SG
Shane Goldsmith
Oxford, England
Inventor · Builder

I build things that know who you are and keep what is yours.

Facial recognition access control for doors, bikes and buildings. Private storage, a private VPN, a local AI that runs on your own hardware. Designed in Oxford, built on my own machines, sold to people who would rather not hand their data to a corporation.

What I do

I design the whole thing: the camera that recognises a face, the lock that opens for it, the server that records it, and the network it all sits on. Then I keep it running.

That has meant holding a UK patent on the recognition method, writing the firmware, standing up the servers, and taking the phone calls when a customer's door will not open.

The companies

G-Lock

Facial recognition access control for homes and businesses. The original product, and still the one that pays.

g-lock.co.uk

G-Lock HomeGuard

JARVIS for the house. Cameras, locks, lights and a voice that knows the difference between you and a stranger.

glockhomeguard.com

G-Lock Ride

Face-recognition security for motorcycles and e-bikes. Immobiliser, GPS and a siren that will not be talked out of it.

glockride.com

G-Lock Storage

Private UK cloud storage on hardware I control. No advertising, no scanning, no third party holding the keys.

glockstorage.com

G-Lock VPN

A private tunnel that does not keep a log of where you went.

glock-vpn.com

Goldsmiths AI

Your own assistant, hosted on my estate, for a pound a week. Ask it what it actually is and it will tell you.

goldsmiths.ai

Code-G

Verified trades and emergency services, with the badge meaning something.

codegid.com

Lexi & Goldie

Design, print and clothing. The other half of the workshop, run with Alexis.

lexiandgoldie.com

Lexi & Goldie Foundation

The charitable side, founded with Alexis and being set up properly in public. In formation, so nothing is being collected or promised yet.

lexig.org

The Tree

A social network that grows with trust rather than followers.

thetree.social

The patent

UK patent 2613849.5 — integrated camera and on-device facial recognition, with the recognition happening at the door rather than in a data centre. Invented with Alexis Goldsmith.

The point is not the camera. The point is that the face is compared on the hardware in front of you and the template never leaves the building.

Get in touch

Business, press, or a door that will not open: info@g-lock.co.uk. I answer my own email.

Goldsmith & Co Ltd, Oxford.