Our Vision

Clean air is an integral part of a thriving society. Our vision is a world where everyone can access clean air. Where knowledge of exposure leads to better health for everyone. Where the invisible becomes visible.

"By making air quality data more accessible and actionable, we empower individuals and communities to breathe better and live healthier."

Our Values

At Air Aware Labs, our core values guide everything we do.

Health & Well-Being

Empowering individuals with personalized air quality insights for better health and performance.

Innovation

Leveraging cutting-edge technology and data to make air quality information accessible and actionable.

Global Responsibility

Committed to reducing air pollution and promoting sustainability for a healthier planet.

Fun & Empowerment

Making environmental awareness engaging and inspiring for positive lifestyle choices.

Collaboration

Partnering with experts, communities, and organizations to drive impactful change in air quality.

Our Team

Our team are experts in air quality, technology, product design, public policy and medicine. We have over 75 publications in air quality and health journals and have led community engagement and campaigns.

Louise Thomas

Co-founder - Chief Executive Officer

Dr Will Hicks

Co-founder - Chief Scientific Officer

Dr Sacha Manson-Smith

Advisory Chief Technical Officer

Daniel Harris

Chief Product Officer

Lía Budnik

Marketing and Communications Officer

Michael Song

AI Scientist

Our Advisers

We are backed by an elite team of start-up advisers, deeply committed to our mission. Our advisers have profound expertise across business, finance and scientific domains.

Dr Dan Hardy

Atmospheric Chemistry

Adesola Adebowale

Finance

Dr David Janner-Klausner

Commercial

Dr Zhenghong Liu

Healthcare Innovation

Helen Stewart

Healthcare AI ML

Tom Maverley

Go To Market

Dr Yiqun Han

Chief Medical Officer

Ksenia Fortin-Brazeau

Marketing adviser

Our Affiliations

We are proud to be a part of some of the most forward-thinking organisations and networks which span environment, health and technology.

We are part of the Every Breath Counts coalition. This includes over 100 United Nations agencies, non-government organisations, donor foundations, companies, and academic institutions supporting countries to reduce pneumonia deaths from all causes, across all ages.

Every Breath Counts

We are part of the Google for Start-ups programme - scale tier. This supports thriving, diverse, and inclusive startup communities around the world. Google connects start-ups with people, products, and best practices to help companies grow.

Google for Start-ups

We have completed the Sustainable Ventures Business Support: Lambeth programme and we remain part of the Sustainable Ventures ecosystem. Sustainable Ventures is the home of climate tech and offers tailored support to start-ups and SMEs in Lambeth looking to reach their next growth milestone.

Sustainable Ventures

We have completed the GoodTech Ventures accelerator. GoodTech Ventures is building a movement of likeminded people and organisations to help impact-led tech ventures to design, build and deploy game-changing digital technologies into social and public service delivery.

GoodTech Ventures

We are part of Just Transition. Just Transition is a new suite of programmes powered by Start Up Discovery School in partnership with Capital Enterprise. Their programmes are designed to support, scale and grow climate tech businesses in the Greater London area.

Just Transition

We are listed as part of the Heka employee wellbeing platform. Heka gives employees the freedom to personalise their wellbeing benefits, all in one place. It’s simple, flexible, and made for happier, healthier workplaces.

Heka