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I build products, teams and the technology behind them.

Serial founder and technical leader based in the UK.

Marc Roberts

What I’m doing now

Founder & CEO

Kerbway

An app and service that moves grey miles onto a smart, self-service pool fleet.

kerbway.com

Founder & CTO

Julie AI

An AI parenting companion for families with children aged up to three.

julieai.co.uk

Fractional Advisory

Marcitect Solutions

Fractional engineering support, due diligence and advisory services.

marcitectsolutions.com

Also

Previously

  1. Hiyacar

    Founding CTO, briefly Interim CEO, then Chief Technology & AI Officer.

    2015–2026

  2. Neutron Creations

    Co-Founder, Principal & Engineering Director.

    2008–2016

  3. WhipCar

    Founding CTO of the UK’s first peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace.

    2011–2013

Short thoughts and things I’ve found interesting.

Sadiq Khan wants the power to cap how many robotaxis can run in London. He told the Guardian earlier this month that "London isn't San Francisco", and pointed out that there's no cap on private hire vehicles or taxis either, which City Hall has also lobbied for.

Petrol cars catch fire 7 times as often as electric ones, according to figures a transport minister gave Parliament in March. When MPs asked to see the analysis behind them, the Department for Transport said it isn't public, and that it hadn't assessed it or corroborated it.

For the second time in two months, a cyber attack has freezers across Europe defrosting causing further waste of produce

Is AI slowing software down? For Postgres 19, apparently yes, but only because LLMs are turning up old bugs faster than anyone can fix/review them. Hard to be cross about that.

Long-form writing

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