smartR AI

Currently heading up Global Partnerships and Business development for @smartR AI with 4 first movers.
#smartRmyGPT, our generative AI engine, is a type of large language model (LLM) neural network
#alertR – behavioural intelligence-based alerting system providing support and assistance to vulnerable individuals. 
video https://vimeo.com/779333634
#smartRwatch - an unrivalled view into the physiological data of a watch user
#SERLE - intelligence-based automation engine (ROS, BPM, AI)
 
A few takes/highlights

The firestarter behind three Tech IPOs before I was 30. 

Oxfordshire tech start-up 0-18m year one

Funded, developed and sold the world’s first MP4 player when Apple were at the shuffle stage of the MP3 market.

IT commodity broker UK US & EMEA ICs, CPUs & GPUs -  annual 9 figure sales (US$) per annum for half a decade. 

Achieved consultancy revenue of £400k year one which grew to £12.5M turnover (6 employees) within 9 years. 

Co-founder & pioneer biometric security/access control project with Bergdata AG.  The chip was gobbled up by ATMEL costing deals with Visa and Securicor (now G4S) on both access control and a secure payment solution branded ‘Fingermouse’ 

Promoted Versaki300 at the Alexander Palace (sold broadcasting rights to Star TV). 

Devised a digital pet that sold 2m units, the Dancing Gorillas & inflatable trophies

Some Entrepreneurial  highlights

ReCognition Circular CIC

ReCognition Circular CIC Circular works to tackle digital exclusion and eWaste by refurbishing donated electronics within a circular economy model. But there is more value to be unlocked from ending take, make, break and waste.

If we are to level up and have social justice we must end the waste of untapped talent we have in Britain. ReCognition Circular CIC Circular will do this by providing IT training to young people as well as making Birmingham and the wider West Midland's community more digitally inclusive. This will directly contribute to social justice by equipping underprivileged youth with the resources and skills they need to enter the digital world.

Director

EcoLearn CIC

#SowStudySustain 
Lincolnshire based Ecolearn is a registered Community Interest Company. We create circular economy based outdoor growing spaces and community areas to facilitate a net zero based appreciation and utilization of our Natural Environment.  

We stand for improving Health, Wellbeing, and Local People’s Engagement, as together we learn to improve our local communities. No one is left behind as all abilities and age groups share varied knowledge to ensure best practice within healthy social enterprises.

Food is energy, so our circular economy growing hubs and vertical microfarms aim to help local communities to overcome the energy and food food crises in a truly sustainable way, together for the benefit of the wider community.

We believe in empowering communities in an open and transparent way, based on sharing best practice and knowledge. Together we can contrive to not only survive but thrive.

Chief Executive Officer

Lincolnshire Outdoor Learning

Not-for-profit feed not greed Lincolnshire Outdoor Learning is a registered Social Enterprise.  We therefore construct circular economy  micro farms.  Our vertical growing hubs also offer off grid solar, wind and hybrid energy to ensure net zero sustainable open pollination seeding at the heart of communities.  In schools our outdoor learning environments have delivered curriculum based activities at a fraction of the cost of other providers who cannot combine these services.  

Together we can repair or create and use Outdoor Learning Spaces in order to facilitate a greater appreciation of the Natural Environment. We have been working with schools and communities throughout Lincolnshire putting partnership at the heart of everything we do.  Visit both of our sites here - .  
http://www.lincolnshireoutdoorlearning.co.uk/
https://www.ecolearn.co.uk/

Member Board of Trustees

JB Unmanned Aerial Systems

JB UAS was created as a business brand of JBPRM Ltd in mid 2020. The purpose of this new venture was to support SPH Engineering (UgCS) in making commercial drone users aware of their new drone-based sensor technology. This relationship started with coverage just for the UK and Ireland, though we are now able to export globally.

