The Thought, Purpose, & People Behind Uplevyl

Uplevyl CEO-Founder Shubhi Rao in conversation with Bloomberg Tech’s Caroline Hyde in June 2025

Inspired by Clara Driscoll’s opalescent glass designs at tiffany studios

The Only Company

operating at the intersection of gender and technology.

with a large language model built entirely from first-party and permissioned data.

designing algorithms that have deep contextual understanding of the audience they serve.

What Guides Us

Public Good First

We put societal good above our own interests. We align decisions with long-term societal benefit, measure our work by outcomes that matter, and hold ourselves accountable to the people our platform is meant to serve.

Urgency with Excellence

We move quickly without cutting corners. In a fast-changing AI landscape, we ship high-quality products, learn in public, and refine with rigor to help deliver progress that is trustworthy, useful, and durable.

We move quickly without cutting corners. In a fast- changing AI landscape, we ship high-quality products, learn in public, and refine with rigor to help deliver progress that is trustworthy, useful, and durable.

Partnering with Purpose

We collaborate with organizations whose work we admire. We listen first, co-design solutions, and share credit and believe in building relationships that compound value across networks rather than isolating wins.

We collaborate with
organizations whose work we admire. We listen first, co-design solutions, and share credit and believe in building
relationships that compound value across networks rather than isolating wins.

Technology for Broad Access

We build technology that expands access and agency for everyone. Our systems are designed to reduce gatekeeping, surface opportunity, and distribute capability so more people can participate and benefit.

What Inspires Us

To create a platform that stitches together a fractured landscape long shaped by hardened systems, we aim to create a place where people thrive and a company that delivers impact at scale.

What Drives Us

Build products led by purpose and driven by outcomes, rooted in responsible, privacy-first AI, designed to expand access, accelerate learning, and advance equity.

Build products led by purpose and driven by outcomes, rooted in responsible,
privacy-first AI, designed to expand access, accelerate learning, and advance equity.

Our Journey

2020

Concept & Foundation

We began with a simple but ambitious idea: build a secure, women-forward intelligence platform grounded in verified, trustworthy knowledge. This foundation set the stage for everything that followed.

2021

Building the Knowledge Core

We invested deeply in creating authoritative, first-party content across professional, personal, and financial domains. This formed the early knowledge architecture that would later power UpGenie and all our enterprise solutions.

2022

Product Buildout

We developed and launched our Android and web applications, establishing the initial user experience, technical spine, and operational workflows. This was the year UpGenie’s underlying ecosystem quietly took shape.

We developed and launched our Android and web
applications, establishing the initial user experience, technical spine, and operational workflows. This was the year UpGenie’s underlying ecosystem quietly took shape.

2023

UpGenie Launch

We introduced UpGenie, our proprietary female- forward AI engine designed to turn fragmented information into secure, contextual intelligence. This marked a major shift from “platform” to “intelligence layer.”

2024

Enterprise Validation

We ran multiple enterprise pilots across diverse
organizations to pressure-test the suite, refine security, validate impact, and strengthen reliability. These real- world engagements shaped the enterprise- grade architecture we operate today.

2025-Present

Platform Expansion & Scale

We work with organizations that advance and support audiences including survivors, patients, caregivers, employees, entrepreneurs, merchants, suppliers, clients, lawyers, and advocates.

TRUSTED BY BUISNESSES AROUND THE GLOBE

Meet the Leadership

We’re a team of domain experts including engineers, marketers, designers, storytellers, and educators. The unique thread of connection for the Uplevyl team is our expertise and our deep connection to service.

Each of us feels a tremendous need to give back to our communities. Our team serves on nonprofit boards, mentors young talent, and actively engages with organizations that align with our values and vision for the future- including the intersection of gender equity, economic equity, educational equity, health equity, civic equity and animal welfare.

Service is the source for our creativity, our compassion, and what drives our innovation.

We’re a team of domain experts including engineers, marketers, designers,
storytellers, and educators.

The unique thread of connection for the Uplevyl team is our expertise and our deep connection to service.

Each of us feels a tremendous need to give back to our communities.

Our team serves on nonprofit boards, mentors young talent, and actively engages with
organizations that align with our values and vision for the future- including the intersection of gender equity, economic equity, educational equity, health equity, civic equity and animal welfare.