Founder · Last human-reviewed 2026-04-26
Abba Lawal
Head of AI & Community Ops, Pocket Portfolio
Founder-engineer behind Pocket Portfolio. Previously Lead Product Manager at National Grid Ventures (2023–2025); engineering and product roles spanning IBM, NHS Digital, and Container Solutions. Contributor to the Whale Watch ESG platform (4.7B data points; 2024 DataIQ ESG Award).
What I work on
Pocket Portfolio — The Sovereign Ingestion & Inference Layer.
Architecture: Limited-Scope Processor. A limited-scope processor architecture: broker data parses in-browser, never warehouses server-side, and AI inference runs stateless — minimising the per-user data footprint by design.
Institutional receipts
- Whale Watch — 2024 DataIQ ESG Award (contributor, 4.7B data points)
- UK Black Business Show 2024 — speaker
- UK Global Talent visa — endorsed (Tech Nation track)