Citrus AI

An embedded platform for Socially-Intelligent AI

A platform of socially intelligent agents that interpret multimodal behavior, build persistent understanding of each user, and steer AI interactions toward real-world outcomes.

0%*

of communication is non-verbal.

Standard AI is socially blind. It misses the tone of your voice and the look on your face. Citrus captures and acts on the 93% of the conversation that happens between the lines.

*Based on the Mehrabian non-verbal communication study.

Our Thesis: Social Intelligence for AI

Lewin Social Psychologist Kurt Lewin, 1936
Behavior = f(Personality, Environment)
Humans
Multimodal signals, emotions, and behavior = f(Personality, Conv. Setting)
LLMs
Activations, generated behavior = f(Model Identity, Prompt & Conv. History)

Applications

All applications run on the same three-layer platform
Interpretation Layer Understands what users say, how they say it, and which moments matter. Rapport Layer Builds persistent understanding of preferences, baselines, and personality over time. Steering Layer Adapts AI behavior and tasks in real time toward desired outcomes.
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Diagnostics & Life Sciences
Socially intelligent interaction More adaptive, human-aware experiences across high-friction diagnostic journeys.
Diagnostics, Patient Engagement, Life Sciences
Digital Entertainment
Adaptive engagement Real-time social experiences that personalize interaction while staying attentive to user safety.
Gaming, Interactive Media, Online Gambling

Our Team

All currently employees of Kaliber AI

Aneesh Jonelagadda

Materials Science @ UIUC • Physics @ UPenn

Founder • 11y in AI (7y in Healthcare AI)

Salvatore Penachio

Data Science @ UIUC

Applied AI Researcher • 4y in Healthcare AI

Kaustav Mukherjee

MechE @ NUS • Robotics @ CMU

Applied AI Researcher • 4y in Healthcare AI

Ryan Ng

Cognitive Neuroscience @ UC Berkeley

Product Design • Human-AI Interaction

Haoze Zheng

SysEng @ UPenn

Applied AI Researcher • Multimodal Models

Amos Roche

CS @ Columbia

ML Engineer • Data Pipelines

Miyu Zhang

CS @ NYU

Applied AI Researcher • Systems Architecture

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Incubated by Kaliber AI Foundry

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