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Teen AI prodigy pays father Rs 2 lakh monthly salary
Raul John Aju, a 16-year-old Class 12 commerce student, is running AI company AIRealm Technologies and paying his father a salary of Rs 2 lakh per month. His father, a former Amazon,…
Raul John Aju, a 16-year-old Class 12 commerce student, is running AI company AIRealm Technologies and paying his father a salary of Rs 2 lakh per month. His father, a former Amazon, Adobe, Wipro and IBM employee, works as both employee and mentor in the firm.
Raul began with video editing at age nine and later built the Mebot robot as a school project. He has since developed about 15 AI tools and trained nearly 5 lakh people in AI technology. One project, JustEase, was built with the Kerala government to provide emergency information, while another, Rescue AI, offers legal guidance.
Earlier this year, Raul spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi. He also appeared at the Manorama News Conclave in Kochi to discuss Gen Z's internet access and questioning of norms.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Raul's story fits a growing pattern of young Indian founders building commercially viable AI tools without formal degrees, but the family employment structure is unusual. Under the Companies Act 2013, a minor can be a director but not hold shares directly, the board must include a guardian. AIRealm Technologies is not listed on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs registry as of August 2024, so its legal structure is unclear. What matters next is whether the firm files annual returns showing arms-length salary payments to the father, which the Income Tax Act would scrutinise if the relationship is deemed a sham arrangement. Watch for the company's first audited financial statement.
Source: theprint.in
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