What Corca does

Corca (legal entity Corca Research, Inc.) is a Brooklyn, New York-based software company building a browser-based, AI-native collaborative math workspace. The platform combines natural-language math input (no syntax or coding required), symbolic reasoning, computation, and real-time multi-user collaboration in a single environment, positioning itself as a modern alternative to MATLAB and LaTeX. LaTeX export and Python interoperability allow users to move work seamlessly into established scientific publishing and computation ecosystems. The product targets a horizontal base of engineers, researchers, and technical professionals in AI, robotics, and finance, with secondary use cases in academic research labs, lecture preparation, team knowledge bases, and paper publishing.

The company's underlying technology stack integrates natural language processing (for parsing math queries like "root" or "integral"), generative AI for mathematical workflows, and structured computation, delivered entirely through a web application at corca.app. Strategic backers include NEA (lead investor in a $7.8M June 2026 seed round), NVentures (Nvidia's venture arm), Bloomberg Beta, Daft Capital, Slow Ventures, Liquid 2, Path Ventures, and Mana Ventures, bringing total disclosed funding to approximately $9.35M. The company has 12 employees as of mid-2026 and operates without a dedicated sales force, relying on product-led and community-led distribution through Discord, Bluesky, and Twitter/X.

Corca is currently pre-revenue: the product is free to use, with paid AI and computational features planned for future introduction under a freemium model. Organic adoption has reached 10,000+ users without any paid acquisition spend, signaling early product-market fit among technical professionals. The founders, Oleg Shevlyagin and Anton Gladkoborodov, previously ran competing New York grocery delivery startups (Fridge No More and 1520) that collapsed following failed acquisition deals before pivoting into mathematical tooling.

Name

Corca

Legal name

Corca Research, Inc.

Website

https://corca.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Corca is a Brooklyn-based software company building a browser-based, AI-native collaborative math workspace that combines natural-language equation input, symbolic reasoning, computation, and real-time collaboration, targeting engineers, researchers, and technical professionals in AI, robotics, and finance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Planned Paid AI and Computational Features: Currently free to use with plans to introduce paid AI and computational features in the future. This suggests a freemium model where basic functionality is free and premium AI/computational capabilities will be monetized.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Corca is an AI-powered collaborative mathematics workspace delivered as a browser-based application at corca.app. It enables users to write, edit, and solve equations using natural language input (no syntax or coding), perform symbolic reasoning and computation, and collaborate in real time. Equations and documents can be exported to LaTeX for publishing. The platform positions itself as a modern alternative to LaTeX and MATLAB, targeting engineers, researchers, and technical professionals in AI, robotics, and finance.

Product overview

Corca offers a single unified product: an AI-native collaborative math workspace that combines equation editing, symbolic reasoning, computation, and real-time collaboration in a browser-based environment. The platform targets researchers, engineers, and technical professionals in AI, robotics, and finance, providing AI-powered mathematical assistance to democratize mathematics for users without deep expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corca AI-powered collaborative mathematics workspace that lets users write equations, perform symbolic reasoning and computation, and collaborate in real time within a browser-based environment. Integrates notation, reasoning, collaboration, and AI assistance into a single workspace, with LaTeX export for publishing. Targets engineers, researchers, and technical professionals in AI, robotics, and finance as a modern alternative to LaTeX and MATLAB.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 users acquired organically without paid features, demonstrating product-market fit in the technical professional segment

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wolfram Research: Developer of Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, and the Wolfram Language—a deeply entrenched computational math platform; comparable as a competing math/AI environment serving engineers and researchers, with a much larger installed base and broader scope.
• MathWorks: Maker of MATLAB and Simulink, the dominant numerical computing platforms in engineering and academia; explicitly called out as a legacy incumbent by Corca and broadly comparable on target customers (engineers, researchers) and computational workflows.
• Maplesoft (Maple): Developer of Maple, a symbolic math and computational platform used in academia and engineering; comparable to Corca on the symbolic-math / technical-professional user segment, with a broader portfolio of tools.
• Microsoft Math Solver: Microsoft's free AI-powered math problem solver integrated into Edge and Bing; a broad-incumbent comparable that could leverage Microsoft's distribution and Copilot integration to directly compete with Corca's natural-math-input UX.

Direct peers

• Desmos: Browser-based graphing calculator and math editor widely used in education; comparable to Corca in being a free, browser-native math workspace, though Desmos skews more toward K-12 graphing and visualization than collaborative AI workflows for technical professionals.
• Mathpix: AI-powered OCR tool that converts images and PDFs of math into LaTeX; directly comparable to Corca's math/AI workflow and targets the same technical user base (researchers, engineers, students) needing to digitize and edit equations.
• Overleaf: Collaborative LaTeX editor with real-time co-editing and templates for academic papers; most directly comparable to Corca on collaboration and LaTeX publishing, though Overleaf relies on LaTeX syntax whereas Corca removes it.
• Symbolab: AI-driven math problem solver that walks users through step-by-step solutions; overlaps with Corca on the AI-assisted math workflow and on targeting students/researchers, though Symbolab is more focused on solving and tutoring than collaborative editing.
• Typst: Modern typesetting system positioning as a faster, simpler alternative to LaTeX with native math support; comparable to Corca as a modern math/publishing tool, though Typst remains markup-based rather than natural-input or collaborative-first.

Emerging players

• Notion: Collaborative workspace with growing math/equation support and AI features; comparable to Corca as a horizontal collaborative workspace adding math and AI capabilities, with substantially larger scale and team-based knowledge-base use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Corca_math
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corca-research

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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