Company

We're building machines that understand people

Oruk is a speech lab. We build models that hear what people actually mean, sarcasm, emotion, intent, frustration, and context, not just the words they say. The goal is software that listens the way people do.

  • Meaning over transcription

    Words are the easy part. We build models for tone, intent, emotion, and subtext, the signal underneath the words.

  • Research in the open

    We benchmark honestly against the field and publish where it counts, so progress is measured, not asserted.

  • Built for builders

    Understanding should be an API call. We design for the teams putting conversational AI in front of real people.

The team

The people teaching machines to understand people

A small team building the speech models that read tone, intent, and subtext, not just words.

  • Nathan Roll

    Nathan Roll

    Co-founder, CEO

  • Irene Yi

    Irene Yi

    Head of Data

  • Daniel D'Angelo

    Daniel D'Angelo

    Head of Product

  • Anders Hedberg

    Anders Hedberg

    Head of Enterprise

Make your agents actually understand people

Join the labs, startups, and enterprises teaching their products to hear what people really mean. Request access to the Oruk API.

Oruk

The speech lab for models that understand what people mean.

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