Investor/Business Development

JBPRM Ltd

JBPRM Industrial Marketing specialise in a unique value proposition.  Only we offer  C-level led, hands-on, boots on the ground solutions. This fully integrated (market analysis to business development) approach opens doors in the Process, Power and Energy , Renewables, Water, Tech and circular economics markets. 

JBPRM also operates under the trade name JBUAS. JBUAS is the official reseller agent for SPH Engineering.  JBUAS Supplies the UgCS range of Industrial drone-based solutions, Workswell thermal solutions and Sensys magnetometry. For more information please see our website at www.jbprm.co.uk,

Consulting Business Analyst - Energy, Water, Renewables

Tele2market ltd

For all the charts and presentations, what any business needs is drive and belief.  Even in the current climate progress is possible, together we change disruption into opportunity.  Growth  is about finding people and businesses who own a problem and need it solving.


Who? Took Packard Bell from 6 people in an office to 116.  The S & M brain behind 3 IPOs, Oxfordshire's biggest start up during the ERM debacle.  

What?  A hands-on facilitator they  that will create and sell a UVP - unique value proposition be the proposition goods or services and have 80-100 real conversations per day, internally and  with clients or suppliers

How? We create a fast but comprehensive Campaign Outline Document and execute it

Where? Through Sales Strategy Live we share proactive google docs  with your key staff anywhere in the world.

When? Now because you need a Firestarter  delivering a leads Blitz that hits, to build those pipelines and close out any deals too.

Why? Time and money are precious you need sales hunters and closers not marketing farmers.

With? Together we will never be just another phone call

Founding Partner

Global Quality Assurance UK

After a decade of working under the Paragon Certification Group banner, Global Quality Assurance broke away to develop and fund #ISOFlowandGo.   This will see a platform created to utilise both an Artificial Intelligence and Emotional intelligence based machine learning system to deliver continual improvement for Quality, Environmental, Health and Data Security standards based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 

The project team included ISO expertise dating back to BS5750 days and a ‘tech’ resource that has driven 3 IPOs and more than a dozen exits in Tech Product, Service, infrastructure and Tech-enabled solutions.  The project saw the formation of GQA Online in 2021.

Virtual CEO - NED

Icon Distribution

Built a distribution company from scratch and with just 50k Venture capital became Oxfordshire's most successful start-up. The vision was to create a one-stop shop for PC assemblers. We achieved 25% penetration of PC assemblers year one (conceived and developed the virtual cache 486-motherboard and took the I/O and video market by storm leading to the one-stop-shop distributor that caught the eye of Intel, Digital Research and Microsoft.  Personally hired and trained an enviable sales force, built credit lines with  Schroders (MMD with Intel & SGS support) Electron House PLC chairman (Bytech with Intel and  Microsoft support) and ASK Technology who expanded as a manufacturer tenfold in 18 months. Devised and successfully introduced several new products and solutions (and therefore brands) to the UK IT trade. Turnover of £18 million year one with a staff of 36 (GP of £1.8M) This was despite 1.1m exchange rate losses due to ERM  withdrawal (the Forex cover fell fell through and DK'd us) with expansion to two new premises during this time due to phenomenal growth that exceeded expectations. Oxfordshire's biggest  start up of the year was recognised by both Oxford Round table and Oxford Brookes University (offered  an Hon BSC in Economics for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise)

CEO & Founder

Ideal Hardware

Given the remit to save the key Seagate franchise. We not only survived then thrived before paving the way to IPO.  I would also turn around a company for the late and great Peter Ibbotson (Carlton TV)

Head of Franchise EMS (European Memory Systems)

Entrepreneurs, like sales guns for hire, will never need a normal job because every business needs our spark. Those with the winning mentality need challenges, for we are driven far more by the desire to inspire, to develop ourselves and those we collaborate with. Success, sustainable success, must be driven by far more than commercial reward if one is to really end each day having won and therefore succeeded.  

