Frequently Asked Questions

Tanklytic is an AI-powered analytics platform for Shark Tank data. It gives entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers instant access to 2500+ structured startup pitches from Shark Tank India, USA, and Australia. You can explore the database through an interactive dashboard or ask natural language questions directly to Prajna AI — no spreadsheets or SQL required.

Prajna AI is Tanklytic's core intelligence engine powered by Google Gemini. It uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to answer questions grounded in the actual Tanklytic pitch database, ensuring factual, data-backed responses. You can ask Prajna AI anything like 'Which shark invests most in food tech?' or 'What is the average equity asked by EdTech startups in India?' and get instant answers.

Tanklytic's data is sourced from official Shark Tank broadcast records and verified through multiple research passes. Prajna AI achieves over 98% model confidence on structured data queries. For deals involving complex structures (royalties, debt-equity conversions), Prajna AI uses historical data and industry standards to reconstruct figures that may not have been fully disclosed on air.

The Tanklytic pitch database is updated weekly. New episodes from active seasons (such as Shark Tank India Season 5) are added within days of airing. The sitemap and data freshness signals are updated automatically to reflect the latest additions.

Most Shark Tank databases are static spreadsheets or wikis. Tanklytic is a fully interactive AI analytics platform. You can ask conversational questions, filter by 10+ dimensions (region, season, industry, deal status, shark, location), use the AI Pitch Evaluator to score your own startup, and get insights that would take hours to calculate manually — all in seconds.

Tanklytic covers three regions: Shark Tank India (Seasons 1–5, 1200+ pitches), Shark Tank USA (Seasons 1–15, 1000+ pitches), and Shark Tank Australia (Seasons 1–5, 300+ pitches). In total, the database contains 2500+ structured startup pitch records.

For Shark Tank India: Ashneer Grover, Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal, Vineeta Singh, Anupam Mittal, and Ritesh Agarwal (guest). For Shark Tank USA: Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, and Robert Herjavec. For Shark Tank Australia: all judges across covered seasons.

Each pitch record includes: startup and brand name, founders, industry category, region and city/state, ask amount, equity offered, valuation, sharks present, deal outcome (accepted or rejected), final deal amount, final equity percentage, monthly sales, annual revenue, gross margin, net margin, EBITDA, royalty and debt structures, and individual shark-level investment details.

Yes. The Tanklytic dashboard lets you filter pitches by region (India, USA, Australia), season number, industry category, startup city/state, deal status (accepted or rejected), and keyword search. Filters can be combined — for example, you can search for 'Food & Beverage startups in Season 3 with accepted deals in Maharashtra'.

Yes. Tanklytic offers a free Explorer plan that includes 3 daily AI credits and access to the full Shark Tank India pitch database. No credit card is required to sign up. Paid plans are available for users who need more AI credits or access to USA and Australia data.

Each message you send to Prajna AI or each AI Pitch Evaluation costs 1 credit. Free users receive 3 daily credits that reset every 24 hours. Purchased credits (from paid plans) do not expire and are consumed after your daily free credits run out. Admins and internal team members have unlimited credits.

Tanklytic offers two paid credit packs: Pro Pack (₹399 one-time) which gives 50 credits and unlocks all regions including USA and Australia; and Enterprise Pack (₹999 one-time) which gives 200 credits, all regions, and priority support. Both are one-time purchases — not subscriptions.

Credits are non-refundable once purchased. However, credits are only deducted after a successful AI response — if the AI fails to respond due to a server error or network issue, no credit is charged. For billing disputes, contact support@tanklytic.com.

Yes. Tanklytic includes an AI Pitch Evaluator that scores your startup pitch against historical Shark Tank data. You input financial metrics (valuation, revenue, margins, CAC, LTV, burn rate) and optionally a Go-to-Market plan for pre-revenue startups. Prajna AI then generates a VC-level evaluation report with a viability score, strengths, risks, and improvement recommendations.

The VC Cheat Sheet is a curated glossary of investment and startup terminology used on Shark Tank — terms like EBITDA, CAC, LTV, royalty deals, debt-equity conversions, and more — explained in plain English. It is available free to all users under the Dashboard section.

Yes. AI Pitch Evaluations can be printed or downloaded as a PDF using the built-in print function. Your previous evaluations are also saved in the Evaluation History tab for future reference. Chat sessions with Prajna AI are saved automatically and accessible in the chat sidebar.

Currently, Tanklytic's interface and Prajna AI responses are in English. However, Prajna AI can understand questions asked in Hindi or other languages and will attempt to respond in English. Native multi-language support is on the product roadmap.

Signing up is easy. Click 'Try Tanklytic Free' on the homepage and sign in with your Google account. No forms, no passwords, no credit card required. You'll receive 3 free daily AI credits immediately upon signing in.

Yes. All data is encrypted both at rest and in transit using modern encryption protocols. User authentication is handled through secure, time-limited session tokens. We apply the principle of least-privilege access across our engineering team and any third-party services we use. Our infrastructure undergoes regular security reviews to protect against unauthorised access, disclosure, or misuse.

No. Tanklytic does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third parties. Your data is used solely to operate the platform and improve Prajna AI's accuracy using anonymised, aggregated usage patterns. For full details, see our Privacy Policy at tanklytic.com/privacy.