Caleb Mantey

Hi, I'm Caleb Mantey

CTO & co-founder building agentic AI and spatial computing products
AI Agent Engineer XR / Spatial Developer Full-Stack Engineer CTO, Relu Interactives
7+
Years Engineering
2016
XR Pioneer · Ghana/Africa
2×
National Awards
AI
Agents in Production
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XR / Spatial Computing

Immersive engineering

VR training, WebXR platforms, digital twins, real-time 3D, and games built with Unity and web technologies.

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Senior Software / AI

Full-stack systems

Backend architecture, web and mobile products, LLM workflows, integrations, and engineering leadership.

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Personal Details

Email: manteycaleb@gmail.com

Languages: English

Nationality: Ghanaian

What I Do:

I'm Caleb Mantey, Co-Founder & CTO of Relu Interactives and lead engineer of Relu Spatial. I built the platform across its backend and XR engine, bringing together immersive creation, AI, and publishing for web, mobile, and headsets.

Who I Am

About Me

I'm a software engineer, AI builder, and XR developer from Accra, Ghana, with 7+ years of shipping products. I co-founded Relu Interactives, where I'm CTO, and I created Relu Spatial, leading its engineering and building its backend and XR engine. I build in two areas: autonomous AI agents that reason and act, and immersive experiences people can step inside. I started out shipping games in Unity and C#, and in 2016 I began building XR, among the first developers in Ghana and Africa to do it. From there I moved into AI engineering, building production agents, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and LLM automation with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, and the Pi Agent SDK. For XR I work in Unity3D, the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro SDKs, and WebXR; on the web, in React, Node.js, and Python on cloud infrastructure. I lead teams and teach through technical writing and workshops.

AI Engineering

I Build Agentic AI Systems

I build the infrastructure behind production AI. From autonomous, tool-using agents and multi-agent orchestration to RAG pipelines and production LLM systems, I design AI that reasons, calls tools, and acts. I build these harnesses with Vercel AI SDK, Claude SDK, and Pi Agent SDK, and route each request to the right model: premium models where they earn their cost, cheaper options like DeepSeek or smaller specialized models everywhere else. That routing and caching has saved clients thousands without trading away quality.

AI Harness Development

I build production AI harnesses using Vercel AI SDK, Claude SDK, and Pi Agent SDK to wire agentic capabilities into applications. From streaming responses to tool orchestration, I build the interface between your app and AI providers.

Cost-Optimized AI Systems

I route each task to the model that fits it: Claude Sonnet for complex reasoning, Haiku for speed, DeepSeek R1 for cheap bulk work, and smaller models where they're enough. With caching and prompt optimization on top, that routing cuts costs by 60–80%.

RAG & Knowledge Systems

I ground LLMs in private data with retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, embeddings, and semantic memory, so each answer comes with the sources it drew on.

Tool Use & MCP

I connect agents to tools, APIs, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) so they can book, query, and automate work across the systems a business already runs.

Multi-Agent Orchestration

I build collaborative agent systems where specialized agents coordinate, delegate, and verify each other's work using orchestrator–worker patterns and graph-based workflows (LangGraph). Each agent runs on the model that suits its task.

Agentic 3D & Spatial AI

My current focus: pairing LLM agents with XR and real-time 3D so AI can generate, arrange, and run spatial scenes. That's where I'm taking our WebXR platform, Relu Spatial.

My Process

How I Build Production AI Agents

01
Define Goal & Guardrails

Clarify the task, success criteria, scope, and safety boundaries the agent must operate within.

02
Design Tools & Context

Wire up the right tools, APIs, RAG retrieval and MCP servers so the agent has the context to act.

03
Orchestrate Reasoning

Compose planning, memory, and multi-agent workflows, single agent or coordinated swarm.

04
Evaluate & Trace

Build evals, trace every step, catch failures, and iterate on prompts, tools and routing.

05
Ship & Monitor

Deploy with logging, cost controls, and observability, then keep improving.

AI / Agentic Stack I Work With

Vercel AI SDK Claude SDK Pi Agent SDK Claude Codex DeepSeek GitHub Copilot OpenRouter LangChain LangGraph LlamaIndex Pydantic AI Model Context Protocol (MCP) RAG Pipelines Vector DBs · pgvector / Pinecone Embeddings Function / Tool Calling Streaming & Real-time AI Cost Optimization Python TypeScript Node.js FastAPI
My Startup · Co-Founder & CTO

Building Africa's Future Through Interactive Technology

I co-founded Relu Interactives, an immersive technology company in Accra, and I lead its engineering. Our team builds 3D & XR software that organizations use to train operators, visualize plants and offshore assets, and teach engineering students.

Enterprise VR / AR Training

Training simulations where your staff rehearse procedures and decisions before doing them on site.

Digital Twins

Interactive 3D replicas of real assets and environments for visualization, monitoring, and analysis.

Real-time 3D & WebXR

Real-time 3D experiences that run in the browser, on phones, and on headsets.

Interactive Entertainment

Games and XR experiences for players and live audiences, like SortJam and Africa's Legends.

2× National Award Winner Accra, Ghana R&D-Led Team
Trusted by First National Bank GNPC Ghana National Gas KNUST
Recognition

Achievements & Recognition

Two national awards Relu Interactives won in 2023 for its XR work.

Presidential Pitch Award
National Award
2023 NEIP Presidential Pitch Winner

National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP), Ghana

Relu Interactives took the overall prize at Ghana's 2023 Presidential Pitch with PetSim, our petroleum drilling-rig training simulation for engineering students.

