About LastByte

LastByte is a small software and AI consultancy. I’m Krishan Patel, its founder and director.

My day job is CTO at a London tech company, where I manage engineering teams. For years that meant very little time writing code. AI gave me time to build again, and reshaped how I think about building.

What I bring is engineering management, product thinking and commercial awareness together. I can talk through what’s worth building, build it, and make sure it makes sense for the business paying for it.

LastByte is where I do that for other organisations: AI workflows and agents, consulting and advisory, and software, apps and websites when they’re the right answer. I’m particularly interested in healthcare, charity and other projects where the work matters.