Founded in 2014, the company allows users to publish and read original works such as stories, poetry, essays, and articles in twelve languages: Hindi, Urdu, English, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Punjabi and Odia.

[3] It was launched in September 2014 by Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Sahradayi Modi, and Sankaranarayanan Devarajan to promote Indian languages.

[13] In 2023, Audible (owned by Amazon) and Pratilipi entered into a deal to transform literary works into audiobooks and audio shows.

[15] Pratilipi's parent company, Nasadiya Technologies Private Limited was launched in September 2014 and officially incorporated in March 2015 by Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Sahradayi Modi, and Sankaranarayanan Devarajan to promote storytelling in Indian languages.

In July 2021, in the Series D round, it raised $48mn led by Krafton Inc along with existing investors Omidyar Network and a few start-up founders.