Kensington Innovation Labs / London
Kensington Innovation Labs is a small, independent practice in London. We build focused tech products and incubate AI ventures — with a particular interest in agentic systems.
Founded by Salmen Hichri — senior product engineer, ex-Amazon & Goldman Sachs.
Agents, models, and the infrastructure around them. We focus on problems where a model alone is not enough.
We design, build, and ship finished products — not demos, not decks. Every layer is owned end to end.
A handful of engagements each year. Usually deep, usually long, always with people who take the work seriously.
Flagship · March 2026 —
A personal AI operations platform that runs on your machine. Persistent memory, agentic reasoning, multi-channel reach, and a safety system that answers to you — not a corporate policy team.
Local-first. Independent. Built for people who take their tools seriously.
More in the making. We announce things when they are ready, not before.
Ship small, durable things.
Pick the right tool, not the familiar one.
Fewer features, more care.
Intelligence is more than models.
Infrastructure should belong to its user.
Independence is a design choice.
Senior Product Engineer
Salmen built software at Amazon and Goldman Sachs, studied Computer Science and Business at Paris Dauphine, and co‑founded two startups along the way.
Full profile ↗We keep things quiet on purpose. The work is where we speak — our ventures are how to find us.
Registered office
27 Old Gloucester Street
London, WC1N 3AX
United Kingdom
Company № 14985683
Founded by Salmen Hichri