HADEAN

Hadean is a London-based software company that applies AI, large-scale simulation and spatial computing to defence and civil resilience. Its stated mission frames the synthetic environment as the new operational environment, supporting AI-assisted and autonomous decision-making across all phases of the mission lifecycle so that customers can plan, train and decide faster.

The product portfolio has two named pillars. populAI provides large-scale simulation of the real world for training, mission rehearsal and wargaming, with emergent real-time model behaviour, connected full-world environments, integration of local intelligence to inform agent behaviour, and representation of grey-zone elements. dominAI is described as next-generation command and control software that supports decision-making from planning through operations: it generates numerous courses of action in minutes, performs faster-than-real-time course-of-action analysis, supports replanning in emergent scenarios, integrates with sensors, effectors and other C2 capabilities, and is interoperable with common US, NATO and UK standards. Solution areas listed by the company include air defence, LVC training, targeting, mission planning, mission rehearsal, wargaming and force development (described as a Ukraine-proven data capture and triage system for identifying specialised skills across populations for rapid mobilisation).

A parallel resilience line addresses grey-zone threats to civilian infrastructure, covering resilience rehearsal for multi-stakeholder interoperability, emergency preparation and business continuity stress-testing, vulnerability assessment that maps critical national infrastructure dependencies and cascading effects across physical and cognitive domains, and transport planning that applies military-grade planning and large-scale simulation to civilian transport operations.

Founding story

Company materials state Hadean was founded on a mission to transform the world through the power of distributed computing, with a team drawn from diverse technical backgrounds. Early proof-of-concept work included published research on protein-protein interactions and COVID-19 modelling and large-scale 'EVE: Aether Wars' demonstrations with CCP Games, led by Mimi Keshani, who is described in 2026 reporting as co-founder and chief strategy officer; CEO Craig Beddis is also referred to as co-founder in that reporting.

Business model

Hadean develops and licenses software products (populAI for simulation and training; dominAI for command and control) sold primarily to defence ministries, armed forces and government agencies, as well as to organisations concerned with civil resilience. It also delivers capability through partnerships and integrators, including Booz Allen Hamilton for US federal customers, Palantir for the UK armed forces, and Vantor for spatial intelligence. To address UK public procurement, Hadean assembled Sceptre, a network it describes as a 'UK SME sovereign stack' that packages pre-built integrations among specialist suppliers so large customers can buy from multiple smaller vendors with less integration overhead.

Sources do not specify pricing or contracting structures in detail; revenue is described as arising from software products and programmes with defence and government customers, with a large part of current revenue reported to come from the United States and additional UK public-sector agreements.

Traction

The British Army's Collective Training Transformation Programme director states Hadean successfully proved the feasibility of a platform approach to collective training under the Army Collective Training Service initiative. The company reports its software is used by defence organisations and militaries worldwide. Other traction points include the Sceptre network's down-selection in a major UK military procurement, a Cabinet Office pandemic-response simulation agreement, a Ukraine deployment described as 'Ukraine-proven' for force development data capture and triage, partnerships with Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir and Vantor, selection by NATO DIANA, and a headcount listed at 125 employees as of March 2026.

Latest developments

In March 2026 Hadean closed a bridge round of roughly $15 million, with an option to extend to $20 million, described by CEO Craig Beddis as including 'some secondary clean up' ahead of a larger Series B expected later that year; that Series B was reported as likely around $100 million at a substantially higher valuation. Investors in the bridge included Booz Allen Ventures, British Business Bank, Twin Track Ventures and Entrepreneurs First, with some taking secondary positions. In July 2026 Hadean was announced as one of ten companies selected by NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. The company also published commentary in February 2026 on UKRSPECSYSTEMS' £200 million UK investment establishing UAS manufacturing and a simulation centre in Suffolk.