Team

Our leadership team has previously built and scaled one of the UK’s most successful smart-city AI platforms. Now, we are bringing our technical expertise and execution experience to the decentralised grid.

  • A smiling photo of Yang Lu, CEO with black hair and glasses wearing a maroon sweater against a gray background.

    Yang Lu - CEO

    Cambridge MEng (1st class – Distinction)

    Yang is an experienced entrepreneur with over a decade of building and scaling technology and AI businesses. He previously founded VivaCity Labs, a leading smart-city and IoT company that has deployed more than 10,000 AI-enabled traffic sensors across transport networks in the UK and internationally.

  • Close-up of Sam Cox, COO/CFO, wearing a white shirt and a dark blazer, standing indoors with a blurred background of windows and blue sky.

    Sam Cox - CFO

    Cambridge MEng (1st class); INSEAD MBA (Distinction)

    Sam brings broad experience across multiple industries, including deep tech, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy. He began his career in micro-solar before spending 7+ years as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, advising global organisations and tier 1 private equity clients.

  • CTO Stephen Pendrigh, with glasses, brown hair, and a beard, wearing a suit and tie, smiling in front of a plain background.

    Stephen Pendrigh - CTO

    Cambridge MEng, with 3rd yr abroad at MIT (5.0 GPA)

    A Cambridge and MIT-trained engineer, Stephen has extensive experience designing and operating large-scale IoT and cloud systems. Prior to joining us, he spent ten years as Lead Technical Architect at tech startup, developing and deploying advanced AI, sensing, and cloud infrastructure and hardware.