{"id":63963,"date":"2026-10-30T19:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkcitynow.com\/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:\/\/pinkcitynow.com\/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":"<div>\n<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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/pinkcitynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PNN-2026-10-30T160310477.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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umesh Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Runable. New Delhi [India], October 30: Umesh Kumar\u2019s move from education technology to artificial intelligence connects two ventures aimed at changing how people work. SkoolStream built software for teachers and coaching institutes. He now leads Runable, an AI startup that announced a $21 million Series A in 2026. 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