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Richard Mensah

Founder, CEO & Head of Engineering at Salley AI

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Overview

Richard Mensah is Founder, CEO and Head of Engineering at Salley AI[1][2], a research-driven applied AI company building proactive AI systems for complex, high-stakes enterprise initiatives[2]. Mensah is a three-time founder from Ghana who relocated to the United States[2]. Prior to founding Salley AI, Mensah built an internal enterprise chatbot in 2015 before large language models existed, which saved their team approximately 26 hours per week[2]. Mensah earned two master's degrees in Disruptive Innovation and International Business from Hult International Business School[12][13] before age 25 and was recognized as one of Greater Boston's best and brightest innovators under 25[2]. Mensah previously served as Co-Founder of EllisX from 2019 to 2022[10] and as a Contributing Writer for Entrepreneur Media from 2020 to 2023[9].

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Richard is the Founder, CEO and Head of Engineering at Salley. Salley is a research-driven applied AI company building proactive AI systems for complex, high-stakes enterprise initiatives. Prior to Salley, Richard built an internal enterprise chatbot, before LLMs existed (2015), saving his team about 26 hours per week. He was voted best graduating computer science programmer, earned two master’s degrees before he turned 25, and was named one of Greater Boston’s best and brightest innovators under 25 alongside peers from Harvard and MIT. He's a 3x founder from Ghana who moved to the U.S.

Career history

  1. Founder, CEO & Head of EngineeringApr 2025 to presentSalley AI
  2. Angel Investor2024 to presentStealth Mode
  3. Artifact FellowJan 2026 to Feb 2026Founders, Inc.
  4. December SprintDec 2025 to Dec 2025Founders, Inc.
  5. FounderJan 2024 to Mar 2025Salley Sessions
  6. Customer Advisory Board2022 to 2024Brex
  7. Contributing Writer2020 to 2023Entrepreneur Media
  8. Co-Founder2019 to 2022EllisX

Education

  1. Break In Program: Dedulas Labs x The Residency x London Founder House at The Residency
  2. Master of Science - MS, Disruptive InnovationHult International Business School
  3. Master of Science - MS, International BusinessHult International Business School

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