What Sahayak AI does

Sahayak AI is a Bengali-first AI agent platform that provides voice- and text-based business management tools to small and medium merchants in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh. The platform offers five pre-built vertical-specific agents — Dokan Manager for grocery and general stores, Hotel & Dhaba Manager for restaurants, Mishti Dokan Manager for sweet shops, Kaporer Dokan Tracker for clothing stores, and Pharmacy Assistant — plus a no-code Build Agent tool for creating custom agents. Users interact with these agents in Bengali (including Kolkata slang, Sadhu Bangla, and Sylheti dialects), English, or Banglish, and the agents automatically update a structured business database covering stock levels, sales, credit/debt ledgers, and expiry dates.

The technology stack is composed entirely of third-party infrastructure: Supabase for database and authentication (with Row Level Security enforcing per-user data isolation), Groq for AI inference, Google OAuth for optional sign-in, and Netlify for hosting. Bengali NLP is proprietary to Sahayak AI and the company states it trains and improves its Bengali models on anonymized conversation data. The platform supports both Indian Rupee (₹) and Bangladeshi Taka (৳) and is localized end-to-end in Bengali, including the privacy policy, terms of service, and content marketing blog.

The business model is currently pure freemium: all core features are permanently free with no credit card, no subscription, and no time limit, distributed entirely through a self-serve product-led growth motion on sahayakai.tech. No revenue is disclosed, no external funding is recorded, and the company appears bootstrapped with 1–10 employees operating from Kolkata. The Terms of Service indicate that premium features may be introduced in the future with prior notice and explicit user consent, but no paid tier currently exists. Distribution relies on organic SEO, a Bengali-language blog, and an X/Twitter presence (@sahayakai_tech), with no channel partners, resellers, or paid advertising.

Name

Sahayak AI

Legal name

Sahayak AI

Website

https://sahayakai.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sahayak AI is a Bengali-first AI agent platform serving small merchants in West Bengal and Bangladesh with voice- and text-based inventory, accounting, and credit management tools via five vertical-specific AI agents, distributed free on a self-serve basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Business Management Software for SMBs

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• Bengali AI assistant
• Voice-enabled inventory
• SMB accounting software
• AI business management
• Bengali voice chatbot

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freemium Core Product: Core features are permanently free with no credit card, subscription, or hidden charges required. Users access all 5 pre-built AI agents from the Library at zero cost. Premium features may be introduced in the future with prior notice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sahayak AI provides a Bengali-first AI agent platform that lets small business owners manage inventory, daily sales, credit/debt records, and reporting through voice or text commands in Bengali, Banglish, or English. The platform includes five pre-built vertical AI agents (Dokan Manager, Hotel & Dhaba Manager, Mishti Dokan Manager, Kaporer Dokan Tracker, and Pharmacy Assistant) plus a no-code Build Agent tool, all of which automatically write to a real-time database. Core features are offered free of charge with no credit card or subscription required.

Product overview

Sahayak AI is a Bengali-first AI agent platform designed for small businesses in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The platform offers 5 pre-built AI Library agents: Dokan Manager (general retail), Hotel & Dhaba Manager (restaurants), Mishti Dokan Manager (sweet shops), Kaporer Dokan Tracker (clothing stores), and Pharmacy Assistant (pharmacies). Users can also build custom AI agents through the no-code Build Agent tool. All agents support voice and text input in Bengali, English, and Banglish, and automatically update business databases in real-time. The core features are completely free with no credit card or subscription required.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dokan Manager AI assistant for small general retail and grocery stores (মুদি দোকান) that tracks daily sales, stock levels, credit/debt records, and profit/loss reports in Bengali via voice or text commands.
• Hotel & Dhaba Manager AI assistant for small hotels, dhabas, and restaurants that manages table orders, menu costs, kitchen inventory, staff meals, and daily sales reports in Bengali.
• Mishti Dokan Manager AI assistant for Bengali sweet shops (মিষ্টির দোকান) that handles festival stock planning, daily production tracking, ingredient calculations (chhana, sugar, flour), and expiry alerts for sweets.
• Kaporer Dokan Tracker AI assistant for cloth and saree stores (কাপড়ের দোকান) that tracks sarees, salwar kameez, pants, and jeans inventory by category and size, plans for festival seasons, tracks supplier payments, and calculates margins.
• Pharmacy Assistant AI assistant for independent pharmacies that manages medicine stock, sends 30-day advance expiry alerts, supplier reorder reminders, and patient prescription records in Bengali.
• Build Agent No-code platform that lets users build their own custom AI agents for unique business workflows without any coding knowledge in approximately 2 minutes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pharmacies report ₹5,000-10,000 monthly savings from reduced medicine expiry wastage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SupabasecoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides database infrastructure and authentication services for Sahayak AI. Uses Row Level Security (RLS) to ensure each user's business data is isolated and accessible only to them. Stores user account info, business data, and conversation records securely.
• GroqcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides AI inference processing for the platform. User conversation messages with AI agents are processed through Groq's infrastructure for natural language understanding and response generation.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Refrens: Cloud-based invoicing, accounting and inventory platform for Indian freelancers and SMBs. Overlaps with Sahayak's inventory/bookkeeping use cases for small merchants.
• Dukaan: Platform enabling Indian small merchants to set up digital storefronts and manage orders/payments. Comparable SMB focus and self-serve onboarding, though primarily commerce rather than inventory/credit.
• Vyapar: Billing, inventory and accounting software for Indian SMBs with regional language support. Comparable SMB customer base and overlapping use cases (stock tracking, invoicing, GST reports).
• Vernacular.ai: India-focused voice AI platform specializing in regional-language speech recognition and conversational agents. Closest technology peer — same vernacular AI thesis, though B2B enterprise-led rather than SMB self-serve.
• myBillBook (FloBiz): Mobile-first GST billing and inventory app for small Indian merchants. Competes for the same kirana/SMB wallet with vernacular UX and free-tier onboarding.
• Khatabook (OkCredit): India's leading vernacular digital ledger/credit management app for small merchants. Directly comparable target customer (kirana, pharmacy, restaurant owners), regional-language UX, and free + PLG distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Zoho (Zoho One): Global SMB SaaS suite (CRM, books, inventory) increasingly supporting regional languages including Bengali. Comparable SMB workflow coverage but a horizontal platform, not a vertical Bengali-native experience.
• Haptik: Conversational AI platform serving enterprise and SMB customers across India. Comparable agent-building technology stack, but wider scope (customer support, marketing) rather than vertical SMB management.
• Tally Solutions: Incumbent accounting and inventory software for Indian SMBs. Comparable bookkeeping/inventory use cases but desktop-first, English-centric, and serves a more established segment of merchants.
• Yellow.ai: Enterprise conversational AI platform supporting 135+ languages including Bengali. Broader portfolio and enterprise customer base, but overlapping AI-agent technology and language coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sahayakai_tech
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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