# Company

## We are udu

### Based in Raleigh-Durham, NC we provide AI tools for deal origination

## Leadership

We are an experienced software engineering & finance team, dedicated to solving hard problems with smart solutions.

### Rett Crocker

CEO/CTO

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rettcrocker/)

### Charles Shook

VP Corporate Development

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-shook-176a826/)

### Salvatore Gallo

Director Business Development

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjgagent/)

> We started **udu** to solve complex data harvesting and analysis problems. _Once we started working with customers in the private equity_ _space, the value and efficiencies that udu brings became clear_, not just for [PE](https://udu.co/private-equity-deal-sourcing/), but for their _[platform companies](https://udu.co/portfolio-companies-prospecting-using-ai/)_, [buy-side](https://udu.co/m-and-a-advisors-deal-origination/) or [corporate M&A groups](https://udu.co/corporate-development-growth-strategy/), or anyone that can benefit from using AI for deal origination.
> 
> Rett Crocker

### Ready to see how you can get ahead with our AI tools for deal origination?

[schedule a demo](https://udu.co/schedule-a-demo/)