Students
Being a student, you feel like you're either surrounded by opportunities and don't know where to start, or you think there aren't any around you. No matter what opportunity it may be, academic, career, or even connecting with fellow students.
Universities
Recruiting and engaging university students feels like a guessing game.
Universities
Recruiting, engaging, and supporting students shouldn't rely on disconnected systems, spreadsheets, or endless email chains.
You're too busy managing your department to answer every question, build your reputation, and promote opportunities.
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The Problem
Students
Being a student, you feel like you're either surrounded by opportunities and don't know where to start, or you think there aren't any around you.
Research positions, internships, campus organizations, mentors, and events are often scattered across different platforms, making it difficult to know what's available.
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Connect with those who create opportunities.
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Apply easily to assistantships, internships, and more.
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Ask Sage, our AI chatbot, questions about any opportunity if you don't want to wait for a response.
Manage your academic team with ease.
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Form your team's public image by posting on Coltie App through Hive.
Waste less time finding prospective students.
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2,000+
Active Users
Our Progress So Far
100k+
Faculty Database
500+
Students Advised
300
Opportunities Posted in 2025
2,000+
Active Users
We simplify the hidden pathways of higher education, using AI, open information, and peer networks to connect students with their right-fit programs and mentors, and to give faculty and administrators the tools to find the right talent and measure the true impact of their programs. Less stress, better matches, measurable outcomes, so everyone in academia can reach their highest potential.
-Anuj Sharma, CEO of Coltie
We simplify the hidden pathways of higher
We simplify the hidden pathways of higher
education, using AI, open information, and
education, using AI, open information, and
peer networks to connect students with their
peer networks to connect students with their
right-fit programs and mentors. And to give
right-fit programs and mentors. And to give
faculty and administrators the tools to find the
faculty and administrators the tools to find the
right talent and measure the true impact of
right talent and measure the true impact of
their programs. Less stress, better connections,
their programs. Less stress, better connections,
measurable outcomes, so everyone in
measurable outcomes, so everyone in
academia can reach their highest potential.
academia can reach their highest potential.
-Anuj Sharma, CEO of Coltie
Meet The Coltie Team
Anuj Sharma
Data-Scientist - Prof. 14 years
Anuj Sharma / CEO + Founder
Mitz Banerjee
Board of Directors Member
Mitz Banerjee
Tony Thrush
Board of Directors Member
Tony Thrush
Subra Suresh
Board of Directors Member
Subra Suresh
Mahua Majumdar
Advisory Board Member
Anuj Sharma
TJ Murphy
Advisory Board Member
Anuj Sharma
CEO/Founder
Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Director of the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University.
Advisor
Former EVP-EMEA and Chief Customer Officer, Workiva
Advisor
Director, Model Farm, Ames IA
Advisor
Former NSF Director and NTU President, GLC Founder
Advisor
Chief Strategy Officerat Coltie
Advisor
Former Co-Founder of Grad School Match
Our Platform
A lack of information can lead to missed opportunities, which is why Coltie is dedicated to making academic connections seamless and effortless. We are dedicated to creating an environment where academic opportunity is accessible for all. Our goal is to help students from underrepresented groups find their pathways to a graduate degree.
Download Coltie today and open doors to a bright academic future!
Advisory Council of Editors (ACE)
Addressing the needs of the diverse world of academia requires input from many voices. ACE is a growing team of educators who provide guidance to the founding team to shape the future of Coltie. If you are an educator interested in joining ACE, please reach out to us on our Contact Form or at info@coltie.com.
Iowa State University
Associate Professor Pablo Pineyro, DVM, MVSc, DVSc, PhD
Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine
Iowa State University
Associate Professor Brett VanVeller
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
Professor Emeritus Aragula Rao
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Virginia Tech
Professor Montasir Abbas
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Iowa State University
Professor Asheesh "Danny" Singh
Department of Agronomy