The leading knowledge management solution for the AI age.
- Knowledge management is a life-or-death decision.
- Knowledge has to be acquired faster, and better organised.
- Now is the time to implement knowledge management.
A knowledge system for memory, context, and action.
Knowledge management turns 40 in 2026 — and it’s finally ready for the AI age.
A living, AI-driven system for what your organization knows
Named in respectful reference to Ọ̀rúnmìlà — a Yoruba orisha associated with wisdom, memory, and guidance — Orunmila treats knowledge as something to be cared for over time. Not a folder of forgotten files, but a connected record of decisions, context, and expertise. With AI, our aim is to make that knowledge far easier to find, understand, and use.
Capture decisions, documents, and tacit know-how in one place.
Organise knowledge by how it relates, not just by folders.
Use AI to surface the right knowledge, with the context that makes it trustworthy.
Institutional memory is leaking faster than ever
Teams move quickly, tools multiply, and the reasoning behind decisions disappears into chat threads and inboxes. When people leave, context leaves with them. The cost of forgetting is measurable — and the tools to remember have never been better.
the average knowledge worker spends each day searching for and gathering information — close to a fifth of the working week.
McKinsey Global Institute
lost each year by a typical large enterprise to inefficient knowledge sharing and re-creating work that already exists.
Panopto Workplace Knowledge & Productivity Report
of digital workers struggle to find the information they need to do their jobs.
Gartner
Our edge is in software development
Orunmila's differentiator is how we build. Our knowledge is in software development — so we apply an AI-native development process to create a knowledge platform that reflects the same intelligence it promises to deliver.
New software-development tools
AI-powered tools move us faster from idea to prototype, design to code, and testing to documentation — so a small team can explore, build and validate at the speed of a modern start-up.
A new process: Intent-to-Production
We don't start with “what feature?” but “what outcome do we want, and how will we prove we achieved it?” Intent becomes the source of truth, with traceability from idea to production and humans governing every step.
Inspired by Africa
We're symbolically connected to Africa — its growth, its resilience, and its place as both the birthplace and the future of humanity — and we welcome African contributors to the mission.
The mission
Create, bring to market, and put into use the leading knowledge management solution for the AI age — powered by AI.
Rooted in a tradition of wisdom and memory
Orunmila draws its name and spirit from Ọ̀rúnmìlà, an orisha in Yoruba thought associated with wisdom, divination, destiny, and intellectual development. We treat this source with care. Africa is not one culture, and sacred symbols are not decoration — so rather than borrow ritual imagery, we take inspiration from the deeper idea: that knowledge, carefully kept and well interpreted, helps people choose wisely.
Respect over appropriation
We reference, we don't reduce. No sacred object is repurposed as a universal logo, and Orunmila is described accurately as a male orisha of wisdom — not a mascot.
Many cultures, not one
Africa's 54 states hold thousands of communities and languages. Ifá is specifically Yoruba; we never present it as a single 'African' belief system.
Wisdom as a practice
In Ifá, knowledge is something to interpret and apply — a practice of memory, context, and good character (ìwà), not just stored facts.
Inspired by Africa
The birthplace — and the future — of humanity
Orunmila doesn't originate entirely from Africa, and no member of our current team is African. But we're inspired by the continent and its people: their growth, their resilience in overcoming challenges, and Africa's place as both the birthplace and the future of humanity. That is why we chose to be symbolically connected to African culture — while looking forward to welcoming contributors from Africa, and everyone who wants to help advance human knowledge.
- ◆Symbolically connected to a Yoruba tradition of wisdom — held with respect, not ownership.
- ◆We welcome team-members and contributors from Africa — and everyone, everywhere.
- ◆A fast-growing continent: 1.3 billion people in a single market, full of digital energy.
From the Orunmila journal
- Launch21 Jun 2026
Our first official launch at Knowledge Summit Dublin 2026
We're making our debut at Trinity College Dublin on 29–30 June — our first step into the global KM community, and where we'll share our vision for an AI-driven knowledge platform built for everyone.
Read more→ - CompanyJun 2026
Welcome to the Orunmila newsroom
This is where we'll share product notes, field thinking on knowledge management, and where to find us. It's quiet for now — we're just getting started.
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See how Orunmila keeps your organization's knowledge alive
We're building Orunmila in the open. Read where we're headed — and reach us any time through our contact page.