In a powerful affirmation of India’s burgeoning tech talent, 19-year-old Mumbai native Dhravya Shah has successfully closed a seed funding round of $2.6 million (approximately ₹23 Crore) for his artificial intelligence startup, Supermemory.
The funding was secured from a star-studded list of global tech leaders, including Google AI Chief Jeff Dean, DeepMind product manager Logan Kilpatrick, and executives from OpenAI and Meta, underscoring the startup’s potential to solve one of the most critical challenges facing modern AI.
Supermemory has developed an AI memory platform designed to enhance the long-term context and data retrieval capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). Current AI systems often struggle to remember information from past sessions, limiting their effectiveness for personalized and ongoing interactions.
“Our core strength is to extract ‘memories’ or valuable insights from any kind of unstructured data—be it documents, emails, or chat logs—and give AI applications the context they need to perform better over time,” said Dhravya Shah, Founder and CEO of Supermemory. “This is about giving AI the ability to truly remember and personalize.”
Shah’s journey is a tale of middle-class ambition and self-taught expertise. He was initially preparing for the rigorous IIT entrance exams when he taught himself to code. Using a laptop he persuaded his parents to buy during the pandemic, he built and sold an early-stage bot to a social media tool company, using the proceeds to move to the US.
The young entrepreneur later dropped out of Arizona State University to fully commit to his startup vision, eventually earning a prestigious O-1 visa for individuals with “extraordinary ability” in their field.
“Dhravya’s grit and technical proficiency, especially at his age, are phenomenal,” commented an investor on the condition of anonymity. “Supermemory is tackling a foundational infrastructure layer, and that’s what attracted top engineering talent from the biggest names in AI.”
The seed capital will be used to expand the engineering team and scale the Supermemory API, which is already being utilized by several early customers, including AI video editors and specialized search engines. Shah’s success highlights a growing global trend of young Indian innovators making a significant impact on the frontier of artificial intelligence.
