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Alex Vakhitov, founder of Comonad Limited

Alex Vakhitov, founder of Comonad Limited

AI and software architect · London

Alex Vakhitov is a London-based AI and software architect and the founder of Comonad Limited, a London consultancy for enterprise AI operations, AI governance, AI agent harnesses and an AI-enabled SDLC. From August 2015 to March 2022 he was co-founder and CTO of Cloud KB, which built software for UK energy-market participants and supported SMETS2 installations from the early stages of the roll-out. Cloud KB was acquired by private equity in 2022.

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How he works

“Bounded contexts and monadic composition. That's all you need to write code with AI.”

The line describes an architectural stance. Bounded contexts set clear limits on what an agent may call. Composition decides how tools, evaluation and guardrails stack on top of each other. That is how he designs agent harnesses.

He applies the same pattern to the software development lifecycle: specification, generation, review, testing, CI/CD and release, with a quality gate at each step.

In production, the same boundaries become access control, audit trails and human oversight. Where they apply, those controls are mapped to the EU AI Act, UK regulatory guidance, ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF.

Changing systems that cannot go down is slow, checked work. That is where the habit of safe change comes from: know the boundary, prove the new path, keep a way back.

Cloud KB, 2015 to 2022

Alex co-founded Cloud KB Limited and was its CTO from August 2015 to March 2022, almost seven years. The company built cloud software for energy-market participants and supported SMETS2 smart-meter installations from the early stages of the roll-out. The team worked daily with SMETS2 data flows and industry processes, in a regulated market.

In 2022 Cloud KB was acquired by private equity.

Career at a glance

  1. August 2015 to March 2022

    Co-founder and CTO, Cloud KB Limited (UK energy-market software)

  2. 2022

    Cloud KB acquired by private equity

  3. May 2024 to present

    Founder, Comonad Limited, London

Credentials and languages

  • Languages: English and Russian
  • Focus areas: architecture of regulated production systems, AI agent harnesses, AI-assisted software development, enterprise AI governance

Questions about Alex Vakhitov

What did Alex do at Cloud KB?

He co-founded Cloud KB Limited and was its CTO from August 2015 to March 2022, almost seven years. Cloud KB built cloud software for UK energy-market participants and supported SMETS2 smart-meter installations from the early stages of the roll-out. The team worked daily with SMETS2 data flows and industry processes. Cloud KB was acquired by private equity in 2022.

What does Alex work on now?

At Comonad, Alex works on AI operations, taking one function from people-run to agent-run; AI governance mapped to the EU AI Act, UK regulatory guidance, ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF; AI agent harnesses; and establishing AI-enabled software development lifecycles. He also oversees the three products Comonad operates.

Is this the same Alex Vakhitov as others of that name?

This page is about Alex Vakhitov, founder of Comonad Limited in London. Not to be confused with other people named Alex or Alexander Vakhitov. He is not connected with other people of the same name.

Contact Comonad

Enquiries go to Comonad Limited. Book an introductory call or email alex@comonad.co.uk.

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