# Riccardo Pellegrini

> Riccardo (Ricky) Pellegrini is the co-founder and CEO of Knode.ai, a New York-based AI sales-management platform that mines sales conversations to coach reps, score calls, and turn winning behaviors into repeatable playbooks. A Harvard College and Harvard Business School graduate, he built his career as a product leader - Head of Product for AWS Data Exchange and VP of Product at RapidSOS - before founding Knode in 2023 with Nicholas Horelik and Henry Katz. He is an inventor on multiple software patents and an active angel investor.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Knode.ai
- **Organizations:** Knode.ai, Amazon Web Services (AWS Data Exchange), RapidSOS, Crossfield Digital, Lazard, Cue Ball Capital
- **Education:** MBA, Harvard Business School, A.B. in Economics, cum laude, Harvard College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Knode.ai, an AI-powered sales management platform that has analyzed 1,000,000+ sales calls, Inventor on multiple software patents, Led product for AWS Data Exchange at Amazon

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard
- **—** — Roles in venture capital and finance, including Cue Ball Capital
- **—** — CEO at Crossfield Digital
- **—** — VP of Product at RapidSOS, leading product management, strategy, and UX/UI
- **—** — Head of Product for AWS Data Exchange at Amazon Web Services
- **2023** — Co-founded Knode.ai with Nicholas Horelik and Henry Katz; serves as CEO
- **2026** — Knode.ai announces strategic partnership with Force Management

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Knode.ai, an AI-powered sales management platform that has analyzed 1,000,000+ sales calls
- Inventor on multiple software patents
- Led product for AWS Data Exchange at Amazon
- VP of Product at RapidSOS (raised ~$281M)
- Raised roughly $7M for Knode from investors including ACME Capital, G20 Ventures, TTV Capital, Picus Capital and Global Founders Capital
- Earned both an A.B. (cum laude) and an MBA from Harvard

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Force Management announced a strategic partnership with Knode.ai to drive measurable sales behavior change through personalized, AI-powered coaching.

## Links

- Website: https://knode.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickypellegrini
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rpknodeai

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/riccardo-pellegrini
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-06-21