Chris El Akoury

Building software companies between Bristol and Doha.

Chris working at a café table. — “Make something people want.” Out of office, into the work.

I'm Chris — founder, engineer, perpetually somewhere between Bristol and Doha. I run Cyt Software, where we build SaaS for industries the consumer-software wave passed over: construction, engineering, the unglamorous middle of the economy where the work actually gets done.

Small teams, durable products, no theater. I write code, ship things, and try to keep the company small enough that decisions still happen in a single conversation.

01 Now — April 2026

Building the next big thing at Cyt. (Or trying to.)
Calisthenics, slowly chasing a clean muscle-up.
Taking on the occasional freelance gig when it sounds fun.
Recently back in Doha after four years in Bristol.

02 Building

Cyt Software: The studio. Holds the rest.
Mowafeq: Document control for construction firms. The flagship.
Ooyoun: 360° VR tour builder. No-code, browser-native.
GitShare: Share a private GitHub repo with a single link. 5,500+ users.
Decluttr: Open-source tab triage extension for Chrome and Firefox. (source)

03 Experience

Work

2024 — now: Co-founder, Cyt Software — Mowafeq, Ooyoun, GitShare, Decluttr.
2025: Product Engineer, Vectal AI — AI productivity SaaS — 70k+ users, $10k MRR.
2024 — 2025: App Developer, Captain App — Flutter + Firebase. Cut load times ~30%.
2023 — 2025: Teaching Assistant, University of Bristol — Algorithms & Data, Computer Architecture.
2023: ML Intern, Equadis — Anomaly detection on production GCP logs.
2020 — 2022: Full-stack engineer, FD Consult — Built the ERP running a 150-person engineering consultancy in Doha.

Awards & education

2024: First place, Encode London Hackathon — Stellar bounty ($10k+) — SafeStash, fintech for digital-asset on-ramps in developing markets.
2021 — 2025: BEng Computer Science & Electronics, University of Bristol — First Class Honours. Best Overall Performance Award.

04 Get in touch

Open to connect — interesting projects, conversations, the occasional freelance gig.