# Marty Sarim

> Marty Massih Sarim is the President of Sanas, a real-time speech AI platform that modulates accents and eliminates background noise for contact center agents globally. An Afghan refugee who came to the US in the early 1980s and started his career at 18 as a call center agent, Sarim brings over 25 years of BPO and contact center industry expertise to Sanas. He is also Co-Founder and General Partner at Carya Venture Partners, a $20M micro-fund focused on deep tech and enterprise AI, and founder of the Moe123 Scholarship Fund, which has awarded $125,000+ to high school seniors in the Minneapolis area.

- **Role:** President at Sanas
- **Organizations:** Sanas, Carya Venture Partners, Moe123 Scholarship Fund, Enhanced Resource Centers LLC, BCR - Aditya Birla Minacs
- **From:** Afghanistan
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Master of Public Administration, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** President of Sanas, growing it to 750,000+ users and $65M Series B in 2025, 25+ years of experience building and selling BPO companies globally, Co-Founder and General Partner at Carya Venture Partners ($20M micro-fund)

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Started as a call center agent at age 18 at a local collection agency in Minneapolis, MN
- **2003-2010** — CEO of BCR - Aditya Birla Minacs
- **2010-2018** — Multiple senior roles at Enhanced Resource Centers LLC including President & COO and President & CEO
- **2016** — Earned BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley
- **2018** — Earned MPA from University of Southern California; founded Moe123 Scholarship Fund
- **2022** — Joined Sanas as President (May 2022); co-founded Carya Venture Partners as General Partner
- **2025** — Led Sanas through $65M Series B funding round (February 2025); grew platform to 750,000+ users globally

## Achievements

- President of Sanas, growing it to 750,000+ users and $65M Series B in 2025
- 25+ years of experience building and selling BPO companies globally
- Co-Founder and General Partner at Carya Venture Partners ($20M micro-fund)
- Founded Moe123 Scholarship Fund, awarding $125,000+ to 25+ high school seniors in Minneapolis metro
- Helped Sanas secure US and India patents for real-time accent conversion AI
- Advisor to multiple Bay Area startups including Observe.AI, Airkit, Minerva CQ, and Humantic

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Sanas closes $65M Series B funding round led by Quadrille Capital, with strategic investment from Teleperformance and Alorica
- **2025-02** — Sanas platform reaches 750,000+ users globally
- **2025-06** — Sanas unveils real-time speech-to-speech language translation technology
- **2024-07** — Sanas announces exclusive partnership with Everise healthcare BPO provider
- **2024** — Sanas granted broad patent for real-time accent conversion AI in US and India

## Links

- Website: https://sanas.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marty-massih-sarim-b70141115

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Last updated: 2026-05-25