Tap
Mission / Editor's Letter / 2026
Vol. 2026 / No. 01

The AI adoption story is broken

Companies spend billions on AI tools and track adoption with dashboards. But dashboards show usage, not understanding. When an engineer stops using their AI tools, a chart goes down -- but nobody knows why. We built Tap to fix that.

Perspective / The Gap
“Neither tells you the truth.”

The gap between “we deployed AI tools” and “we understand how they're landing” is massive. Telemetry tells you what happened. Surveys tell you what people are willing to check in a box. Neither tells you the truth.

Tap uses AI-driven conversations to bridge that gap. We connect your telemetry data with personalized, adaptive conversations that meet engineers where they are -- and surface the insights that drive real change.

01 / Our Technology
01

AI conversations that adapt in real time

Tap's conversation engine uses Claude AI to conduct personalized, adaptive conversations. It asks follow-up questions based on what engineers actually say -- not from a fixed script.

  • Claude-powered adaptive conversations
  • Configurable conversation depth
  • Real-time sentiment and theme analysis
02 / Our Approach
02

Built for engineers, designed for leaders

Engineers get frictionless 3-5 minute conversations -- no logins, no forms. Leaders get executive-ready insights with sentiment analysis, theme extraction, and actionable summaries. The same data serves both audiences because the signal is that good.

  • Zero-friction engineer experience
  • Executive-ready reporting
  • Data that serves both audiences
03 / Our Customers
03

Enterprise teams navigating AI adoption

Tap works with engineering organizations that have deployed AI tools at scale and need to understand what's actually working. Our customers use Tap to move beyond dashboard metrics and get the real story from the people using the tools every day.

  • Enterprise engineering organizations
  • AI tool adoption at scale
  • From metrics to understanding
04 / Our Team
04

Enterprise software meets AI innovation

Tap was founded by a team with deep roots in enterprise software, full-stack engineering, and B2B go-to-market. We've seen the gap between tool investment and tool understanding firsthand -- and we built Tap to close it. We're a small, focused team based in the U.S., moving fast and shipping weekly.

  • Enterprise software background
  • Full-stack AI engineering
  • B2B SaaS go-to-market experience
Values / What We Believe

What We Believe

I

Conversations over surveys

A 3-minute conversation reveals more than a 30-question survey. People share honestly when they feel heard, not when they're checking boxes.

II

Context over counts

Knowing 74% of organizations struggle to scale AI is a data point. Knowing why is an insight. We help you get from one to the other.

III

Engineers are people

Behind every usage metric is a person with opinions, frustrations, and ideas. Tap treats engineer feedback as the valuable signal it is.