Our story.

    A few years ago, I spent over an hour searching for the answer to one technical question: how is a Matter commissioner authenticated during commissioning?

    The answer existed. It was just buried in hundreds of pages of specification, scattered across documents, impossible to extract quickly.

    That hour wasn't unusual. After two decades in semiconductors and deep-tech, I'd watched engineers and decision-makers lose this hour every day, searching, interpreting, cross-checking information that should have been one question away.

    When generative AI matured, the opportunity was obvious. Not another chatbot. A system that actually understands technical documentation and gives reliable, domain-specific answers grounded in the sources our customers already trust.

    That's why we built Understand Tech.

    Together with a team of experienced engineers, we set out to do one thing: turn documentation into usable knowledge, and knowledge into decisions.

    NB

    Naama Bak

    Co-founder & CEO

    Understand Tech team members

    Our Board.

    Our team combines decades of experience in AI research, cybersecurity, and enterprise software, united by a passion for making AI safe and accessible for all organizations.

    Vince Kellen

    Vince Kellen

    CIO

    Texas A&M

    Asad Haque

    Asad Haque

    VP Cyber Security

    Comcast

    Naama Bak

    Naama Bak

    CEO

    Understand Tech

    John Weil

    John Weil

    VP & GM IoT

    Synaptics

    Rodolphe Hugel

    Rodolphe Hugel

    CDO Digital ID

    IDEMIA

    Pete Bernard

    Pete Bernard

    CEO

    EDGE AI Foundation

    Tobin Richardson

    Tobin Richardson

    President & CEO

    CSA

    David Kaufman

    David Kaufman

    Sr. Director

    Resideo

    Make world-class expertise available to every organization.

    We help enterprises in technical industries deploy their own AI applications, built for the work they do, running where their data must stay.

    With the highest standards of security, privacy, and control.

    What we stand for.

    Four principles that shape every product decision, every line of code, and every customer conversation.

    Carabiners locked together, symbolising security

    Security First

    We build everything with security as the foundation. Protecting customer data is not optional: it guides every decision we make.

    Open sky seen through a rocky arch, symbolising openness

    Open Source

    We believe transparency creates trust. Open standards and clear documentation ensure full visibility and control for our customers.

    Compass on a map, symbolising customer-led direction

    Customer-Driven

    We shape our roadmap with our customers. Their real-world challenges inspire the solutions we design and continuously improve.

    Climber on a rock face, symbolising pioneering hard problems

    Pioneering

    We take on the hardest deep-tech problems most AI vendors avoid. Sovereign deployments, regulated industries, technical depth: where the work is.

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    Newsroom & press contact

    Journalists and analysts can reach our team directly for interviews, briefings, product details and company facts.

    United States

    Understand Tech
    New York, NY, United States

    France

    Understand Tech
    Frontignan, France

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    Have questions? We'd love to hear from you. Our team is here to help with anything from product details to deployment planning.

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