Salient

B2B Software and Services Artificial Intelligence (AI)Software

6 open10 filled

San Francisco, CA, USAFounded 201940+ employeesSeries A raisedSeedPrivate

Last round: grant · $100K · May 2025(8 rounds total)

“AI Servicing for Auto Lenders”

Backed by(13 investors)

MassVenturesExelon FoundationBill & Melinda Gates FoundationNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationEIC Rose RockWireframe VenturesRose Rock BridgeMunich Re VenturesFirst Star VenturesPowerhouse Ventures

Salient Predictions is an AI-driven firm that merges machine learning, climate science, and oceanography to generate weather forecasts. Their approach delivers twice the accuracy compared to typical forecasts and handles billions of data predictors to generate insights via APIs, interactive maps, and decision tools.

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About the Company

Salient is an AI workflow automation tool for lenders. We're working with the largest auto lenders in America and are hiring!

Tech Stack

python + LLM stack + transformer based voice models

Founders

Ari Malik

Sales finance @ Tesla. ex VC @ DST Global. Prior exp. at Temasek and Goldman Sachs. Computer Science + Philosophy @ Columbia.

Mukund Tibrewala

Founder/CTO at Salient. ex- SWE @Airtable @Dropbox. CS + Robotics @Carnegie Mellon, where I built a real-life Harry Potter Wizard's Chess set. When I'm not in front of my MacBook, I climb mountains and rock faces, bike around the Bay Area, and read way too much Kerouac.