Gaming at Scale 2019
Record breaking scale 14k concurrent players in a single space battle over 120 countries.
About Us
Hadean was founded on a mission to transform the world through the power of distributed computing. Our team is made of up pioneers and innovators from diverse backgrounds, driven to expand the possibilities of technology.
Our Vision
Hadean protects democratic values and open societies to make the world a better, safer place for everyone.
Our Mission
The synthetic environment is the new operational environment, accelerating AI-assisted and autonomous decision making. With daily grey-zone threats on civilian infrastructure, to the shift towards a networked battlefield we can no longer think of operations in silos. Hadean supports all phases of the mission lifecycle to help customers plan, train and make faster, better decisions.
our story
Our Story
How Hadean technology has evolved to protect democratic values and open societies to make the world a better, safer place for everyone.
Real-World Problems 2020
With the outbreak of Covid, we simulated complex scenarios for planning and decision-making.
Defence 2021
Simulation of over 2 million complex entities. Over 300 concurrent interacting users. Full scale city environment with realistic citizen beaviour.
Army AI Training 2024
First use of real-time, multimodal AI live-virtual training for the British Army. Automated AARs and dynamic, LLM-generated social media boosted training realism and efficiency.
dominAI & SCEPTRE launched 2025
dominAI: AI and simulation-driven command & control for faster targeting cycles and rapid Course of Action generation in multi-domain conflict. SCEPTRE founded with Hadean dominAI capability as Decider in the sovereign tech stack.
Dynamic Resilience 2026
Grey zone threats constantly target Western allies. Built on years of deep technical development, our products uniquely support whole-of-society training, planning, and rehearsal to prepare for an increasingly volatile and unpredictable world.
Leadership
Our Leadership
Our leadership team combines deep-tech engineering, enterprise scaling expertise, and defense domain knowledge.
Craig Beddis
CEO & Co-Founder
25+ years scaling technology businesses. 3 exits as CEO. Previously C24 Technologies, Automic Software, BMC Software. At the forefront of Hadean since early 2017.
Mimi Keshani
CSO
Leads corporate development. Instrumental in strategic engagements with Palantir, BAE Systems and Francis Crick Institute. Background in nanoscience, UCL & Cambridge.
Aidan Hobson Sayers
Chief Architect
Original team member and architect of Hadean's distributed computing platform. Active in the Rust community, Cambridge Computer Science, co-authored Docker book.
Charles Wedderburn
CFO
Oversees Finance, Legal, Compliance, Revenue Ops and People. Secured 2022–23 investment rounds. PE/VC-backed company background. Former Tesco Finance.
strategic advisors
Our Advisors
Our advisory board represents an extraordinary depth of operational command experience spanning US Special Operations, UK Armed Forces, NATO, CIA, and GCHQ.
Lt. General Scott A. Howell
JSOC Commander
15th Commander, Joint Special Operations Command (Ret.)
Dawn Meyerriecks
CIA Science & Technology Director
Former Director, CIA Directorate of Science & Technology; National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
Air Marshal Phil C Osborn
CBE RAF
Former Chief of Defence Intelligence; RAF Tornado Commander
General Sir Richard Barrons
KCB, CBE
Former Commander Joint Forces Command, British Army; Responsible for Joint Operations, Baghdad
Marcus Willett
CB OBE
Former Deputy Head, GCHQ; First Director Cyber, GCHQ; Led National Offensive Cyber Programme