Driving AI Transformation

Deploying AI at scale

Hg manages Europe’s largest software portfolio actively deploying AI at scale. Our value creation team is focused on unlocking lasting value for our investors. We operate with pace and the mindset of a startup, whilst applying deep expertise and hands-on execution to maximise outcomes.

Accelerating AI transformation

We've been building our in-house AI expertise for close to a decade. We bring Hg's focus and scale to bear to support the future-facing companies we work with.

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Operational AI experts

Hg’s value creation team contains a group of more than 100 AI experts, with 20 in-house specialists working alongside more than 80 supporting AI engineers and specialists - operating with startup intensity across engineering, HR, finance, legal and support functions .

Meet the team

Community intelligence

Hg’s portfolio represents one of the largest software ecosystems deploying AI at scale. This creates a natural environment for knowledge sharing - scaled through 120+ leadership immersions, hackathons, academies, summits each year, and HIVE - our collaboration platform.

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Our AI product incubator

Hg Catalyst is our in-house AI product incubator, created to help our portfolio to accelerate AI product development. Catalyst embeds tiger teams - small, high-performance groups - inside our portfolio companies to conceive, build, and ship agentic AI products, at speed.

Hg Catalyst

IP and tools

We develop and share best practice templates, tools, playbooks, data and benchmarking with portfolio companies. This framework is further enriched with solutions such as Hg Retina, serving as a prime example of how we integrate sophisticated AI to unlock actionable insights and drive transformation across our investments.

Retina

Operational AI experts

Hg’s value creation team contains a group of more than 100 AI experts, with 20 in-house specialists working alongside more than 80 supporting AI engineers and specialists - operating with startup intensity across engineering, HR, finance, legal and support functions .

Meet the team

Community intelligence

Hg’s portfolio represents one of the largest software ecosystems deploying AI at scale. This creates a natural environment for knowledge sharing - scaled through 120+ leadership immersions, hackathons, academies, summits each year, and HIVE - our collaboration platform.

Silicon Valley Summit

Our AI product incubator

Hg Catalyst is our in-house AI product incubator, created to help our portfolio to accelerate AI product development. Catalyst embeds tiger teams - small, high-performance groups - inside our portfolio companies to conceive, build, and ship agentic AI products, at speed.

Hg Catalyst

IP and tools

We develop and share best practice templates, tools, playbooks, data and benchmarking with portfolio companies. This framework is further enriched with solutions such as Hg Retina, serving as a prime example of how we integrate sophisticated AI to unlock actionable insights and drive transformation across our investments.

Retina

Our areas of expertise

We have operational expertise across a wide range of areas, reflecting where we see repeat value creation opportunities.

Harnessing the potential of data and AI is a critical competitive advantage for any business. We are deploying AI-first transformation across engineering, HR, finance, legal and support functions - enabling step-change productivity.

>1,400

AI projects live across the portfolio

A glance of some recent projects we’ve helped to deliver

GenAI Deployment

1,400+

projects live across the portfolio with 60+ portfolio companies actively deploying GenAI in product and internal workflows

AI EBITDA Impact

€260m

approx. budgeted EBITDA impact from AI initiatives

AI-Enabled Exits

2x

AI-enabled exits (GTreasury and Intelerad) at ~100% average uplift to book value

Agentic Product

100+

agentic products and features launched

Community

2,750

Senior executive members attending ~100 events as part of 20 live communities on our collaboration platform, Hive.