As Artificial Intelligence makes information abundant, Sprect believes the future belongs to human judgment. Founder Mohit Khadaria shares how the startup is building India’s trusted marketplace for expert conversations, empowering founders, professionals, students, and job seekers to access real-world experience—one conversation at a time.
Artificial Intelligence has transformed the way people search for answers. Whether it’s understanding a business concept, preparing for an interview, or researching an industry, information is now available within seconds. Yet, when it comes to making career-defining decisions, raising capital, choosing a business strategy, or navigating professional challenges, information alone rarely provides the confidence people seek. More often than not, they need insights from someone who has already lived through similar experiences.
This fundamental gap inspired Mohit Khadaria to build Sprect, a platform that enables users to book one-on-one conversations with verified professionals across industries. Rather than relying on unanswered LinkedIn messages or lengthy mentorship programs, Sprect offers structured, focused conversations that connect individuals with experts capable of providing practical guidance based on real-world experience.
Speaking with Indian Startup Times, Mohit explains that the idea behind Sprect emerged after witnessing firsthand how difficult it was to access the right expertise at the right time. While professional networking platforms make it easy to discover accomplished individuals, they offer little certainty that meaningful conversations will ever take place. Similarly, traditional mentorship models often demand long-term commitments that many busy professionals simply cannot sustain.
Before launching Sprect, Mohit had experimented with building a mentor-mentee platform. Although the concept resonated with users, maintaining long-term mentoring relationships proved difficult. Professionals were willing to dedicate twenty or thirty minutes to helping someone solve a specific problem, but committing to recurring mentorship over several months became increasingly unrealistic. That realization ultimately led him to rethink the model entirely.
Together with his co-founder, Mohit spent months brainstorming and researching different approaches before arriving at a simple yet powerful concept: creating a marketplace where professionals could offer short, focused advisory conversations without the burden of long-term commitments. After extensive beta testing and market validation, Sprect officially launched in August 2023. Less than a year later, the startup secured its first angel investment, allowing the team to strengthen its technology, expand operations, and onboard thousands of professionals across diverse domains.
Unlike traditional networking platforms, Sprect has been designed around one clear purpose—meaningful conversations. Mohit believes that intent is what fundamentally differentiates the platform from existing alternatives. While LinkedIn primarily serves as a platform for visibility and professional networking, Sprect exists solely to facilitate expert advice. Every professional who joins the platform has consciously chosen to make their time available for consultation, whether to mentor aspiring professionals, advise founders, share industry knowledge, or monetize years of experience.
Trust has also become one of the platform’s strongest pillars. Sprect verifies professionals through KYC processes, ensuring that users know exactly who they are speaking with. Combined with secure payment systems, escrow protection, ratings, and transparent review mechanisms, the company has built multiple layers of credibility to encourage users to confidently engage with experts they may have never met before.
Building a two-sided marketplace, however, came with its own challenges. Mohit recalls that attracting professionals was initially driven by personal relationships built over years across different industries. Those early adopters—including founders, investors, senior executives, Shark Tank entrepreneurs, and other well-known professionals—helped establish credibility for the platform. Once respected names began joining, network effects gradually took over, encouraging more experts to participate.
On the user side, the challenge was significantly different. Convincing individuals to trust a new platform with paid consultations required patience and consistency. According to Mohit, trust cannot be manufactured overnight; it develops through repeated positive experiences. Every successful conversation strengthens confidence in the platform, gradually turning first-time users into repeat customers.
Today, Sprect serves a wide range of users. Startup founders seek fundraising advice and investor feedback before approaching venture capital firms. Students use the platform to gain career clarity by speaking with experienced professionals from industries they aspire to enter. Job seekers schedule consultations for interview preparation, salary negotiations, and resume reviews, while professionals seek independent financial and investment guidance from trusted experts.
One particularly interesting evolution has been the platform’s growing role within educational institutions. Sprect has begun helping universities strengthen alumni engagement by enabling structured interactions between current students and experienced graduates. Rather than being a feature originally envisioned during the company’s early days, this use case emerged organically as institutions recognized the platform’s potential to facilitate meaningful alumni connections.
Perhaps Mohit’s most compelling perspective revolves around the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence. While he openly embraces AI as a productivity tool for research, writing, and preparation, he strongly believes that technology cannot replace human judgment. AI can generate information remarkably well, but it cannot replicate the emotional intelligence, contextual understanding, and lived experiences that shape difficult business and career decisions. As information becomes increasingly commoditized, Mohit argues, genuine human experience becomes even more valuable.
This philosophy forms the foundation of Sprect’s long-term vision. Rather than competing with AI, the company seeks to complement it by providing something algorithms cannot: real conversations with people who have already navigated similar challenges. In Mohit’s view, the next phase of the internet will not revolve around access to information but access to informed judgment.
Looking ahead, the company plans to invest heavily in expanding its team, strengthening partnerships with educational institutions, enhancing product capabilities, and increasing market awareness. While recent funding has helped accelerate growth, Mohit remains deeply focused on building a sustainable business instead of pursuing rapid expansion at any cost. Financial discipline, he believes, gives startups the runway required to experiment, learn, and eventually build enduring companies.
Reflecting on his entrepreneurial journey, Mohit admits that one of his biggest leadership lessons has been learning to let go. Early in the company’s journey, he attempted to oversee nearly every decision himself. Over time, he realized that sustainable growth depends on building systems, empowering capable teams, and trusting others to uphold high standards without constant supervision. Equally important, he believes founders must remain calm during periods of uncertainty, as confidence from leadership often shapes the resilience of an entire organization.
As India’s digital economy matures, Mohit envisions a future where access to expert guidance is no longer determined by personal networks or chance encounters. Instead, anyone—from a student in a small town to a first-time entrepreneur launching a startup—should be able to connect with someone who has successfully walked the same path.
In an era where answers are everywhere but wisdom remains scarce, Sprect is positioning itself as the platform where meaningful conversations unlock better decisions. By making expert guidance more accessible, trustworthy, and structured, Mohit Khadaria is not simply building another networking platform—he is helping shape the future of India’s emerging expert economy.
Interview By: Arushi Agarwal
