Greater Cambridge Area
|| Currently building PhotoCAD (turns any photo into CAD drawing) || and Tooliverse (AI Tools for professionals) also, Co-Founder @ Searo Labs (materials design research) RCA trained Architect, ex-Chipperfield, ex-Heatherwick Cambridge, UK francisfield.com
PhotoCAD turns any photo into a CAD drawing in under two minutes. I spent a decade in architectural practice at Chipperfield, Heatherwick and others, and a surprising amount of that time was spent redrawing things that already exist. So I built the tool I always wanted: drop in an image, get clean vector line work — DXF, SVG, PDF — ready for drafting, fabrication or illustration. Built solo: AI pipeline, product, now growth. Used by architects, illustrators and the laser-cutting/CNC crowd. Every drawing I make becomes a public before/after gallery page, so the product markets itself while I sleep. Free to try at photocad.ai
Founded Tooliverse, a curated directory providing rigorous, independent analysis of AI tools for professionals. -> Designed the 'Consensus Score' methodology: a system that aggregates and analyses real user reviews across multiple platforms, producing ratings free from commercial influence or sponsorship. -> Editor-in-Chief: lead content strategy, curation guidelines and editorial standards across all listed tools and reviews. -> Built for professionals frustrated with affiliate-driven lists and volume-over-quality directories seeking reliable, independent evaluations. -> Applied a decade of founding and scaling investor-backed deep-tech companies to product evaluation and platform design.
Material technology company developing replacements for plastic using nature’s polymers, for multiple global industries, markets and product applications.
Operating at the intersection of innovation and enterprise. Co-founded by Ayca Dundar Field and Francis Field in 2014, we combine design-thinking with specialist technical and strategic expertise, with an emphasis on sustainability and the environment.
Biomaterial research and development Multi-award winning venture investigating food security and sustainable materials