John Brodie

Founder & CEO @ Kallidin AI

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2024
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Apr 2024
A specialist Income & Expenditure trained virtual agent delivering improved CX and robust results "The income and expenditure process is a relentless battle that plagues us all. Customers at best are irritated by it, and worst are terrified by it. This critical first step proves a huge barrier to many, keeping them trapped in financial stress. Customer service advisors are reduced to robotic bill processors, drained of enthusiasm and creativity, and spend hours with their customers simply trying to understand their circumstances, rather than being able to help. Companies face an uphill struggle to demonstrate their commitment to regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction. But heres the game-changer: our ground breaking solution puts an end to this nightmare. Our clients can gather an endless stream of income and expenditure data 24/7, resulting in not just satisfied, but genuinely relieved customers."
Investor & Advisor
Jun 2023
Push That Button is a social app designed for giveaways and digital rewards, enabling creators and brands to boost their socials, generate revenue, & support great causes - all while staying compliant with free, paid, & charity draws.
Investor
Mar 2021
Weve made our mission to sustainably build financial wellness for people everywhere. Our Zumo app, is a simple and secure way to get comfortable with buying, selling, sending and spending cryptocurrencies. Our B2B crypto-as-a-service platform, ZumoKit, empowers Fintechs and banks to embed crypto solutions into their existing infrastructure.
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2026
Founder & CEO
Mar 2026
Enterprise AI is stalling. The technology isnt the reason. Most organisations are building AI on data infrastructure that was never designed to support it. Fragmented systems. No governance. No semantic layer. Agents built on foundations like this dont hallucinate by accident — they were set up to fail. Kallidin fixes the foundations and deploys a system that replaces the data bottleneck permanently. We work in three connected phases: First, AI Enablement Consulting — a diagnostic-led approach that maps where your AI programme is failing and why. We identify the structural gaps in your data infrastructure, governance, and operating model. Then we fix them. Second, Bespoke Agent Build — where we scope and build custom multi-agent systems tailored to your workflows, data environment, and business logic. Third, the Autonomous Data Office (ADO) — our flagship product. An AI agent workforce that takes business questions in and produces verified, governed answers out. Fast enough for real-time agent queries. Rigorous enough for a board pack. No headcount. No queue. The diagnostic is where every engagement starts. The platform is where it ends.
2024
Non Executive Director
Jul 2024
Optima Partners is an advanced data and business consultancy that empowers leading consumer brands to untap latent value in their customer bases. The firm catalyses transformation towards customer-centricity through a robust combination of customer strategy expertise, design innovation, and advanced data science and engineering, facilitating fundamental and beneficial shifts in business growth.
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Apr 2024
A specialist Income & Expenditure trained virtual agent delivering improved CX and robust results "The income and expenditure process is a relentless battle that plagues us all. Customers at best are irritated by it, and worst are terrified by it. This critical first step proves a huge barrier to many, keeping them trapped in financial stress. Customer service advisors are reduced to robotic bill processors, drained of enthusiasm and creativity, and spend hours with their customers simply trying to understand their circumstances, rather than being able to help. Companies face an uphill struggle to demonstrate their commitment to regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction. But heres the game-changer: our ground breaking solution puts an end to this nightmare. Our clients can gather an endless stream of income and expenditure data 24/7, resulting in not just satisfied, but genuinely relieved customers."
2023
Investor & Advisor
Jun 2023
Push That Button is a social app designed for giveaways and digital rewards, enabling creators and brands to boost their socials, generate revenue, & support great causes - all while staying compliant with free, paid, & charity draws.
2021
Investor
Mar 2021
Weve made our mission to sustainably build financial wellness for people everywhere. Our Zumo app, is a simple and secure way to get comfortable with buying, selling, sending and spending cryptocurrencies. Our B2B crypto-as-a-service platform, ZumoKit, empowers Fintechs and banks to embed crypto solutions into their existing infrastructure.
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