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Davide Talevi — freelance software engineer specialised in AI, XR and Digital Twin
Freelance software engineer

Engineeringthe Edges ofWhat's Possible.

I take an idea through to a system people use. XR, AI, connected plants: first we find out if it holds, then we build it.

Portfolio

Selected work

Projects told without names. How we decided, what we dropped, and what stayed running.

  • Tourism, mobile and 3D

    Immersive video with location-anchored content

    An ecosystem of apps and web platforms where 360° video becomes an interface: places in frame are interactive, and local businesses can promote themselves right inside the experience.

    Method
    Feasibility study before any commitment
    Architecture
    Serverless, costs that scale with usage
    Delivery
    Full documentation and handover
    Read the case study
  • Energy, IoT and AI

    Digital twin and agentic AI for energy efficiency

    A platform that connects field devices, shows where and when energy is used on a digital twin of the plant, and answers technicians’ questions by combining data and documentation.

    Method
    Operator interviews before design
    AI
    Verifiable answers, always with a source
    Data
    Stays in the client’s cloud account
    Read the case study
  • Safety, IoT and real time

    Real-time environmental monitoring for safety

    Field sensors, forecasts and an alarm engine that alerts the right people when conditions exceed safety limits, with reliable history that can be used after the fact.

    Method
    Feasibility study and modular plan
    Pricing
    Every module at a fixed price
    Reliability
    An alarm never waits for the database
    Read the case study
  • Mobile, AI and data

    Context-aware mobile apps: sensors, AI and social analytics

    Apps that use smartphone sensors to understand the user’s context and offer the right content at the right moment, plus a dashboard that combines real usage with social trends to guide product decisions.

    Method
    Market research and tests with real users
    Privacy
    On-device processing where possible
    Data
    Product decisions based on evidence
    Read the case study
  • Customer care, AI and automation

    AI agents for customer management

    A system of AI agents that answers customers across channels, updates the CRM, prepares follow-ups and hands the conversation to a person when needed, with clear rules on what it may do on its own.

    Method
    Process mapping before automation
    Control
    Handoff to a human always available
    Quality
    Automated tests on real conversations
    Read the case study
What I do

From an idea to a system

The usual client is a startup or an R&D team. They arrive with an idea and a budget, not with a list of technologies.

  1. 01

    Idea and budget

    We pin down what you want to achieve and what you can spend. The scope comes out of those two constraints: what happens now, and what stays out.

  2. 02

    Feasibility study

    Before the budget is committed I check whether the core of the project holds, where the risks are and how long it takes. The answer can be no.

  3. 03

    R&D consulting

    For systems that do not exist yet. Trials, a prototype, and a reasoned choice about what to continue and what to drop.

  4. 04

    AI in connected systems

    AI joins a system that is already made of parts talking to each other: plants, data, processes, people. Not a module sitting on the side.

  5. 05

    Handover

    From the prototype to the system people use. Documentation and a proper handover, so you are not dependent on me to keep it running.

About

How I work

  • 10+ years in the field
  • A trial before the commitment
  • A handover that leaves the system with you

I'm Davide. The work starts when there is an idea and a real limit, of time or money. I don't fill that limit with technologies. I use it to decide what has to work first.

I move in short cycles. Each cycle closes a question, not a slide. If the trial doesn't hold, we cut it. If it does, we build through to handover, with what you need so you don't depend on me.

Technology

My Stack

XRExtended reality

Unity, WebXR, Three.js, AR Foundation, ARKit, ARCore, OpenXR, visionOS, Meta XR, WebGPU, Android XR

IOTConnected systems

MQTT, LoRaWAN, WebRTC, IoT Core, Greengrass, IoT Rules, Kafka, TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, Grafana, Edge inference

FEInterfaces

React, Next.js, Swift, Kotlin, React Native

BEAPIs & data

Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL

CLOUDInfrastructure

AWS, Lambda, Docker, CloudFront, DynamoDB

AIModels & vision

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Computer Vision, LLM, Core ML, ExecuTorch, vLLM

RAGRetrieval

pgvector, Hybrid search, Rerank, GraphRAG, Amazon Bedrock, LLM APIs

AGENTICAgents

MCP, Tool calling, Structured output, Multi-agent, Handoff, Evals

Clients & Sectors

Industries I work with

Manufacturing & Industry 4.0
R&D & Innovation Labs
Healthcare & MedTech
Retail & E-commerce
Energy & Utilities
Aerospace & Defence
Startups & Scale-ups
Education & Training
Contact

Let's build something.

Whether you have a project brief or just an idea — I'm always open to a conversation.