Summary
Ali Salehi is a CTO and AI architect with nine years of experience building production-grade Generative AI and NLP systems, primarily for Persian and Arabic users. He led the design and deployment of Yarabot, a localized LLM platform with custom RAG infrastructure used by national libraries, insurers, and SaaS customers, and has delivered end-to-end pipelines from OCR to document chat and abstractive summarization for think-tanks. With an MS in Artificial Intelligence and a background in BI and data science, he blends research-grade techniques (NER, topic modeling, semantic ranking) with product-focused engineering to ship robust, multilingual AI services. He also prototypes language-specific products like an Arabic smart library and SEO-optimized content engines, demonstrating a knack for turning underserved language needs into commercial solutions. Beyond technical delivery, he mentors data teams and shapes innovation culture, often favoring "show me the code" pragmatism over theoretical talk.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Software Engineering, BS, Computer Software Engineering at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (Jundi Shapur)
Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
English, Persian