Invest in Enki
AI That Powers Professional Development
Highlights
Featured Investors
First VC in ServiceTitan. $400M AUM investing into software, cleantech, biotechnology, materials science, and space technology.
“Many of the companies that I've backed in my career have achieved unicorn status. I believe Enki also has the potential of being a category-defining company, generating extraordinary returns for its shareholders.”
CEO & founder of Mercury.com. Investor in 200+ companies including Airtable, Rappi and Clubhouse
“Super excited to be investing!”
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Our Team
Pitch
A Profitable, Fast-Growing Business at the Center of a Massive Market Shift
TL;DR
- Big, important problem: The AI tsunami is impacting jobs globally. 1 billion people will need re-skilling by 2030.
- Unique Business Model: Enki partners with companies for whom up-skilling is an important part of their business, and helps them adopt AI. This unlocks scalable recurring revenue for us ($5k–$50k/mo per partner).
- State-of-the-art products: Cutting-edge AI-powered learning products used by millions.
- Profitable & Scaling: Enki is cash flow positive and growing fast: tripled revenue in last 6 months to $500k ARR.
- Proven Leadership & Backing: Our CEO, Kirill Makharinsky, has built 2 companies previously, that have $250M+ ARR. The team includes the Airbnb education lead and AI product lead at Google.
- Top-tier investors: include the first VC in ServiceTitan ($8B valuation), the founder/CEO of Mercury Bank ($3.5B valuation), and the VC investors behind Duolingo ($17B valuation) and Coursera.
- Unique Business Model: Enki helps learning organizations adopt AI; driving scalable, recurring revenue.
- This is the last opportunity to invest before IPO-level valuation: With a profitable business model and accelerating growth, this is the last raise before a $100M++ valuation, and the only one being done with a crowd-raise component.
Enki has raised $5.5M from several top-tier VCs and 100+ angel investors. Our CEO has invested $2M of his own money into Enki, showing his long-term commitment to building a valuable and important business.
Now, for the first time, we’re opening up an allocation for our community to invest alongside our investors. We're doing this because our 100+ angel investors so far have been invaluable to our success. We think getting our wider community to invest as well will help us win.
The Problem: Training is Broken & Expensive
Over 1 billion people will need to be re-skilled or trained in AI or tech skills by 2030.
But training employees and professionals in hard skills is inefficient, expensive, and ineffective.
- 80% of online learners quit.
- 94% of employees forget what they learn within weeks.
- Scaling high-quality, personalized training requires expensive mentors and instructors – which doesn’t scale.
Companies that rely on upskilling – universities, bootcamps, hiring platforms, corporate L&D teams – struggle to deliver effective training at scale. Adopting AI into their processes is a big challenge.
The existing solutions are failing, and companies know it. And keeping up with change and constantly evolving technologies makes it even harder.
The Solution: AI-Powered, Mentor-in-the-Loop Training
What if an AI could replicate the best mentor you ever had?
And what if it could empower any group or organization with the right processes and habits to scale effective learning for everyone? In a way that's actually transparent and shows results?
That’s exactly what we built at Enki.
We spent years developing an AI and software system that empowers individuals and teams who are learning. We’ve created the first training platform that's fully customizable to any group or organization, and drives engagement and results within the whole group.
It combines:
✅ AI-driven interaction (adapts to learners in real time)
✅ Mentor-style feedback loops (ensuring real learning, not passive consumption)
✅ Fully-customized content (our AI can customize training materials to any company, team or partner - fast)
✅ Seamless integration into any platform (our partners can plug-and-play Enki into their ecosystem and existing training processes)
✅ Proprietary "Engagement Engine" (we've spent 3 years iterating on a system which now drives a market-leading ~90% course completion at scale)
The result? Higher engagement, better outcomes, and scalable, high-margin revenue for us.
Enki has had 20,000+ 5* reviews. You can read (or skim!) through them via the links below:
Enki app reviews: Apple store | Google Play
The Business Model: A Scalable, Recurring Revenue Engine
On top of selling directly to companies or consumers, we partner with organizations that already have training as a core part of their business, and help them adopt AI into their processes.
