Team

Meet the people behind ORLA

One team.
Every critical layer.

HomeMind brings together product leadership, AI research, embedded engineering and scalable software architecture – the disciplines required to turn autonomous building control into a safe, deployable product.

Leadership

Turning advanced AI into a building product.

HomeMind is built by a team that can move from strategy and customer deployment all the way down to sensors, software architecture and learning algorithms.

Maciej Puchara
Founder & Lead Innovator

Maciej Puchara

Product-driven founder combining enterprise software leadership, hands-on engineering and deep understanding of smart building automation. At HomeMind, Maciej leads strategy, product vision, pilots, partnerships and fundraising – turning advanced AI for building energy control into a scalable commercial product.

Marcin Pietroń
AI Architect

Marcin Pietroń

Associate Professor at AGH, AI/ML expert and author of 70+ scientific publications. Marcin brings deep expertise in machine learning, continual learning and neural network optimization, with prior industry experience at Cadence Design Systems, Samsung and Motorola.

Szymon Czerwiński
Embedded Electronics Engineer

Szymon Czerwiński

Embedded systems engineer with 6 years of experience in firmware, hardware optimization and sensor-based devices, including NCBR-funded R&D projects. Szymon leads hardware selection, sensor strategy and embedded development.

Adam Wójcicki
Software Architect

Adam Wójcicki

Software architect with 17 years of development experience and an Engineering Manager background at SmartRecruiters. Adam created the architecture enabling local edge deployment and cloud operation – making HomeMind scalable, secure and adaptable to different building environments.

Szymon Piórkowski
Reinforcement Learning Engineer

Szymon Piórkowski

Szymon created the AI foundation that learns from user interactions and improves performance over time, enabling better comfort control and measurable energy savings.

A team across every layer

From physical signals to autonomous decisions.

Safe building intelligence depends on more than an algorithm. HomeMind connects the full chain: customer need, building physics, reliable sensing, secure edge software and adaptive control.

01 / PRODUCT

Customer problem

Pilots, partnerships and product direction grounded in real buildings.

02 / HARDWARE

Reliable signals

Practical sensing and edge devices suited to retrofit environments.

03 / PLATFORM

Secure operation

Architecture that supports local deployment and controlled scalability.

04 / AI

Continual learning

Models that adapt as the building and operating conditions change.

05 / CONTROL

Measured outcomes

Reinforcement learning connected to comfort, energy and safety limits.

How we build

Research depth. Product discipline.

Our work is shaped by one practical rule: autonomous control must prove value safely in real buildings, not only in a model or presentation.

Evidence before autonomyAnalyze, simulate and validate in shadow mode before live control.
Local-first engineeringKeep operational data and critical decisions inside the building.
Retrofit realityDesign around existing equipment, interfaces and constraints.
Continuous improvementAllow ORLA to adapt automatically as conditions change.

Build the next pilot with us.

Start with a free assessment of your building, data and implementation path.

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