Co-founder & President at OpenSesame
Jai Mansukhani
I’m a second-time technical founder with a background in computer science and math from the University of Toronto. I previously ran one of Canada’s largest AI communities and built and sold AI infrastructure into the largest public school network in Canada. Along the way, I worked at startups like Wombo, where I led GTM and partnerships, providing a mix of deep technical expertise and hands-on experience in scaling products and teams.
Questions & Answers
What sets you apart from others in your industry?
Most companies add AI by slapping on a crappy chatbot or a complicated workflow tool that only technical teams can use. We went the other way. We prioritized taste and UX, making our agent incredibly simple to embed, so companies don't have to change any existing infrastructure; as a result, any product we embed our agent inside of instantly feels AI-native.
What's the story behind your company?
We started out frustrated. I ran one of Canada’s biggest AI communities and sold AI tools into public schools. My co-founder built AI interfaces and sold them into Quebec’s largest hospital network. We both saw how painful it was to bolt AI onto legacy products: long dev cycles, high costs, and features that rarely shipped. Initially, we focused on hallucination detection, but after speaking with dozens of CEOs, we realized the real problem wasn’t hallucinations; it was the difficulty of actually building and deploying agents. So we decided to fix the interface itself.
Why are you excited about your company/product?
Because AI lets us rethink how people use software. Just as the Macintosh introduced the world to the GUI 40 years ago, we are introducing businesses to a new AI-native interface today. With our agent, Cell, you talk to your software, and it does what you ask. Today, it’s an embedded agent. Tomorrow, it’s the main interface, where exposing a single API can change the way a user interacts with the product.
