---
title: "Increasing Profitability and Fairness Through Decisioning with Kareem Saleh from Fairplay.ai"
url: "https://fairplay.ai/podcast/podcast-increasing-profitability-and-fairness-through-decisioning-with-kareem-saleh-from-fairplay-ai/"
description: "Rich Alterman sits down with Kareem Saleh to discuss his upbringing and financial background, the founding of FairPlay, and the evolution of fair lending."
author: "FairPlay"
date_published: "2025-05-27"
date_modified: "2025-05-26"
image: "https://fairplay.ai/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/28750533-1664395243210-89d3f2e7b79bf.jpg"
---

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# Increasing Profitability and Fairness Through Decisioning with Kareem Saleh from Fairplay.ai

Kareem describes his origin story to host Rich Alterman and how Kareem’s early childhood as the son of immigrants drove him to dedicate his career to fairness and financial inclusion. He then describes his years in the government and the private sector, and how they gave him visibility into the methods used by the world’s biggest financial institutions — all of which were using rudimentary practices riddled with unfairness. He goes on to reveal the inside story of FairPlay’s founding and how the industry has responded.