Who we are

Your partner from first AI experiment to everyday use.

Saltz AI was started by two friends who spent years building with technology, and watched most companies get left behind by it. Today we work as an AI partner for organizations, taking them beyond experimentation and helping them adopt AI at the core of how they operate.

Founding Partner · Head of Solutions

Bruno Calabretta

Engineer-founder and global ecosystem builder
MSc Biomedical Engineering
5 years automating regulated pharma production lines
Anthropic-certified across the full Claude agent stack
Owns solution design, from assessment to live systems
Founding Partner · Go-To-Market & Growth

Emilio Canessa

Serial entrepreneur and frontier-tech executive
MSc Customer Experience and Brand Communication
Built a global technology-adoption program across 40 countries
Italian-Swiss institutional access
Lugano operating anchor, owns commercial and go-to-market

Our story

Two thousand years ago, Roman soldiers were paid in salt. The Latin salarium became the modern word salary. Salt was that essential.

For most of history it did two things at once: it preserved what mattered, and it transformed whatever it touched. A pinch was the difference between food and waste. That's how we think about AI for businesses: the people, the relationships, and the craft that built it are what's worth preserving. The manual work and the lost hours are what get transformed.

A Roman Colosseum beneath rising bars and an upward arrow, heritage meeting momentum.

AI is the Saltz most businesses are missing. The small, essential thing that changes everything.

Partnership

FederItalyNational Made-in-Italy federation

A direct line into Italian industry.

FederItaly has named Saltz AI its AI technology partner for bringing AI to small and medium enterprises. Direct, warm access to Italian companies at national scale, from day one.

2021
Founded
8,000+
Italian companies
24
Countries

Let's talk

Let's find what AI can do for your business.

Every company is different. The best place to start is a conversation.