{"id":77096,"date":"2026-10-30T19:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mint-money.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/after-skoolstream-umesh-kumar-turns-to-running-a-business-with-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T19:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:09:19","slug":"after-skoolstream-umesh-kumar-turns-to-running-a-business-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mint-money.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/after-skoolstream-umesh-kumar-turns-to-running-a-business-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"After SkoolStream, Umesh Kumar turns to running a business with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Umesh Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Runable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi [India], October 30: <\/strong><strong>Umesh Kumar\u2019s move from education technology to artificial intelligence<\/strong> connects two ventures aimed at changing how people work. <strong>SkoolStream<\/strong> built software for teachers and coaching institutes. He now leads <strong>Runable<\/strong>, an AI startup that announced a <strong>$21 million Series A in 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kumar co-founded <strong>SkoolStream in 2020<\/strong>, while he was still at university. The company helped educators run their work online and gave Kumar early experience of building software around the needs of one industry. In <strong>March 2022<\/strong>, <strong>EdTechReview<\/strong> reported that <strong>Bodhi AI had acquired it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Runable<\/strong> is aimed at a much wider audience. Kumar is <strong>co-founder and CEO<\/strong>, and he runs the company with <strong>co-founder and CTO Saksham Sarda<\/strong>. The platform covers <strong>AI-assisted creation, website publishing and tools for running a business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move raises a question that many AI software companies now face: <em>how much of the work of running a business can one product handle?<\/em> Building a website or creating content is only the first step. Keeping the site up to date, reaching customers and handling everything that follows are different problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a small business, that work is usually spread across several services and several people. <strong>AI could cut down some of that juggling<\/strong>, but a tool is only as useful as the work it can do reliably.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/pnn.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PNN-2026-10-30T160310.477.jpg\" alt=\"SkoolStream\" class=\"wp-image-126318\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That puts <strong>Runable<\/strong> in a very different position from <strong>SkoolStream<\/strong>. Education software served a clearly defined group of users with established routines. An AI platform for all kinds of businesses has to handle a far wider range of requests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>$21 million round<\/strong> opens a new stage in Kumar\u2019s career. It also sharpens a question every product faces: <em>will customers keep using it once the novelty wears off?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kumar has gone from <strong>software for educators to AI tools for running a business<\/strong>. The market has changed, but his focus hasn\u2019t: <strong>technology that people put to practical use<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umesh Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Runable. 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