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Lamina Labs

Lamina Labs

Visual infrastructure for EdTech AI applications

Spring 2026ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and DesignEducationVideoEdtechSan Francisco, CA, USA
Company
https://laminalabs.ai
We are building the fastest visual infrastructure for EdTech AI applications. With a simple text prompt, students get accurate visual explanations in seconds, making high-quality learning dramatically faster and cheaper. 

Note: This is a preliminary assessment based on limited publicly available information. We did not have access to LinkedIn profiles or live product screenshots for this analysis. We will update this entry with a more thorough review soon.

Verdict

Medium Signal
Market Opportunity
EdTech is a real market with meaningful TAM (global EdTech market is $400B+), but the ICP is narrow — 'visual infrastructure for EdTech AI applications' targets EdTech platforms, not end students directly, which is B2B. Monetization path via API/platform fees is plausible but not demonstrated. EdTech has historically poor willingness to pay and long sales cycles.
Medium Signal
Founder Signal
Kartikesh Mishra holds MIT EECS BS '24 and MEng '25 — recent grad with likely limited industry experience but strong technical pedigree. Sudip Rokaya is listed as MIT CS & Math 'on leave,' meaning still a student. No LinkedIn data available for either, so no work history, shipped products, or prior roles can be verified. Two MIT technical founders is a meaningful signal, but both are fresh/current students with no demonstrated industry track record.
Low Signal
Competition
No competitor data available, but this space has real incumbents: Wolfram Alpha for visual math, Khan Academy's Khanmigo, Photomath, and general-purpose AI tools like GPT-4o and Gemini with native image generation. 'Visual infrastructure' as a layer could be differentiated, but the moat is unclear without product details. Big AI labs are rapidly commoditizing diagram and visual generation.
Low Signal
Product
No demo, no pricing page, no customer logos, no usage metrics visible. Description is vague — 'visual explanations in seconds' with no specifics on what the product actually produces (diagrams? animations? charts?). Zero press coverage and no evidence of live product or paying customers.
OverallC Tier

Two MIT technical founders is the strongest signal here, but both are essentially students with no verifiable work history or prior company-building experience. The product is entirely opaque — no demo, no customers, no metrics, no press. 'Visual infrastructure for EdTech' could mean many things, and without clarity it reads as a school project searching for a business model. EdTech is a brutal market with low willingness to pay and entrenched incumbents including OpenAI itself. The YC batch notation inconsistency (P26 vs X26) is a minor red flag on attention to detail. Needs a real product with paying customers to be worth serious consideration.

Active Founders

Kartikesh Mishra
Kartikesh Mishra
Founder

Co-founder of Lamina Labs (YC P26) | EECS @ MIT BS' 24 MEng' 25

Sudip Rokaya
Sudip Rokaya
Founder

Co-founder of Lamina Labs (YC X26) | Previously MIT CS & Math (on leave)

Lamina Labs
Lamina Labs
TierC Tier
BatchSpring 2026
Team Size2
StatusActive
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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