Mumbai | August 7, 2025 — When four college students saw friends breaking under pressure, they didn’t wait for permission. They built Tranquil AI an AI-powered mental health app that started as a college hackathon idea and is now quietly transforming how Gen Z deals with stress.
Funding Snapshot
Zero external funding. No VCs. No incubators.
Just purpose-fueled code and a generation’s cry for help.
JEE stress, COVID isolation, academic burnout India’s youth were silently spiraling. Yet mental health tech remained clinical, cold, or inaccessible.
Tranquil AI changed that. With AI chat modes (listener, solver, philosopher), mood tracking, guided meditation, and journaling, it’s a calming alternative for the quietly overwhelmed.
What’s Next
Currently free, the app is gearing up for v2.0, featuring deeper personalization and a premium tier for users seeking structured mental health improvement. Their mantra? Feedback before funding.
Founders & Edge
Co-founded by four students who turned lived experience into product innovation.
Validated by NASSCOM and Cisco, it’s not just a hackathon project it’s a movement.
Market Watch
With rising mental health conversations post-COVID and increasing digital adoption, India’s Gen Z-first mental wellness market is just warming up. Tranquil AI is built by the very people it hopes to serve.
Final Take
They didn’t wait for a valuation. They built for validation.
No noise. Just empathy, execution and a promise of peace.
At StartupByDoc, we believe the next big startup won’t chase trends—it’ll solve silent pain.
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