves institutions and employers. Colleges subscribe to the Career Acceleration Program, effectively a virtual training and placement cell; corporates hire pre-trained candidates from the aspirant pool at no stated hiring cost; and businesses can deploy Expertrons' videobots for sales, customer support, demos and FAQ automation. A franchise partner programme extends distribution.

Founding story

Co-founders Vivek Gupta and Jatin Solanki, both IIT Bombay 2012 alumni and repeat edtech entrepreneurs, started Expertrons after concluding that hiring suffers from a growing disconnect between employers and candidates and that career guidance is fragmented and short on innovation. Their research pointed to roughly 30 million Indians completing higher education each year, many of them first-generation graduates spending close to $5,000 on education without access to informed career advice, and to more than 1.5 billion professionals globally who change careers five to seven times. Gupta previously co-founded Plancess EduSolution, exited via acquisition by listed company Career Point, and worked on PrepLane; Solanki previously founded Schoodle and the gamified learning venture Eduisfun and is a TEDx speaker. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shift to digital delivery shaped the company's remote-first hiring and placement solutions for businesses and educational institutions.

Business model

Expertrons runs a hybrid B2C and B2B model. Consumers pay for one-on-one expert consultations, subscription-style plans (Expertrons Pro and Expertrons Plus), and skills courses and certification programs. On the B2B side, colleges and educational institutions buy the Career Acceleration Program as a virtual training and placement cell, businesses license the videobot technology for customer communication, and hiring companies access the trained candidate pool. The company additionally sells franchise partnerships. Employers are offered candidates at zero hiring cost, with revenue coming from the learner and institutional sides rather than from recruiters.

Revenue comes from paid one-on-one expert consultations, paid student plans (Expertrons Pro and Plus), fees for skills courses and certification programs, contracts with colleges for the Career Acceleration Program, sales of videobot technology to businesses, and franchise fees. Inc42 records revenue above ₹5.0 crore in FY25.

Traction

Company materials report over 6,000 domain-specific experts, more than 350,000 aspirants impacted, over 5,000 associated companies, and a talent pool of 6,000+ candidates for employers. At the time of the 2021 pre-Series A, coverage cited over 5,000 experts, more than 100 million minutes spent on the platform by professionals, over 2,000 partner companies, more than 100 college partners, 50% month-on-month growth, roughly 40% of paid users being career switchers, and operational profitability reached within 14 months of incorporation alongside 250,000 aspirants inspired. Earlier company figures listed 150,000 users, 18.5 million minutes spent on the app, 40,000 minutes of videobot content, a 2,000-strong elite expert panel and 1,500 consultations booked.

Latest developments

In August 2023, Expertrons was reported to have raised funding from HT and to have acqui-hired Foxmula while expanding into enterprise upskilling. Company data compiled by Inc42 lists total funding of $2.3 million or more with a last funding date of 6 August 2023, revenue of over ₹5.0 crore for FY25, an employee count of about 332, and a Glassdoor rating of 4.20 from 442 reviews, with recent declines in headcount and web traffic.