So who am I?
A Gentleman by name and nature I was the fire starter at Packard Bell, then moved on to inspire Ideal Hardware PLC and Datrontech HK (later PLC) as well as my own business from zero to 18m in year one by the age of 27 (which inspired Oxford Brookes to offer a degree). Regarded as a tech 'player' and consumer electronics entrepreneur (MP3 & MP4 pioneer along with some other products that make us think 'really' even though we bought one). Top 5 for storage, CPU and memory sales in EMEA for 10 year+ topping a $billion a year! Top salesman at every company I have owned or worked with/for. Former LEA Governor and NGFL influencer, Lincoln City Fundraiser of the year (2009) and New Football Pools Online Fanzine writer of the year (2009). 

Don't be afraid to  talk to  people and be lucky on your next call! -

Peter Thiel just sold every single share of NVIDIA (calling it "uncomfortably close to 1999"), while Google committed $40 BILLION to Texas data centers. This highlights the AI market’s Core Conflict the Exit v Counter-Bet.

These two events, just days apart, define the paradox of the AI era

The Exit Thesis of Thiel and Burry): Infrastructure is priced for perfection, and the application layer (like OpenAI, which is burning $1.69 for every $1 of revenue) is an unsustainable cash furnace. The smart money moves to "boring" megacaps (Apple and Microsoft) to wait out the bubble.

The Counter-Bet Thesis (Google): Long-term compute demand is guaranteed. Infrastructure scarcity will be the competitive moat. Securing 86+ GW of capacity now, despite the enormous grid challenges in Texas, is the only path to eventual dominance.

The take-away and alternative? Everyone may agree that AI is the future but they vehemently disagree on who will make money and when. The sellers (Nvidia) are thriving, but the builders (the apps) are bleeding. Google is betting that if the chips are built, the demand will eventually pay for the burn.

I tend to  disagree. Outside the 'bigger is better' model for the cartel circle of self interest, SLMs (small and specialised language models) or AI agents do not need huge compute. Sovereign  and encrypted AI is possible using reducing reliance on the 7 tech gatekeepers who  want control along with  their cartel co-members, namely, their energy buddies. 

So is it time to think differently or option B partner up with Google? 

If like Thiel and Burry you are asking if this all computes then  its time to  look at https://fractalweb.app/ one of the Texas tech companies suddenly making a real difference. Founded in 1985 this company has developed and deployed a core enterprise application ecosystem that keeps our customers sovereign and out of the cloud. Fractal is already allowing your competitors, in multiple markets, to build applications quicker, run faster and at 1/10th the cost.

They are getting the Fractal Five.

1 Assured data sovereignty/privacy
2 Predictable and contained costs for regression and machine learning
3 Unlimited AI scaling to production
4 Compute resources and electricity become immaterial
5 Easy addition of data resources to Fractal models at low cost

Want  to forge your own way? Then speak to me, Neil Gentleman-Hobbs and Wes Hook about how your your AI teams can leverage the power of Fractals. 
 
#AI #Investing #VentureCapital #Nvidia #Google #TechBubble FractalWeb.app

Neil Gentleman-Hobbs

NVIDIA

Google

OpenAI

Apple

Microsoft

A giver and proven Tech Entrepreneur, NED, Polymath, SLMs, Fractal AI and Circular Economy (community wealth building food, Rare Earth Metals & energy hubs).

Director of Customer Success @ FractalWeb.app

FractalWeb.app

Jennifer Bernal

An important warning from Sundar Pichai the CEO of Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent company) in an interview with the BBC, that is no doubt part of a wider Magnificent 7 campaign that infers that Big tech is a too big to fail. He feels we are all in this together and therefore what is left of free market capitalism is all hooked into supporting the waning budgets and debt piles of the big compute guys like Oracle Microsoft NVIDIA Palantir Technologies Amazon Web Services (AWS) all pushing OpenAI and Anthropic

In his interview with the BBC, he stated that "no company is going to be immune" if the AI boom collapses, even Alphabet itself.

