Matiks raises $10 million led by General Catalyst, to expand global mind sports platform

Bengaluru: Social gaming platform Matiks has raised $10 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, with participation from entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala and existing investors Info Edge Ventures, Tanglin Venture Partners and Untitled Ventures.The funds will support international expansion, investment in new games and social experiences, and the launch of an AI-powered game creation engine that will allow users to build and publish brain games without coding.Founded in 2024, Matiks started as a competitive mental-math game but has since expanded into mathematics, memory, logic and puzzles. Its formats range from head-to-head duels and daily challenges to single-player games.In Sept 2026, 2.2 million people played 48 million games on the platform. Daily active users have more than doubled since June to over 300,000, with early engagement in markets such as Japan, the US and South Korea.“We started Matiks with a simple belief: using your brain can be just as fun and addictive as any other form of entertainment. Our ambition is to make mind sports as culturally relevant as physical sports and esports — giving mental athletes, puzzlers, and competitive players the visibility, communities, and recognition they deserve. With AI, we want anyone, anywhere in the world, to create a brain game that millions can play. We are not trying to get people off their phones; we are trying to give them something better to do on them,” said Sudhanshu Bhatia, co-founder and CEO of Matiks.The company said users who complete a seven-day streak show 62% retention one month later, while some early cohorts have retained 32% of users at week 52. Its recently launched single-player puzzle feed, SNAC, has also driven longer engagement, with sessions that include the format running about three times longer.Matiks will initially focus on expanding in the US before entering other major markets. It also plans to increase investment in engineering, AI, product, design, game development and growth, while scaling creator partnerships and global distribution.A key part of its roadmap is an AI-powered game creation engine that will let users create, publish and share brain games across formats. The company expects the creator platform to expand the range of games available to players worldwide.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.