Find the bottleneck
Start with one real process. Work out where time is being wasted, where mistakes happen, and what good would look like.
AI systems for real workflows
AI is the new electricity ... and Curbar AI is a 21st Century electrician.
We wire AI into the highest-value parts of a business so it does useful, accurate commercial work.
How Curbar works
Start small. Work on a real bottleneck. Keep the human in the loop where it matters.
Build the first version
Build one small system around that job. Keep it narrow, reviewable, and easy to test with real material.
Improve what works
Keep the parts that save time or improve quality. Change the rest before it turns into software theatre.
Example workflows
A few of the problems Curbar is currently building around.
Recruitment
Candidate triage
Review candidate-role fit, separate strong options from maybes and rejects, and keep the reasons visible.
ConsultancyEvaluationPolicy
Workflow evaluation
Score a manual workflow, compare realistic AI options, and decide whether to buy, build, or defer.
PolicyPublic affairsLaw
Adversarial review
Draft, pressure-test, and score important written work from more than one line of attack.
LawInvestigations
Provenance review
Build timelines, track evidence back to source, and keep human review in the loop for sensitive material.
About Curbar
A founder-led practice built around careful engineering, clear thinking, and useful software.
Tom Walker
Former Formula One aerodynamicist and engineer now building bespoke AI systems for expert teams.
Tom Walker is an engineer and founder with experience across aerodynamics, optimisation, reinforcement learning, and recent LLM-era evaluation and tooling.
Before Curbar, he worked in Formula One aerodynamics, founded and led a decision-support startup, and built AI tooling in consulting and product settings. The common thread is analytical rigour, careful workflow design, and a bias toward systems that do useful work rather than merely sounding clever.
Got a workflow in mind?
If there is a slow, messy, or high-stakes part of the job that keeps coming back, that is usually the right place to start.