# Satish Kumar

> Satish Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Glider AI, a skills-validation company built around a personal conviction: ability should count for more than pedigree. An IIT Kanpur and UC Berkeley alumnus and former Oracle engineering leader, he previously co-founded education-technology ventures including Snapwiz and Edulastic. In March 2026, Findem announced an agreement to acquire Glider AI and combine talent discovery with Glider's assessments, autonomous interviews, and identity verification.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Glider AI, a Findem company
- **Organizations:** Glider AI, Findem, Edulastic, Snapwiz, GetVendors, Oracle, IIT Kanpur, University of California, Berkeley
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Management of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Glider AI and built its skills-validation platform around competency-based hiring., Led Glider AI through a $10 million Series A announced in March 2023., Led Glider AI when it won Staffing Industry Analysts' 2021 Shark Tank award for most innovative staffing technology.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2010** — Held engineering and management roles at Oracle, working on RFID and mobility products for supply-chain applications.
- **Before 2011** — Co-founded GetVendors, an online marketing company later acquired by MatchPoint, a Connexus Group division.
- **2011-2020** — Co-founded and served as COO and board member of education-technology business Snapwiz/Edulastic.
- **2020** — Founded Glider AI to move candidate skill validation earlier in the hiring process and make opportunity more accessible.
- **2021** — Glider AI won Staffing Industry Analysts' Shark Tank award for most innovative staffing technology.
- **2021** — Edulastic was acquired by Sumeru Equity Partners.
- **2023** — Glider AI announced a $10 million Series A led by Primera Capital and other investors.
- **2025** — Glider AI launched Agentic AI Interviews and an AI Assistant for technical assessments and live coding interviews.
- **2026** — Findem announced a definitive agreement to acquire Glider AI and combine discovery with skills validation, autonomous interviews, and identity verification.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Glider AI and built its skills-validation platform around competency-based hiring.
- Led Glider AI through a $10 million Series A announced in March 2023.
- Led Glider AI when it won Staffing Industry Analysts' 2021 Shark Tank award for most innovative staffing technology.
- Previously co-founded Edulastic, which was acquired by Sumeru Equity Partners.
- Graduated from IIT Kanpur and later studied Management of Technology at UC Berkeley.
- Built RFID and mobility products for supply-chain applications in an engineering and management role at Oracle.
- Entered a definitive agreement for Glider AI to be acquired by Findem, announced in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Findem announced a definitive agreement to acquire Glider AI; the terms were not disclosed and closing was described as subject to customary conditions.
- **2026-03** — Kumar said the planned combination would connect Findem's talent discovery with Glider's skills validation and identity verification to deliver hire-ready candidates.
- **2025-08** — Kumar announced Glider AI Assistant for technical assessments and live coding interviews, designed to reveal how candidates work with AI.
- **2025-05** — Kumar introduced Agentic AI Interviews, a conversational interviewer for evaluating skills through dialogue and hands-on tasks.

## Links

- Website: https://glider.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satikum/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23