# Rajen Sheth

> Rajen Sheth is the CEO and co-founder of Kyron Learning, a public benefit company using AI to give every student access to high-quality one-on-one teaching. Before founding Kyron, he spent 17 years at Google, where he was the original product manager behind Google Apps (now Workspace), launched Chromebooks for Education, and rose to Vice President of Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions. A Stanford-trained engineer who once pitched enterprise Gmail to Eric Schmidt and got turned down, he has built tools used by millions of businesses and hundreds of millions of students, then walked away from big tech to chase a teacher-shaped problem he has carried since sixth grade.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Kyron Learning
- **Organizations:** Kyron Learning, Google, Google Cloud, VMware, Zaplet, Microsoft, Stanford University
- **From:** Denver, Colorado, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Electrical Engineering and M.S. Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Original product manager and 'father' of Google Apps, now Google Workspace, used by over five million organizations, Led the launch of Chromebooks and Chromebooks for Education, reaching hundreds of millions of students worldwide, Rose to Vice President of Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions during a 17-year Google career

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Enters Stanford University to study engineering, overlapping with future Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin
- **1999** — Graduates Stanford with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science; joins Microsoft working on Hotmail
- **2000** — Joins Silicon Valley startup Zaplet to build future email technologies
- **2004** — Joins Google; pitches an enterprise version of Gmail to Eric Schmidt and is initially rejected
- **2006** — Launches Google Apps for Your Domain, becoming known as the father of Google Apps (now Google Workspace)
- **2011** — Leads the launch of Chromebooks, including the Chromebooks for Education product line
- **2018** — Rises to Vice President of Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions
- **2021** — Leaves Google after 17 years to co-found Kyron Learning, focused on AI-powered equitable education
- **2023** — Kyron Learning closes Series A funding; total funding reaches roughly $20.9M

## Achievements

- Original product manager and 'father' of Google Apps, now Google Workspace, used by over five million organizations
- Led the launch of Chromebooks and Chromebooks for Education, reaching hundreds of millions of students worldwide
- Rose to Vice President of Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions during a 17-year Google career
- Built Google Cloud AI products across healthcare, retail, financial services, media/entertainment, and manufacturing
- Co-founded Kyron Learning, a public benefit company applying AI to one-on-one teaching
- Alumnus of the Science Talent Search (1994) and the International Science and Engineering Fair (1992, 1993, 1994)
- Earlier managed the ESX Server datacenter virtualization line at VMware

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Discussed Kyron Learning's AI-driven teacher-student bonds live from the ISTE conference
- **2025-03** — Joined HYPIA's AI & Language series to discuss AI as a tool for language learners
- **2025-08** — Spoke on AI authentically extending faculty capabilities in higher education

## Links

- Website: https://kyronlearning.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajensheth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kyronlearning
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqYqdEZcVWA
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/people/Kyron-Learning/100093290607345/

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