# Salem Karani

> Salem Karani is the co-founder, CEO and CTO of Tristar AI, a Boston-based startup building an AI-native computer vision platform for real-time quality monitoring and human-machine interaction on factory floors. Raised inside his family's plastic film manufacturing business, he turned a childhood spent around production lines into a company that helps manufacturers cut scrap, reduce waste, and improve uptime. Tristar's models read human motion at a kinematic level, letting them drop into new factories without retraining. The company raised a $3.15M seed in June 2024 led by Las Olas Venture Capital and TenOneTen Ventures.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO & CTO at Tristar AI
- **Organizations:** Tristar AI, GreenSight, Tristar Packaging
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Master's, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University, Advanced study, MIT
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Tristar AI as CEO and CTO, Raised $3.15M seed funding in June 2024 from Las Olas Venture Capital and TenOneTen Ventures, Built generalizable, kinematics-based vision models that deploy into new factories without retraining

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Begins developing computer vision and AI models focused on human motion, before the broader AI boom
- **2022** — Co-founds Tristar AI with Jack Liu (CPO) and Ben Rocci (CBO); serves as CEO and CTO
- **2024** — Raises $3.15M seed round led by Las Olas Venture Capital and TenOneTen Ventures (June)
- **2024** — Speaks at the AI Manufacturing Conference on 'Manufacturing Operations. Solved.'

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Tristar AI as CEO and CTO
- Raised $3.15M seed funding in June 2024 from Las Olas Venture Capital and TenOneTen Ventures
- Built generalizable, kinematics-based vision models that deploy into new factories without retraining
- Helped scale two early-stage computer vision startups
- Led ML and computer vision for autonomous drones as Head of ML & Computer Vision at GreenSight

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Tristar AI closed a $3.15M seed round led by Las Olas Venture Capital and TenOneTen Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://tristar.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salem-karani-b371b747/

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Last updated: 2026-06-21