Khabri

What Khabri does

Khabri is an Indian vernacular audio content platform, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Haryana, India. The company operates a single consumer-facing product — a mobile audio streaming and discovery application accessible at khabri.app — targeting regional Indian language speakers who lack audio content options in their native languages. Its primary customer segment is geography-defined: users who prefer audio content in regional Indian languages rather than English or Hindi, addressing the documented gap in vernacular audio supply in India's streaming market. The company is led by co-founders Pulkit Sharma (CEO), Aankit Roy (CTO), and Sandeep Singh (President), with a headcount of 11–50 employees.

The business model is not publicly disclosed: no pricing model, revenue model, subscription tiers, advertising inventory, or monetization mechanism is described in available sources, and no revenue figures have been reported. Distribution is exclusively through the company's own mobile application on a self-serve consumer basis, with no B2B channels, reseller network, or enterprise offering identified. The company has raised approximately $2.24M cumulatively across three funding events — an undisclosed-amount GSF round in December 2018, a $150K Y Combinator / Z Nation Lab seed in August 2019, and a $2.1M Pre-Series A in August 2021 led by Liquid 2 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, and Rebel Fund, with Y Combinator backing and angel participation. Use of funds was directed at product enhancement, content discovery improvements, and multi-language expansion. There is no disclosed tech stack, no API, no documented integrations, and no AI/ML capabilities in the source data.

A material risk signal present in the input: the khabri.app domain currently resolves to content unrelated to vernacular audio, including third-party online gambling and slot-game marketing (e.g., "MABAR69"). The relationship between this content and Khabri's audio business is not explained in the source data and may indicate domain compromise, repurposing, or an undisclosed business pivot — any of which would materially affect the assessment of operating status and brand integrity.

Name

Khabri

Website

https://khabri.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Khabri is a Haryana-based, mobile-first vernacular audio content platform founded in 2016, serving regional Indian language speakers who lack audio streaming options in their native languages via a single consumer mobile app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Audio Streaming

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAIADAE

Audiobook & Spoken-Word Streaming Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Audio Streaming & Podcast Platforms

Keywords

• Vernacular audio content
• Regional language streaming
• Digital audio platform
• Indian language audio
• Audio content discovery

Headquarters

HQ city

Haryana

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Khabri operates a digital audio platform that streams and helps users discover audio content in Indian regional and vernacular languages. The platform is delivered through a mobile application and is aimed at users who prefer audio content in their native regional language rather than English or Hindi.

Product overview

Khabri is a single unified product — a regional language audio content platform focused on Indian vernacular audio content. The company offers a standalone audio streaming and discovery platform that enables users to access content in regional languages. No separate modules, sub-products, or add-on offerings are described in the available sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Khabri Audio App A regional-language digital audio streaming and discovery platform delivered via mobile application, enabling Indian consumers to access audio content in multiple regional vernacular languages rather than only English or Hindi.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Audible (Amazon): Audible is the global audiobook and spoken-word platform from Amazon. It competes for the same spoken-word audio consumer, though its India catalog is predominantly English/Hindi and its business model is subscription-led rather than vernacular-first.
• JioSaavn: JioSaavn is one of India's largest music and audio streaming services, owned by Reliance. It is a broad incumbent with regional-language music and podcast offerings, competing with Khabri for the same Indian audio listener, though its core is music rather than vernacular spoken-word content.
• Gaana: Gaana is a major Indian music streaming platform with regional-language content. It serves a similar mass-market Indian audio consumer as Khabri, but at a far larger scale and with a music-led, rather than spoken-word, content mix.
• Spotify India: Spotify operates in India with a growing library of regional-language music and podcasts. It is a broad incumbent targeting the same Indian audio consumer with substantially larger capital, content spend, and brand recognition than Khabri.
• Storytel: Storytel is a global audiobook and e-book streaming service. It is a broad incumbent in the spoken-word audio category that Khabri operates in, although Storytel's presence in Indian regional languages is limited compared to its primary European markets.
• Saregama (Hungama/Yo Yo Honey Singh etc.): Saregama is one of India's largest music labels and operates Hungama as a music and video streaming platform. It is a broad incumbent in Indian audio with deep regional-language catalogs and large content libraries that compete with Khabri's vernacular positioning.

Direct peers

• Pocket FM: Pocket FM is an audio-series and audio-story platform in Indian regional languages. It is the most direct comparable to Khabri: a mobile-first, vernacular audio content product competing for the same regional-language listener and creator pool.
• Kuku FM: Kuku FM is an Indian audio content platform offering audiobooks, stories, and knowledge content in multiple regional languages. It directly overlaps with Khabri on vernacular spoken-word audio and self-serve mobile consumption.

Emerging players

• Pratilipi: Pratilipi is an Indian regional-language content platform (stories, novels) that has expanded into audio. It shares Khabri's focus on vernacular Indian content creators and audiences, making it an emerging peer in the regional-language audio space.
• Pocket Aces: Pocket Aces is an Indian digital entertainment company producing short-form video and audio content for regional Indian audiences. It overlaps with Khabri on the regional-language digital content thesis, though it is video-first and offers audio as a complementary format.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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