Kautilya — Product Roadmap¶
[!abstract] What this page is A public, living view of what Kautilya is building and what is coming next. Kautilya is not yet in production — it is on the waitlist, so every feature below is still in development. This page describes the product; the engineering detail behind it is kept internal.
How to read the status
- In development — actively being built; not yet live in production.
- Planned — committed, not yet started.
- Exploring — direction set, still being shaped.
What Kautilya is¶
Kautilya is an AI-native learning companion. You read, you learn, and the product adapts to you — suggesting what to study next, helping you draft and research, and keeping your progress with you across devices. "AI" here means more than chat: the experience personalises itself as you use it.
Feature pillars¶
| Pillar | What it does for you | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Learning — Library | Browse and read a growing library, with highlights, notes, bookmarks, resume-where-you-left-off, and in-document search. | In development |
| Learning — Courses | Guided, self-paced courses that adapt to how you're doing. | In development |
| Data sharing (UDI) | Inspect and share your data on your terms. | In development |
| AI assistant | A chat assistant that searches, summarises, drafts, makes files and diagrams, and takes you to the right place in the app. | In development |
| Plans & memberships | Simple plans and in-app purchases that unlock more of Kautilya. | In development |
A reading experience for everyone¶
[!abstract] Goal Reading on Kautilya should work for everyone — adjustable, accessible, and available in more than one language.
| Coming to the reader | Status |
|---|---|
| Highlights, notes, bookmarks, resume-position, in-document search, table of contents | In development |
| Light / dark theme and larger-text support | In development |
| Reading-preferences panel — text size, font (including a dyslexia-friendly option), spacing | In development |
| High-contrast reading mode | In development |
| Reduce-motion support | In development |
| Fuller screen-reader support for the document body | In development |
| Reading in more languages | Planned |
| Read-aloud | Planned |
| Download a reading for offline | Exploring |
A smarter learning journey¶
| What's coming | Status |
|---|---|
| Your course progress saved and resumable across devices | In development |
| Personalised "what to learn next" that adapts to your performance | Exploring |
| Smarter recommendations across everything you've read and studied | Exploring |
Plugins & add-ons (coming)¶
[!note] How Kautilya grows The core reading and learning experience ships first. Richer ways to bring content in and get it out arrive as add-ons, so each one lands on its own without complicating the core.
[!warning] These are planned, not yet available This list is published so you can see where Kautilya is headed. None of it is live yet.
| Add-on | What it will do | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Browser side panel | Save the page you're on, or jot a quick note about it, straight from your browser — it lands in your Kautilya diary. | In development |
| OCR capture | Snap a photo of printed or handwritten pages and turn them into readable, searchable, highlightable text. | Planned |
| Document scanner | Scan multi-page documents straight into your library. | Planned |
| Read-aloud | Have a document read to you, following along as it goes. | Planned |
| Define-in-place | Tap a term to see its meaning without leaving the page. | Exploring |
| Handwriting / ink notes | Annotate a reading freehand. | Exploring |
| Voice notes | Record a spoken note and attach it to what you're reading. | Exploring |
| Search your own library | Find anything across everything you've read, highlighted, and noted. | Exploring |
In active development¶
[!note] Not yet live Kautilya is pre-launch and on the waitlist, so nothing below is in production yet. This is what the team is building right now.
| Target | What's being built |
|---|---|
| Current cycle | A reading experience for everyone — a reading-preferences panel (text size, font incl. a dyslexia-friendly option, spacing), a high-contrast mode, reduce-motion support, and better screen-reader support in the reader. |
| Current cycle | Course progress that stays with you — your journey through a course is saved and resumable, and powers smarter, more personalised learning over time. |
| Current cycle | AI assistant — the assistant can search the library and the web, summarise and bookmark a reading, generate files and diagrams, save notes to your diary, and take you straight to drafting, checklists, or your calendar. |
Changelog of this page¶
- 2026-10-22 — Added a browser side panel add-on (in development): save the page you're on, or add a quick note about it, straight from your browser.
- 2026-10-15 — Reset all statuses to In development: Kautilya is pre-launch and on the waitlist, so nothing is in production yet. Renamed Recently shipped to In active development.
- 2026-10-14 — First public roadmap: pillars, the inclusive-reading plan, the smarter-learning direction, and the plugin/add-on list (OCR, scanner, read-aloud, and more).