Big data platforms
Long before the current AI wave, our team was building and running large-scale data platforms — ingesting, storing and making sense of volumes and variety that off-the-shelf tools of the day could not handle.
About AgoActum
We help you act on your data
AgoActum — Latin for “I act; done.” Our name is our promise: we turn AI ambition into things that actually ship, using the data you already own.
We started AgoActum because we kept seeing the same gap: organisations rich in data, surrounded by AI hype, with no safe path from one to the other.
The tools had arrived, but the trusted way to use them on sensitive, proprietary data had not. Too many projects stalled between an exciting demo and a deployment nobody could sign off. The blocker was rarely the model — it was privacy, governance and the hard, unglamorous work of grounding AI in real information.
So we built a practice around exactly that. We bring senior practitioners, a private-by-design platform and a governance-first mindset to the organisations that have the most to gain — and the most to protect. Financial services, government, healthcare, legal and other sectors where data is both the asset and the responsibility.
We are proudly based in Cambridge, at the heart of one of the world’s great technology and research clusters, and we work with clients across the UK and beyond.
Our track record
We were solving hard data problems long before this AI wave
Private AI is where our story arrives, not where it began. For years our team has built the platforms, infrastructure and protocols that let organisations put their own data to work — safely.
Across all of it, one principle has held: data, data privacy and data access security are not features to bolt on at the end. They are core to the way we work.
Hadoop clusters
We designed and operated Hadoop clusters inside organisations, bringing distributed storage and processing to teams working with their own data, on their own infrastructure, under their own controls.
Blockchain for secure sharing
We applied blockchain and distributed-ledger techniques to share information securely across parties — letting organisations collaborate on data without any of them giving up control of it.
Security is the constant. Every platform we have run and every protocol we have built has treated data privacy and access control as first-class — the same discipline we now bring to private AI.
Our mission
To help every organisation leverage its own data in the AI world we now live in
We believe the AI era should belong to the people who own the data — not only to those who own the biggest models. Our mission is to close that gap: to give organisations the ability to use AI on their data, keep that data private, and do it with a standard of service that makes us the partner you actually want in the room.
What we stand for
Values that show up in the work
Privacy is non-negotiable
We design so your data stays yours. It is the foundation of trust, and we will not compromise it for convenience.
Outcomes over output
We measure ourselves by the value you ship — not the decks we produce. If it doesn’t move a real number, it doesn’t count.
Client service, seriously
Senior people, close relationships, no hand-offs to a junior bench. We are the team you meet and the team you keep.
Responsible by default
We run an AI management system to ISO/IEC 42001, managing AI risk, ethical use and legal compliance — because technology that can’t be trusted won’t be used.
Standards & compliance
Compliant by design, across five ISO/IEC standards
Our private AI solution is designed and operated to comply with the international standards that govern responsible AI — spanning AI management, risk, board governance, impact assessment and information security. Together they let us manage AI risk, ensure ethical use and support legal compliance, and give you the evidence to prove it.
- ISO 23894AI risk managementIdentifying and treating AI-specific riskRead more
- ISO 27001Information security managementProtecting the data the AI runs onRead more
- ISO 38507Governance of AI for the boardBoard-level oversight and accountabilityRead more
- ISO 42001AI management systemManaging AI risk, ethical use and legal complianceRead more
- ISO 42005AI system impact assessmentAssessing impact on people and societyRead more
AgoActum operates its own AI management system to ISO/IEC 42001 — the one we consider most important — and helps clients stand up and certify theirs.
Our office
9 Hills RoadCambridge CB2 1GE
United Kingdom
Cambridge, UK
Rooted in a world-class technology cluster
Being in Cambridge keeps us close to the research, the talent and the ideas shaping AI — and lets us bring that edge to clients who need substance, not slideware. We’re a UK limited company, and we take the responsibilities that come with handling our clients’ data seriously.
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Book a no-obligation discovery call. We’ll map where AI can create value across your organisation — and how to get there safely.