ABOUT US

SENIOR
LEADERSHIP.
FOUNDER MINDSET.

We partner with founders and growing firms as their trusted CTO and AI Officer, led by someone with 25 years of delivery in financial services and fintech who builds and launches products.

GARETH SHAW · FOUNDER_01

BUILT FOR
HIGH STAKES.

Gareth spent 25 years at Barclays Capital, RBS Financial Markets and Standard Chartered, working across risk, technology and operations to build financial products, where systems have to be secure, reliable and accountable.

That experience now goes into acting as CTO and AI Officer for growing businesses, setting their technology and AI strategy and delivering it. He founded OnCourt AI and built it from MVP to launch in three months. As CTO and equity partner in Forge Ideas, he took the platform from MVP to live in six weeks.

The company is deliberately senior-led. You work with Gareth directly, from the first conversation through strategy, build and scale.

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Gareth Shaw
GARETH SHAW · FOUNDER
PREVIOUSLY AT Barclays CapitalRBS Financial MarketsStandard Chartered
25
YRS FS & FINTECH
2
LIVE VENTURES LED
6 WKS
FASTEST MVP TO LIVE
UK
BASED · GLOBAL CLIENTS
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WHAT WE BRING_02

FOUR REASONS
CLIENTS CHOOSE US.

25 YEARS OF SENIOR DELIVERY

Building financial products at Barclays Capital, RBS Financial Markets and Standard Chartered, across risk, technology and operations, where security, compliance and reliability come first. The same discipline applies to your product.

WE'VE SHIPPED OUR OWN

OnCourt AI, Forge Ideas and more. We know what it takes to go from idea to live product, because we've backed our own.

WEEKS, NOT QUARTERS

Focused scopes, weekly releases and modern AI-assisted engineering. A senior lead who makes decisions quickly and keeps the build moving.

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SKIN IN THE GAME

For the right company, we'll reduce our fee in exchange for equity and share the risk. We're a partner, not just a supplier.

HOW WE SCALE_03

ONE SENIOR LEAD.
A BENCH THAT GROWS.

Growing businesses rightly ask what happens if one person is unavailable, or the work outgrows them. Here's how we handle it.

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SENIOR ACCOUNTABILITY STAYS WITH GARETH
Strategy, architecture and delivery decisions don't get delegated away.
02
VETTED UK CONTRACTORS
Developers, designers and specialists join as the work requires, and you only pay for the capacity you need.
03
DOCUMENTED & OWNED BY YOU
Code, infrastructure and documentation sit in your accounts from day one. No lock-in and no single point of failure.
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UK BASED, GLOBAL CLIENTS
Working with clients around the world. Remote-first, and on site for the moments that matter.

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