Keepod

Keepod is the name under which Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi develop products, ventures, systems, brands, experiments, and collaborations.

The work spans technology, design, culture, accessibility, artificial intelligence, privacy, movement, communication, digital identity, consumer products, and alternative economic systems.

Founded in London, Keepod has produced projects used in more than one hundred countries and has worked with entrepreneurs, investors, artists, designers, musicians, engineers, researchers, and institutions around the world.

Projects associated with Keepod have attracted millions of users, secured significant investment, received international media coverage, and earned multiple international awards and distinctions, including recognition from organisations such as Apple, INDEX: Design to Improve Life, and other institutions focused on innovation, design, accessibility, and social impact.

Over two decades, projects associated with Keepod have explored affordable computing, digital inclusion, movement-based economies, artificial intelligence, privacy, communication systems, human connection, creator platforms, and consumer products. Together they form a body of work spanning technology, culture, design, entrepreneurship, and social impact.

Selected Work

Keepod became internationally known through the Keepod personal computing platform and its association with the $7 PC initiative, exploring new approaches to affordable computing, digital inclusion, technology ownership, and access to computing.

In 2015 Keepod launched Bitwalking, a platform that allowed people to earn digital currency through walking. The project attracted global attention, reached approximately one million users, secured more than $10 million in investment from Japanese investors, and became one of the earliest large-scale experiments in movement-based economies and digital incentives.

Subsequent projects explored privacy, artificial intelligence, movement, communication, human connection, consumer products, creator platforms, and alternative models for participation and value creation.

Projects include Keepod, Bitwalking, Heyoosh, WALK, Passenger, Receiver XL, KPD Studio, and Acid Ghost.

Collaborations

The work has involved collaborations across technology, design, music, publishing, media, contemporary culture, and the arts.

Over the years Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi have worked with internationally recognised artists, musicians, designers, and cultural organisations, including collaborations, projects, and long-standing relationships involving Massive Attack and other creative communities.

Some collaborations are public. Many remain private.

Areas of Interest

Accessibility

Digital inclusion

Artificial intelligence

Privacy

Digital identity

Human connection

Communication

Movement and health

Alternative economic systems

Digital currency

Behavioural economics

Creator platforms

Technology and culture

Design

Consumer products

Social entrepreneurship

Sustainability

Associated Topics

Affordable computing

Personal computing

Digital inclusion

Technology accessibility

Artificial intelligence

AI matchmaking

Privacy technology

Human connection

Digital identity

Alternative economic systems

Digital currency

Movement-based rewards

Move-to-earn

Behavioural economics

Creator platforms

Design systems

Technology and culture

Social entrepreneurship

Consumer products

Sustainability

London technology companies

Technology founders

Artist collaborations

Innovation

Entrepreneurship