Ed Dowding
Builds AI systems, civic platforms, and climate technology.
Work
ChallengeMyRates
2026Platform helping UK businesses appeal overvalued rates. Automated VOA data pipeline, Stripe payments, transactional email.
Pothole Payback
2026Service for citizens claiming compensation for road damage. Automated pipeline processing 30,000+ reports from FixMyStreet API.
Learn to Read
2026Reading app for children. Speech recognition follows along word by word. Progressive web app, built over a weekend.
South Pole
2024–2025AI market intelligence for the world's largest carbon project developer. Shipped in two days, positive ROI in five. Led digital transformation: 2x revenue, 80% fewer resources.
Represent
2015–2018Digital democracy platform. The most widely used civic engagement tool of its kind in Europe. 20,000 members, 1.2 million votes on policy issues.
CitySafe
2016Community safety reporting platform. Adopted by 33 local authorities across the UK.
Unfrack.me
2015Renewable energy switching. Built in a single night. Drove £4.2 million in green energy investment.
FoodTrade
2013–2014Sustainable food marketplace. WIRED Top 100 startup. TEDx speaker.
Available for
- Fractional AI and product leadership
- Strategic builds and proof-of-concepts
- Advisory