Stempad blog · May 2025
Official product update announcing Copilot, the AI assistant integrated into the Stempad workspace for questions, homework help, and review workflows.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Stempad is a Y Combinator-backed, keyboard-first collaborative platform for scientific writing and STEM note-taking. It combines text, math, chemistry, graphs, drawings, AI assistance, and export/collaboration features into a single web editor aimed at students, teachers, scientists, and research teams.
Primary product
AI-powered collaborative scientific writing and note-taking editor
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Team size
1-10
Industry
Desktop Computing Software Products
Sub-industry
Scientific writing and STEM note-taking software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Pre-Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Sep 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2024 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Public materials suggest a fast-moving, student/STEM-centered, product-first culture with responsive iteration and strong emphasis on usability and collaboration. No formal employee benefits page was found.
Compensation
No public salary bands or compensation details were found; the careers page currently shows no open roles.
Pricing
Freemium SaaS with a free tier, annual Cloud subscription, and custom Enterprise pricing; academic users get a 50% Cloud discount with a school email.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
low six figures (~$330K estimated ARR)
Estimated monthly visits
850
Stempad blog · May 2025
Official product update announcing Copilot, the AI assistant integrated into the Stempad workspace for questions, homework help, and review workflows.
Stempad blog · Apr 2025
Official guide aimed at educators, showing how Copilot is used for lesson planning, grading, summarization, and classroom workflow support.
PR Newswire · Dec 2024
Company release on the winter update; says Stempad joined Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch and that founder and CEO Ralph Rouhana led go-to-market efforts for the product.
R&D World · Jul 2024
Profile of Stempad as a YC-backed startup; details early traction, target customers, product features, and Ralph Rouhana's origin story.
The Imprint · May 2024
University of Waterloo profile of Ralph Rouhana and Stempad, with discussion of the YC batch, early user traction, and intended use cases in STEM.