Overview

• Raul John Aju, 16, employed his father at his AI startup Arm Technologies, framing the move as a statement on inclusive leadership.
• In remarks at the Coimbatore conclave, he urged India to chart its own technology path, citing Malaysia and South Korea to argue for pairing manufacturing with innovation.
• He began learning AI at six and by 16 built a robot called Me-bot along with more than 10 AI tools, while sharing free tutorials on YouTube and Instagram.
• He said AI should serve human goals by reducing workloads and warned that jobs are more likely to be displaced by people using AI effectively.
• Media profiles describe his Project JustEase as a public-good initiative with reported collaboration involving Kerala and Dubai, a claim that currently lacks independent confirmation.