MyTpen: Tamil Nadu Employee Leaves Successful Career to Bridge a Gap with AI Startup

Tamil Nadu-based myTpen was founded by Shariq Ansar. The story of myTpen began when Shariq was enjoying his high-flying career in the corporate sector, but once he found a gap which provoked him to address this. After so many efforts, he came up with the solution.

Meet Shariq Ansar, the founder at myTpen and Creator of World's first offline-style grading app. He is from Salem, a tier-2 city in Tamil Nadu. Prior to launching his startup, Shariq Ansar was doing great as a Senior Business Analyst III and Business Integrations Architect.

He was well-known in the business world because he had worked for seven years for well-known companies like PwC, Cognizant, Capgemini, CastleBay Consulting, and Trianz.

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Why myTpen?

MyTpen was born when, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shariq noticed a challenge that most teachers were facing a problem. This problem was the laborious and time-consuming procedure of manually marking examinations on digital platforms.

All these experiences sparked a game-changing idea in his mind. He started considering that the pen and the keyboard have always been the most wanted and valuable tools for a teacher.

He thought, why not create a Digital solution that makes the simple city and comfort of offline grading while also providing the extra benefits of automation? This is how myTpen was born.

The journey of myTpen started in December 2021 when Shariq began working on developing a web-based platform that will allow technology to adapt to teachers making the grading process more straightforward.

All this was not as easy as it looked because even before this he was enjoying a flying career. Leaving that career and taking such a decision was very challenging, specially at the time when he didn't know what would happen next.

But he was determined to solve this problem. This is how he left his corporate career and started his entrepreneurial journey, launching his startup, myTpen.

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Chennai-based myTpen was founded by Shariq Ansar. This is a platform powered by artificial intelligence that can help teachers improve their educational tools and speed up the grading process.

While Shariq was working on developing myTpen, the first product of its sort in India, he had the idea of creating a set of goods that would benefit educational institutions, teachers, and students alike. Subsequently, his team developed further tools, including Virtual Whiteboard, Math, and Notes+GPT.

 This AI-powered cloud app that offers collaborations and management. It also has solutions for keeping track of students' growth. It combines several AI-powered tools to streamline school management and learning. It has web-based apps like a virtual whiteboard, a tool for teachers to grade, take notes, and run the school, and a central hub for papers and reports.

All of these apps are improved with AI and handwriting technology. One of the features of the platform that helps save time is its automated calculating feature, which also eliminates boring and repeated tasks.

Reaching new heights:

The Grading App, which came out only four months ago, was shown off at EDUtech Asia 2023 in Singapore and got a lot of praise for making teachers' jobs easier and saving them time.

Shariq started the business by himself, but now it has nine people from India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Singapore, and other places. This company is focusing on getting in touch with potential clients. This was founded by with the mission of giving back teachers their precious time and building technology that adapts to humans.

The best part of his story is that Shariq easily could ignore the issue and enjoy his high-flying career, continuing his corporate job. Still, instead of doing this he decided to bring a change, addressing the issue.

 Hats off to Shariq for leaving his easy path behind and choosing a more challenging one.

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