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wildcard: we start with the problem. The technology comes later.

A technology consultancy for businesses, charities and the public sector.

See what we do

Many technology projects don't deliver

The usual reason is that the technology was chosen before anyone understood the problem. We work with organisations that want to avoid that.

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    Businesses

    Companies that want technology to help them grow.

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    Third-sector organisations

    Charities and social enterprises that need technology to serve their mission.

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    Public sector bodies

    Public organisations whose technology has to stand up to scrutiny.

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Our work

Qoka

The trade sector runs on an imbalance of trust, where the customer carries the risk and has little to go on beyond word of mouth. For Qoka, we built a platform where a tradesperson can only join through a genuine customer recommendation, and every review is written permanently to a blockchain, beyond the reach of anyone to edit or delete. The result is a reputation that has to be earned and cannot be faked.

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What we do

From the right question to working software

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    Strategy and ethics review

    Deciding whether new technology is the right answer, and what it should do.

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    Research and prototyping

    Testing ideas early, so you know what works before you commit.

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    Build and delivery

    Building what we have agreed — AI, blockchain or plain software — on whichever models fit, commercial to sovereign.

The team

  • Simon Eyre

    Co-founder and CEO

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    Simon is a serial entrepreneur with a portfolio spanning property investment, building services, fitness, retail and software. His recent focus has been platforms that connect service providers with their customers through community-led design. Educated at Westminster School and Durham University (BSc Psychology), with an MSc in Computing Science from Birkbeck. Alongside running his own companies, he sits on the board of a London Family Office, where he advises on strategic investment and operational decisions.

  • Dr Davy Smith

    Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer

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    Davy is a researcher, creative technologist and strategist working at the edge of applied AI. His background is unusually broad for the field: a BA in Fine Art, an MRes in Digital Media, and a PhD in Neuroevolutionary AI. He has published peer-reviewed work on AI/ML algorithm design and holds several granted patents in blockchain. Notable collaborations include real-time adaptive broadcasting systems with BBC R&D, and leading Tate's first location-based mobile curatorial platform, which reshaped how visitors engage with the collection. His work consistently returns to the same question: how to take an abstract technological possibility and turn it into something that works in the world for the people it is supposed to serve.

  • Nigel Grange

    Co-founder and CTO

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    Nigel's career bridges deep technology and creative tooling. After an AI degree in 1996, he spent years inside the mobile industry with Nokia and Samsung. As a mobile architect he consulted for Lloyds and MBNA, designing analytics for banking apps used by millions. As Head of Mobile at Triller he led a team of thirty-plus engineers, scaling a social video platform to millions of daily users. He has spent more than a decade working at the intersection of AI and creative software: generative audio, video editing, tools that put advanced models in the hands of people without a technical background.

  • Paddy Vance

    Co-founder and COO

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    Paddy brings twenty-five years across financial services, regulation and emerging-technology deployment. A Durham graduate, he spent two decades in advisory at KPMG and Capgemini Invent, specialising in risk and regulation, and served as a financial regulator. The last five years have been on the build side. Disruptive businesses and platforms, with a particular focus on Web3 and AI deployment. The combination of regulatory grounding and operational experience lets him take strategic intent into compliant, executable programmes in fast-moving technology environments.

How we work

ethics first, then strategy, then technology

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    Ethics first

    We decide whether something is the right thing to do before we decide how.

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    Strategy before technology

    We agree the problem and the goal with you before we choose any technology.

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    The right tool for the job

    We work across emerging technology. If AI isn't the right answer, we'll tell you.

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    Any model, anywhere

    Commercial, open-source or sovereign, in your cloud or on your own hardware. We advise, you decide.

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    A clear outcome

    Every project ends with a deliverable you can use.

Contact

Tell us what you're trying to solve

Send a short description of the problem. We'll reply within 24 hours and tell you whether we think we can help.

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