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Ashritha K

“Can an outcome-oriented, placement-guaranteed tech school replace traditional engineering education in India — and extend into the AI hiring stack?”

Founded2019
HQBengaluru, Karnataka, India
FoundersSiddharth Maheshwari, Nishant Chandra
IndustryVertical SaaS / Edtech
The story

Newton School began in 2019 as an online outcome-oriented tech education platform focused on closing the skill gap between Indian graduates and industry-ready engineering roles. It built a placement-linked model (deferred tuition, EMI financing, referrals) around Data Science and Full Stack Development programs, then expanded upmarket in 2024 into a 4-year residential B.Tech via Newton School of Technology (NST) at partner universities. In 2026 it added AI-native products — Agentic/GenAI courses and Koyō, an AI Interviewer for recruiters — moving from pure edtech toward a hiring/interview infrastructure play.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2019
Newton School founded by Siddharth Maheshwari and Nishant Chandra (both IIT Roorkee alums) as an online learning platform after their prior venture Bolo revealed a gap between engineering skills and industry demand.· founding
2022
Launched placement-focused programs in Data Science & AI and Full Stack Development with 'pay after placement' model (Newton Access).· product
2024
Launched Newton School of Technology (NST) — a residential 4-year B.Tech in CS & AI at partner universities (UGC-approved, NSDC-certified).· product
2026
Launched Koyō — an AI Interviewer product for recruiters — and Agentic AI / GenAI masterclasses and courses.· product
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Ashritha K’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
EMI course financing (Newton Access — 'Get Hired First, Pay Later')
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