This includes:
✔️ Universities & bootcamps
✔️ Hiring & workforce development companies
✔️ Employer benefits & L&D programs
Each partner generates $5k–$50k/month for us.
- We set them up in 1-2 months with the help of our AI-powered customization platform.
- They pay us every month as long as they use our AI-powered platform.
- Our costs are fixed, meaning every new partner drives pure margin growth.
We’re scaling from 5 partners today to 25+ partners over the next 18 months, which will drive us from $500k ARR today to $5M+ ARR by 2026.
Traction: Profitable & Scaling Fast
🚀 January 2025: First Profitable Month
- Net revenue & costs both ~$40k, marking our first break-even month.
- We’re on track to remain profitable while scaling rapidly.
📈 3x Revenue Growth in 6 Months
- $500k ARR today, targeting $5M+ ARR by 2026.
- Revenue split: $25k MRR from B2B partnerships, $15k MRR from B2C.
- Signed Partners: Partnerships with Careerist, Learnerbly, Kiavi, Jackpocket and Kovalee are live, generating continuous recurring revenue.
- Pipeline: 20+ partners in active discussion, all with $20k–$50k/month potential.
We’ve cracked the distribution model, and now it’s about scaling.
The Competitive Edge: Why We Win
Enki is the only company that has mastered consultancy-grade AI-powered training in hard skills - at scale.
Our edge comes from:
1️⃣ Deep expertise in AI and learning science – We spent years optimizing the mentor-in-the-loop model. No alternative comes close to our engagement rates and effectiveness.
2️⃣ Proven ability to scale with partners – We don’t compete with bootcamps or L&D teams. We empower them, making us the "Enki Inside" of the industry.
3️⃣ Minimal marginal costs – Unlike traditional training companies, adding a new partner costs us very little - enabling very high margins.
We aren’t just another AI-learning platform. We are powering the future of professional education itself.
The Market Opportunity: A $370B Industry is Up for Grabs
- The corporate training market alone is $370B.
- The AI-powered education market is growing at 40% CAGR, expected to hit $25B by 2027.
- There are 10,000+ companies that have upskilling requirements that could each generate $25k-$50k per month for us.
We’ve proven the model. Now we’re scaling into a massive industry.
Our mission is to empower a billion professionals with AI, to help them learn skills that will fulfil their potential.
Team: Backed by Proven Operators
✅ CEO: Built two companies generating $250M+ ARR, early investor in unicorns like Calm and AngelList. Has invested $2M of his own capital into Enki.
✅ Engineering Team: 3 AI and full-stack developers building cutting-edge learning tech.
✅ Top Advisors: Built Airbnb’s internal university (now AI Product Lead at Google).
✅ Investors: Backed by the first investor in ServiceTitan ($8B valuation), Mercury’s CEO ($3.5B valuation), the VCs behind Duolingo ($17B valuation) and Coursera, and 100+ angel investors.
Why Now: This is the Best Time to Invest
1️⃣ Profitable & Growing Fast – Enki has tripled revenue in the last 6 months and hit cash flow positive in early 2025.
2️⃣ Market is Exploding – AI is disrupting education, and we’re leading the charge.
3️⃣ Potentially Last Raise Before IPO – Because we’re profitable, this could be the last investment opportunity before a major liquidity event.
Investors include:
💰 Ilya Golubovich (First investor in ServiceTitan, valued at $8B+):
“Many of the companies that I've backed in my career have achieved unicorn status. Some have gone public; most recently - ServiceTitan, the leading field service management software platform in the world. I believe Enki has that potential of being such a category-defining company, generating extraordinary returns for its shareholders.”
💰 Michael Staton (Learn Capital, investor in Duolingo, valued at $17B+):
“Enki is one of the few companies that is actually redefining how professionals learn. This is not just a good investment; this is going to be a very transformative organisation, and what they're doing is going to play a part in really redefining what it means to have a career in the 21st century.”
Join Us
"We’re letting our users and other individuals invest alongside myself and our VCs, because our 100 angel investors so far have been invaluable to our success. Expanding our investor base to individuals who care about our mission aligns with our philosophy of democratizing access to opportunity, and I believe will help us win. I invite you to join us in building an important and valuable business." – Kirill Makharinsky, CEO