About NQM · Founded 2010

NquiringMinds

NquiringMinds is a British AI company. We specialise in the intelligent, secure sharing of IoT data streams, private data sets and open data, backed by supporting sensor technologies.

Founded in 2010 by AI and cyber security experts, we deliver secure data sharing solutions for Central Government, the Public Sector, and Industrial Manufacturing and Agriculture.

Today that work continues with Volt4, our verifiable trust fabric — a decentralised, resilient mesh threading verifiable data and trusted AI agents between any sensor, decider and effector.

Future Towns Innovation Hub, University of Southampton
Meet the team

The people behind NquiringMinds

A team of AI, cyber security, and data specialists founded by experts and backed by decades of experience across government, industry, and academia.

Dr Nicholas Allott
Dr Nicholas Allott

CEO

CEO of NQM, PhD in AI and Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton.

Anita Allott
Anita Allott

Director of Strategy

Director of Strategy with previous roles at Roke, Siemens, PriceWaterhouse and CIMA.

Dr Alexandru Mereacre
Dr Alexandru Mereacre

Senior Software Developer

Senior software developer specialising in software and hardware security for Industry 4.0 and healthcare.

Dr John Manslow
Dr John Manslow

Developer

Over 20 years of experience building commercial software with machine learning and adaptive systems.

Toby Ealden
Toby Ealden

Developer

Developer with over 15 years of experience building apps for desktop, web and mobile.

Hannah Dalton
Hannah Dalton

Project Manager

Chartered Scientist managing projects across a variety of sectors for over 25 years.

Dr Michelle Lowe FAcSS FRSA
Dr Michelle Lowe FAcSS FRSA

Director of Innovation

Director of Innovation, formerly Professor of Strategy and Innovation and Associate Dean at the University of Southampton.

Anthony McCaigue
Anthony McCaigue

Technical Lead

Technical Lead with expertise in mathematics, machine learning and DevOps.

Dr Ashley Setter
Dr Ashley Setter

Full-Stack Software Developer

Full-stack developer and data analytics expert with a PhD in Physics.

Suzanne Gamon
Suzanne Gamon

Office Manager

Oversees the running of the Southampton office at NquiringMinds.

Ionut Bostan
Ionut Bostan

Programmer

First-class programmer with projects spanning deep learning to ARM assembly.

Natasha Allott
Natasha Allott

Physiotherapist & PhD Candidate

Qualified physiotherapist completing a PhD in biomechanics at Imperial College London.

Henry Pearson
Henry Pearson

Software Engineer

Full-stack engineer, DevOps and sysadmin enthusiast, and hackathon winner.

Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis

Software Developer

Computer Science graduate specialising in low-level networking and machine learning.

Sophia Allott
Sophia Allott

Cyber Security Cluster Manager

LLB Law graduate leading the handsC3 cyber security cluster.

About background

What Makes NquiringMinds Different

AI & Cyber Security Expertise

Founded and led by AI and cyber security experts, with PhDs, professorships, and decades of industry experience behind our research and engineering.

Secure Data Sharing

We build technology for the intelligent, secure sharing of IoT data streams, private data sets and open data — so organisations can collaborate without giving up control.

Trusted by Government & Industry

Our solutions are relied on by Central Government, the Public Sector, and Industrial Manufacturing and Agriculture, where security and trust are non-negotiable.

Get in touch

Tell us who you are and what you'd like to see — from a working DTW demonstrator to live civil deployments. We'll come back within two working days.

Volt4 — the verifiable trust fabric. Secure · Sovereign · AI-native.

100% UK founder-owned. No foreign parent, no foreign capital, no US platform dependency — and cryptographically provable.

Copyright 2026 NquiringMinds. All Rights Reserved