The key points/ take aways from the interview are:

Market Irrationality: He described the current period as an "extraordinary moment" but admitted there are "elements of irrationality" in the market, drawing a parallel to the "irrational exuberance" of the dotcom era.

Long-Term View: Despite the bubble risk, he maintained that AI, like the internet before it, is a "profound" technology that will fundamentally change things.

The interview also covered other major concerns about AI, including its "immense" energy demands, which he said would cause delays in Alphabet's net-zero climate goals, and the potential for "societal disruptions" and job displacement. He advised that people who learn how to use AI tools will do better in their professions

I tend to disagree. Outside the 'bigger is better' model for the cartel circle of self interest, SLMs (small and specialised language models) or AI agents do not need huge compute. Sovereign and encrypted AI is possible using reducing reliance on the 7 tech gatekeepers who want control along with their cartel co-members, namely, their energy buddies. 

So is it time to think differently or option B partner up with Google? 

If like Thiel and Burry you are asking if this all computes then its time to look at https://fractalweb.app/ one of the Texas tech companies suddenly making a real difference. Founded in 1985 this company has developed and deployed a core enterprise application ecosystem that keeps our customers sovereign and out of the cloud. Fractal is already allowing your competitors, in multiple markets, to build applications quicker, run faster and at 1/10th the cost.

They are getting the Fractal Five.

1 Assured data sovereignty/privacy
2 Predictable and contained costs for regression and machine learning
3 Unlimited AI scaling to production
4 Compute resources and electricity become immaterial
5 Easy addition of data resources to Fractal models at low cost

Want to forge your own way? Then speak to me, Neil Gentleman-Hobbs and Wes Hook about how your your AI teams can leverage the power of Fractals. 
 
#AI #Investing #VentureCapital #Nvidia #Google #TechBubble FractalWeb.app

Head of AIOps @ IBM || Speaker | Lecturer | Advisor

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔𝗜, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! ⬇️

Because with AI Agents, AI finally gets hands and feet — and can start working on its own. This is the moment AI stops being a tool — and starts acting like a team member.

𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽!

So here it is — a practical breakdown of what AI Agents are, why they matter, and how to get started. We are entering the decade where AI agents finally move from demo to deployment. And those who understand how to build with them - will define the next era.

To help you, I`ve attached a detailed roadmap made in collaboration with Rakesh Gohel (a true expert in the AI agent space!): ⬇️

📌 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 1: 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗟 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜

- Basics of Python and Typescript

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Data types and control structures.
b. File I/O operations.
c. Introduction to simple networks.

- Basics of Machine Learning

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Types of Machine Learning (Supervised, Unsupervised, Reinforcement).
b. Neural Networks and Deep Learning fundamentals.
c. Basics of Reinforcement Learning.

- Basics of API Wrappers

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Understanding different API types.
b. Building GPT-based wrappers.
c. Authentication and secure API communication.

- Basics of Prompt Engineering

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Chain of Thought and Graph of Thought prompting.
b. Zero-shot and Few-shot techniques.
c. Designing role-based prompts.

- Basics of LLMs

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Transformer models and MoE (Mixture of Experts).
b. Fine-tuning LLMs for custom tasks.
c. Understanding context windows.

📌 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 2: 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗔𝗚𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

- Basics of RAGs

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Embeddings and vector databases.
b. Retrieval and generation models.

- Basics of AI Agents

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Different types of agents and their design patterns.
b. Tools and agent memory management.

- AI Agent Frameworks

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Orchestration, planning, and feedback loops.
b. Streaming agent workflows.

- Multi-Agent Systems

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Communication patterns and hand-offs.
b. A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Protocols.

- Evaluation and Observability

Key Concepts to Learn:
a. Metrics for evaluation (latency, stress tests, logging).
b. Building observability for scalable AI agents.

Free learning resources are waiting in the comments. Start there.
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟱𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲: https://lnkd.in/dbf74Y9E

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