Andrew Kamau

Andrew Kamau

Working on everyday products that put new technology in service of people and earn their trust.

Safety, privacy & AI in Google Chrome

Browser safety technology, from proactive permission and notification controls to privacy for AI agents acting on the web. Early work on visibility and user agency increased people’s confidence in browser agents.

Press coverage: Forbes on Chrome’s safety updates.

Conversational AI & fintech

Payments, ride requests and local services delivered through familiar messaging apps. PIA explored conversational interfaces for everyday needs in 2016.

Data journalism & open source

Open-source search and data tools for journalists and citizens. Contributions span African investigations, searchable reporting data and public-spending comparisons that make budgets easier to understand.

Open-source tools

Tools for testing prompts across AI providers and integrating mobile payments into products, through a shared command-line interface and a Python library for M-Pesa.

Talks