Exploring the recently possible

HI.Network.

Human Intelligence × Applied AI

A network for the recently possible. HI.Network brings together experienced specialists and academically grounded AI practitioners to help organisations understand, test and apply what has only just become possible.

01 · Why HI.Network exists

WHY · MANIFESTO · 2026
The horizon of possibility is moving faster than ever. What was impossible yesterday is practical today.
— Our starting premise

Organisations are facing a new kind of challenge. AI capabilities are emerging faster than traditional teams can absorb them, while exceptional technical talent often struggles to find meaningful ways to apply deep academic foundations to real-world problems.

HI.Network was created to bridge that gap. Every month, technologies emerge that would have seemed impossible just a short time ago. Yet organisations struggle to absorb this change, while technically exceptional people struggle to find meaningful ways to apply their skills.

Our mission

Helping organisations understand and apply the recently possible.

02 · Two kinds of intelligence. One shared mission.

HOW · ROLES · DIPTYCH

HI.Network combines proven experience with frontier-native technical capability, creating flexible teams around each client challenge.

01 Senior Associates

Experience that leads

Experienced practitioners who lead strategy, delivery and transformation. They bring judgement, commercial understanding and the ability to guide complex client work from ambiguity to action.

Typical expertise
  • Strategy
  • Transformation
  • AI readiness
  • Technical leadership
  • Change management
  • Sector expertise
02 Applied AI Associates

Frontier-native technical depth

Technically rigorous practitioners with strong academic foundations in computer science, AI and related disciplines. Many hold undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications, including Master's and PhD-level research experience.

Typical expertise
  • LLMs
  • Agent systems
  • Automation
  • Evaluation & benchmarking
  • Prototyping
  • Applied research
  • Software engineering

03 · The network

WHO · ROSTER · CURATED

A curated group of people united by curiosity, technical rigour and a belief that the future should be built thoughtfully.

Lee Davies

Lee Davies

  • Senior Specialist Associate
  • Founder
Brad Dyson

Brad Dyson

  • Senior Specialist Associate
  • Digital Transformation
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Ian McNaughton

  • Senior Specialist Associate
  • Financial Technology
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David Stubbs

  • Senior Specialist Associate
  • AI Engineering & Automation
Tymur Soroka

Tymur Soroka

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BSc Comp Sci & AI
  • Full-stack development
  • Design
Alexander Rodger

Alexander Rodger

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BA Literature
  • CELTA
  • Launch School
  • Data
Matt Snail

Matt Snail

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BSc Building Surveying
  • Codecademy Full stack Development
  • Tech Native Tech Finishing School
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Thabo Gulu

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BSc Electronic Engineering
Jeremy Lam

Jeremy Lam

  • Applied AI Associate
  • MA — Popular Music Practice
  • Northcoders Data Engineering
  • TechNative Software Development
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Kristy S

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BSc Psychology
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Dr Qingling Wu

  • Applied AI Associate
  • Software Engineering
  • PhD UCL
  • Senior Researcher · UCL & Oxford
Yash Magane

Yash Magane

  • Applied AI Associate
  • BSc Computer Science

04 · Join HI.Network

JOIN · APPLICATION

Help us explore what just became possible.

We are building a network of Senior Associates and Applied AI Associates who want to work on meaningful AI challenges with rigour, imagination and care.

email a HI hi@hiai.studio
We are particularly interested in people who —
  • 01 Care deeply about shaping the future responsibly
  • 02 Enjoy working at the edge of technological change
  • 03 Combine strong technical capability with curiosity
  • 04 Want to help organisations make sense of rapidly evolving AI capabilities
  • 05 Believe that human intelligence still matters in an AI-native world

HI.Network is a curated associate network for applied AI, human intelligence and the recently possible.