AboutTeamBerlin

Built by cryptographers, AI experts, security researchers, and ISMS practitioners.

Pinnipedia Technologies is a Berlin-based technology company. We build the knowledge graph that makes cybersecurity compliance machine-readable. We ship products, we do research, and we hire people who have lived both sides: Bausteine writers, audit practitioners, and engineers who have run compliance systems in production.

01 / Thesis

Why a knowledge graph, not a document.

Cybersecurity compliance is a knowledge problem. Controls, assets, evidence, and the rules that bind them have been delivered for years as PDFs, Word templates, and tracker spreadsheets. Those formats flatten the relationships that auditors actually care about. Pinnipedia rebuilds that body of knowledge as the OrbisGraph: a machine-readable structure that keeps every link intact and lets audit-ready evidence flow through it. BSI IT-Grundschutz is the first standard we cover. It is not the last.

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Grounded in research

Our methodology was written in peer-reviewed papers before it became software. We work with cybersecurity and AI researchers at Freie Universität Berlin on the formal structure of compliance corpora, and we continue to publish.

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Quality first

We use large language models where they are strong, and deterministic components where correctness is non-negotiable. Extraction is checked, reconciliation is reproducible, and every claim OrbisGraph makes traces back to a node in the graph. Models assist. They do not decide.

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Built with sovereignty in mind

BSI IT-Grundschutz, NIS2, KRITIS, GDPR. These are the frameworks our customers are held to, and many of them are European in scope. We host in Germany, run on sovereign infrastructure, and shape the graph to how regulators and auditors actually work.

02 / People

The people building Pinnipedia.

JLDr. Jürgen Laartz

Dr. Jürgen Laartz

Co-founder

Independent consultant with 30+ years of experience, including 24 years at McKinsey, leading technology consulting across Scandinavia, Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Expert in IT risk management and cybersecurity.

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GWProf. Dr. Gerhard Wunder

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wunder

Co-founder · Managing Director

Professor of Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence at Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Heisenberg Fellow. Research: Large Language Models, AI explainability, privacy-preserving AI, trustworthy AI, and LLM reasoning. Visiting professor at Georgia Tech and Stanford University.

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MMProf. Dr. Marian Margraf

Prof. Dr. Marian Margraf

Co-founder

Professor of Information Security at Freie Universität Berlin, Head of Department at Fraunhofer AISEC. Former BSI cryptologist (2003–2008) and official at the Federal Ministry of the Interior (2008–2013). Research: post-quantum cryptography, electronic identities, information security management.

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SWProf. Dr. Sören Werth

Prof. Dr. Sören Werth

Co-founder

Professor of IT Security at Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology. Previously at BSI: end-to-end encryption systems. Federal Ministry of the Interior: IT security for business and critical infrastructure. Research: cryptography and machine learning.

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ACAlexandra Cosma

Alexandra Cosma

Managing Director · CEO

Managing Director and CEO of Pinnipedia. Builds technology companies in regulated industries, with expertise in AI quality assurance. Co-founded Sacred Byte, a managed security services provider for German SMEs, and advises and invests in AI companies. Previously COO at Digital Education Holdings.

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RSRafael Santamarta

Rafael Santamarta

Founding Product Owner · OrbisGraph

Founding Product Owner for OrbisGraph. Twenty years leading cross-functional teams to ship consumer-facing digital products, including as co-founder of a multi-round venture-backed startup. Focus on strong product visions, validated early and iterated fast through tight feedback with users and auditors.

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MLMarcelo Lino

Marcelo Lino

Founding Full-Stack Developer · Platform

Founding Full-Stack Developer at OrbisGraph. Senior engineer with 7+ years of experience in high-scale fintech systems, resilient backend architectures, and cloud infrastructure. Built payment and Open Finance platforms for regulated industries in Brazil before bringing that expertise to the information security compliance space.

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AKAlexandra Kelemen

Alexandra Kelemen

Project Operations Coordinator

Project Operations Coordinator at Pinnipedia. Engineering background with experience in corporate and start-up environments. Expertise in project and operations management, process improvement, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

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04 / Contact

Questions, partnerships, or just a note.

Write to us at info@pinnipedia.ai, or send a short note through the form. We reply within three business days.

Get in touch.

We read every message. For press, research partnerships, enterprise enquiries, or anything in between, the fastest way to reach us is email.

Office

Berlin, Germany. By appointment only. No walk-ins.

We are hiring.

Open roles span research, engineering, and ISMS practice. Berlin-based team. German is a plus, not a requirement for every role.

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