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.
Side Projects & Experiments
Odin
2024–nowAI chief of staff. 20+ MCP integrations, multi-agent orchestration, autonomous task execution.
Mother’s Almanac
2025AI parenting encyclopedia. 10,000+ parents, 3-layer caching, sub-500ms responses.
Moneypenny
2025WhatsApp AI desktop client. Tauri, Rust, React, SQLite FTS5.
Abelique
2023Matching engine for communities, teams, and enterprise.
ClimateStripes
2024Climate data visualisation platform.
Panauricon
2025Continuous voice capture and Gemini transcription.
Contextual Feedback
2025Open source React feedback library.
Codraft
2024Collaborative document editor with voting.
OpenGroupMap
2024Civic mapping platform.
PocketPoppins
2025AI parenting copilot via WhatsApp.
ParentLog
2024Lightweight parenting journal.
PromptZero
2025AI usage and carbon analytics dashboard.
Civic Action Generator
2025AI civic intervention designer.
Life in Weeks x ClimateStripes
2024Personal climate data visualisation.
Strategic Message Reframer
2024AI narrative translation for sustainability.
430xAI
2024Experimental AI agent framework.
MFTF
2023Financial inclusion platform.
IceBreakerOne
2022Open Energy data sharing.
AllOK8
2023Kubernetes management platform.
Learn to Read
2026Speech-driven reading app for kids.
Available for
- Fractional AI and product leadership
- Strategic builds and proof-of-concepts
- Advisory