About Us

Experts and entrepreneurs deserve an assistant. That’s why we built Sally.

Online-Meeting Aufzeichnung & Transkription
25,000

Users worldwide

25+

Team members

2015

Founded

Our Mission

Less admin. More impact.

We believe great minds shouldn’t waste time on busywork. Sally is your AI assistant that takes care of meeting notes, tasks, and documentation - so you can focus on growth, not on writing things down.

Julian Kissel • Founder & CEO of Sally AI

Our headquarters • Mannheim, Germany

Our Story

How it all started...

Sally started in 2018 with a simple goal: to reduce the admin overload for people who build things - entrepreneurs, consultants, project leads. What began as a chatbot evolved into a smart assistant trusted by over 25,000 professionals today.

We're not chasing hype - we’re solving real problems. Sally automates the tedious parts of your meetings and connects seamlessly into your existing tools, helping teams work faster and more transparently.

Trusted by 25,000 professionals every day

Milestones

November 2018

The idea takes shape

Sally 1.0 was a chatbot for field sales, asking questions post-meeting and sending answers to the CRM. A simple start with a clear mission: automate admin, fuel growth.

The Kissel brothers in front of the old Sally logo

June 2020

Early feedback & rapid development

We launched a beta, collected feedback, and kept building. We saw the potential - and the work ahead.

Julian Kissel CEO Sally

2020 • Julian Kissel presents Sally

April 2021

From chatbot to true assistant

At Freudenberg, we proved Sally improved CRM adoption. But users wanted more: context, summaries, real help. We listened - and upgraded.

Freudenberg Weinheim

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies • Head office in Weinheim, Germany

December 2021

Smart preparation meets smart follow-up

Sally started preparing meetings by pulling customer insights and summarizing them - paving the way for today's AI-powered features.

Julian Kissel • Founder & CEO of Sally

February 2023

The AI moment

While the world discovered AI, we already had a real product in use. We stayed focused on simplicity and value, not buzzwords.

Management level of Sally

May 2023

Manual notes are over

Sally became a full transcription tool - recording, transcribing, and summarizing meetings automatically. No more manual notetaking.

Sally in action

September 2024

25,000 users strong

We’ve helped thousands of teams save time and boost clarity. Sally is no longer a tool - it’s part of the workflow.

Sally AI Kunden Erfahrung

A small selection of our customers

Januar 2025

Just getting started

Sally now supports 35+ languages, works with in-person meetings, and integrates with your favorite tools. We're evolving - so you can keep growing.

Mafinex Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany • Our head office

Would you like to test Sally live?

After registering, you can invite Sally to your appointment via invite@sally.de and test all the functions.

The origin story of Sally

December 2015

As a renowned Microsoft & CRM expert, our founder Julian Kissel founded the company that is still behind Sally SalesAI today: Aliru.

His mission: to map complex sales processes of companies in a simple and effective way in CRM so that sales goals can be achieved effortlessly - with success.

He has always generated billions in sales for companies such as Freudenberg, Deutsche Bahn and Lichtblick by optimizing and efficiently implementing their sales strategies.

Julian Kissel, CEO bei Aliru
novembre 2018

After months of work, Sally 1.0 was created

Driven by the mission, the first beta version of Sally was created. Sally started out as a small chatbot that helped create visit reports by asking relevant questions about the appointment after a meeting. The answers from the sales representatives were added directly to the CRM.

The advantage: With Sally, you no longer forget to include relevant topics in the visit report, as the AI asked customer-specific questions, which led to higher data quality.

Abril 2021

The results of the project at Freudenberg and our learnings

Following the implementation at Freudenberg, we analyzed intensively and gained valuable insights. Although we were able to increase the use of CRM, we found that many sales representatives did not see any concrete added value in Sally. The challenge was to create clear benefits and save time. This insight drove us to further develop Sally into a comprehensive tool that not only collects data but also makes everyday work for field staff easier.

February 2022

We're heading for the latest Sally version.

In February 2022, we had a groundbreaking moment. Our team recognized the option of not having to manually write visit reports anymore. The idea was born to integrate Sally into meetings to precisely transcribe conversations and automatically record agenda items. This idea was inspired by the realization that previous tools only worked well in the English language. Our team mobilized all their knowledge and expertise to turn this vision into reality. This gave rise to the idea for a premium transcription tool, which not only records meetings, but also serves as a high-quality tool to make meetings more productive.

Abril 2023

We're heading for the latest Sally version.

To date, over 25,000 sales employees worldwide use Sally SalesAI to optimize their administrative activities. Aliru, the company behind Sally, has over 25 dedicated employees.

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