AI as a Universal Teacher: Ravi Bhushan on Raising Curious, Future-Ready Kids

In this episode of The Winners’ Circle, host Russ Fordyce sits down with Ravi Bhushan, founder and CEO of Brightchamps, to explore how AI is reshaping what kids learn, how they learn, and who gets left behind when education does not keep up.​Ravi shares the origin story of Brightchamps, founded in 2020 at the peak of the pandemic to give kids around the world access to “new age skills” that traditional K–12 systems were not designed to teach. From technology and coding to financial literacy, robotics, public speaking, and now math taught through adaptive AI, Brightchamps focuses on building real, marketable skills rather than just test scores.​He explains why core areas like money, automation, and communication are still mostly missing from formal curricula, and how institutional inertia makes it hard for schools to update content at the same pace the world is changing. Ravi argues that this growing gap is exactly where AI can be a “savior,” enabling rapid content creation, true personalization at the level of each child, and one to one style practice that adjusts in real time.​Ravi and Russ dive into how Brightchamps is using agentic AI not only in the learning experience but across the company: tailoring questions based on a child’s specific mistakes, adapting explanations to analytical versus creative learners, monitoring millions of classes for teaching quality, and even having AI “mentors” proactively reach out to parents when engagement drops.​You will also hear Ravi’s personal take as a parent, including how he uses nightly “why” sessions with his son and tools like ChatGPT to keep curiosity alive, and why he believes AI, used well, is less a shortcut and more a powerful curiosity engine in every kid’s pocket.​Key discussion themes:Why skills like technology, financial literacy, robotics, and public speaking belong in foundational educationHow fast the skills gap is widening between what schools teach and what the world demandsPractical ways AI can deliver truly personalized, non boring learning at scaleUsing agentic AI to detect disengagement, support teachers, and improve class qualityReframing AI from “cheating tool” to universal teacher and curiosity amplifier for kids and parents alike​Stay to the end to hear Ravi’s vision of a future where AI does more “heavy lifting” inside education companies, freeing humans to focus on empathy, motivation, and designing better learning journeys