Ghana Innovation & Startup Award
Industry Award
Ghana Innovation & Startup Award 2023

Animation/Gaming Startup Innovation of the Year · Relu Interactives

The Association of Ghana Startups gave Relu Interactives this award at the 2023 Ghana Innovation & Startup Awards.

Experience

Work History

7+ years spanning AI engineering, XR, and full-stack development, from founding and leading Relu Interactives to building AI agents and immersive systems for global teams.

Contact Me

AI & Agentic Tools

Building autonomous agents with cost-optimized models & orchestration

Claude
Claude AI
Codex
Codex
DeepSeek
DeepSeek
GitHub Copilot
Copilot
Vercel
Vercel AI SDK
Claude SDK
Claude SDK
LangChain
LangChain
LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex
Pydantic AI
Pydantic AI
Model Context Protocol
MCP
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Python for AI
Python AI
TypeScript for AI
TS AI

Development & Infrastructure

Full-stack tools for building scalable AI-powered applications

Next.js
Next.js
React
React
NestJS
NestJS
Node.js
Node.js
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Docker
Docker
Redis
Redis
Unity / WebXR
Unity / WebXR
Three.js
Three.js
Git
Git
Portfolio

My Work & Portfolio

A selection of XR, AI, game, and full-stack projects I've shipped, from immersive VR training to production apps.

Relu Spatial (AI + WebXR Platform)
Our browser-native WebXR platform. You type a prompt and play the result in seconds.
Role: Lead engineer, backend and XR engine
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Flagship · AI + WebXR
Akofena: Blades of the Ancestors
A free fighting game where you play as 19 African legends on 17 home stages, online or on one screen. It runs in the browser with no download.
Stack: TypeScript, three.js, WebRTC rollback netcode
Play Free · Game Page
Fighting Game · Free to Play
SortJam VR puzzle game
SortJam VR
A VR puzzle game where you sort and match objects through harder levels in themed worlds.
Experience: Family-friendly VR puzzle game
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VR Game · Relu Original
Africa's Legends VR
A VR adaptation of African superhero stories and mythology that you step into and play in 3D.
Collaboration: Relu Interactives × Leti Arts
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African Storytelling · VR Adaptation
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besaCare - Healthcare Access Platform
Mobile telemedicine app with appointment booking, video consultations, health records.
Tech: Flutter, Node.js, Redis, MongoDB
Role: Lead Mobile Developer
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HealthTech · Mobile
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Visitor Management App
Dropin Driver app onboarding screen: negotiate your fare
Dropin (Ride-hailing App)
A ride-hailing app for Ghana with rider and driver apps. Riders book city trips, airport pickups, or staff transport, and agree the fare with the driver.
Role: Senior engineer (contract), managed the dev team
Stack: NestJS, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, Docker, Flutter
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Ride-hailing · Mobile
Zenjob website homepage
Zenjob AI Workflows
AI matching and workflow automation for a European staffing platform.
Stack: LangGraph, Python, multi-agent workflows, RAG
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AI Agents · Workforce
eGotickets website homepage
eGotickets
A Ruby on Rails ticketing and events platform. I maintained it and built its payment integrations and deployment pipelines.
Stack: Ruby on Rails, Redis, Docker, GitHub Actions
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Backend · Payments
joy_ussd_engine repository on GitHub
joy_ussd_engine
An open-source Ruby library for building text-based apps across USSD, WhatsApp, and Telegram.
Type: Open-source Ruby library
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Open Source · Ruby
Think-it (Climate & Health Tech)
Large web applications for climate- and health-tech partners, with LLM features and third-party API orchestration.
Focus: Scalability and API orchestration
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AI · Mission-driven Software
PetSim (Petroleum Engineering Simulation)
A mixed-reality simulation where petroleum engineering students practice drilling operations hands-on.
Platform: Mixed reality training simulation
Focus: Petroleum drilling operations
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Petroleum Engineering · Immersive Training
VIVaTS (Ghana National Gas)
Operator training and live plant monitoring for national gas infrastructure, built as a working digital twin.
Client: Ghana National Gas Company
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Digital Twin · Enterprise XR
Live Digital Twins
Interactive 3D replicas of plant and equipment, built from engineering drawings.
Use: Visualization, monitoring, and analysis
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Industrial · Real-time 3D
AR Experiences
Markerless AR placement, brand activations, and spatial overlays you see through your phone.
Platform: Mobile AR
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Augmented Reality · Mobile
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Dark Echoes (Third Person Shooter)
Survey Kit Simulation on itch.io: a 3D total station
Survey Kit Simulation
An interactive 3D guide to surveying instruments like the total station, for Windows.
Background: B.Sc. Geomatic Engineering, UMaT
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Simulation · Geomatics
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Cube Slice (Android Game)
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Coca-Cola VR Soccer Shootout
Immersive penalty shootout VR experience with realistic physics and leaderboards.
Tech: Unity3D, Physics
Engagement: 500+ participants, UX research
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VR Marketing - User Experience & HCI
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Virtual Exhibition Platform
Multi-user VR platform with real-time collaboration and shared interactions.
Tech: Unity3D, Photon, WebRTC
Research: Collaborative VR, social presence
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Multi-User VR Collaboration
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Closeup (VR Game)
Insights

My Recent Blogs

Articles on AI agents, XR, and what I learn building both.

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Get In Touch

Contact Me

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Phone

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+233 57 8876 149
Email

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manteycaleb@gmail.com
Location

Accra, Ghana.