# Abhay Saboo

> Abhay Saboo is the co-founder and CEO of CoLearn, an Indonesian education company combining homework help and live STEM classes. Raised in Central Java and educated at Georgia Tech and Harvard Business School, he has focused on student motivation, confidence and the role of teachers, parents and peers in learning.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at CoLearn
- **Organizations:** CoLearn, IQ Education, General Electric
- **Education:** BS in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded CoLearn with Marc Irawan and Sandeep Devaram., CoLearn reported more than 4.8 million users and 85 million questions asked by early 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Middle school** — Taught English to Korean children.
- **University** — Tutored student athletes at Georgia Tech.
- **Before CoLearn** — Worked at General Electric, including an international experience in China.
- **2018** — Education venture began with physical learning centres; LinkedIn lists his CoLearn CEO tenure from June 2018.
- **2020** — CoLearn launched its consumer app in August after shifting from physical and hybrid teaching to online delivery.
- **2022** — CoLearn announced $17 million in Series A follow-on funding.

## Achievements

- Co-founded CoLearn with Marc Irawan and Sandeep Devaram.
- CoLearn reported more than 4.8 million users and 85 million questions asked by early 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — CoLearn Lab announced a $6,000 Kaggle challenge to identify misconceptions in handwritten maths working.
- **2026-06** — CoLearn published observations comparing its AI tutor across settings with differing teacher, parent and peer involvement.
- **2024-03** — Discussed sustainable edtech economics and live learning on the Leap podcast.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhay-saboo/

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Last updated: 2026-10-16