Human + Machine

AI that works for your business.

Client Voice

"Human+Machine's comprehensive training gave us the confidence and capability to use AI safely and securely — introducing us to Claude and how to get the most from it, while ensuring our work stays aligned with our Quality Management System. And we're only just getting started."

— Team Fusion

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Claude 4 Kids Handbook — a free guide for ages 11+ (and their parents) to build their first game and publish it online using AI. No coding experience needed.

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Your staff are already using AI. Unsanctioned.

Client data is entering unapproved tools right now — with no visibility, no controls, and no audit trail. For professional services firms, that's not a future risk. It's a current liability.

73%of employees use personal AI accounts at work

Aug
2026EU AI Act compliance deadline

We help firms get ahead of it — with governance frameworks, approved tooling, and trained teams.

AI Academy

The enterprise AI literacy platform — a learning portal, structured 101 programme, and governance toolkit, branded as your own. Multi-tenant, EU-hosted, audit-ready.

5Programme steps

12CPD hours

3Learner tiers

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What I do

Three ways to work
with Human + Machine

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Fractional & Interim Leadership

Strategic and hands-on AI leadership, embedded in your team — from first pilot to scaled rollout. From strategy to execution, bringing a decade of doing this at IBM, Accenture and KPMG.

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Training

CPD-accredited workshops that give your teams the skills and confidence to use AI effectively — regardless of technical background. Practical, fast-moving, immediately applicable.

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Keynote Speaking

Compelling talks on AI, Data and Digital Strategy — from boardroom briefings to international conferences. Cannes Lions, Festival of Media, Harvard Business Review.

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The case for acting now

Why Now?

Three converging pressures mean AI enablement is no longer optional for professional services firms. See the full programme →

Aug 2026

Regulatory Compliance

The EU AI Act mandates AI literacy training for all staff deploying or interacting with AI systems.

Our programme delivers 12h CPD-accredited certification per participant — meeting the requirement head-on while building real capability.

Shadow AI

Data Leakage & Legal Exposure

Staff are already using AI with personal accounts. Client data is being entered into unapproved tools with no visibility or controls.

For audit and tax firms, this is a direct threat to client confidentiality, professional liability, and regulatory standing.

Delivery Time

Client & Competitive Pressure

Competitors are already deploying AI across business functions. Clients increasingly expect AI-enhanced efficiency and speed.

Firms that adopt AI early are saving 40+ hours per user monthly — those that wait risk falling behind on both talent retention and client delivery.

Training & Development

Get your team AI-fluent,
hands-on ready.

The GenAI Applied workshop goes beyond generic AI literacy. Your team identifies and builds their own use cases, with structured guiderails, a change management framework, and a measurement model — so AI adoption actually sticks.

A shortlist of viable AI use cases for their role
A framework to prioritise them
Confidence with prompting and key AI tools
A governance and ethics checklist
A 90-day implementation roadmap

Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Delivered for executive teams and functional groups. Hands-on, practical, and CPD certified.

Tools covered in training

Gemini Claude ChatGPT Copilot

CPD Accreditation Standards Office — Provider 23082

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Enterprise Platform

AI Academy

A learning portal, structured 101 programme, and governance toolkit — branded as your own. Multi-tenant, EU-hosted, audit-ready. Read the full overview →

101 Programme

5-step core AI program

Survey → foundations → workflow → tooling → pilot. 12 CPD hours per participant.

AI Coach

Always-on, tier-aware

Knows your tier, your page, your policy. Built into every screen.

Approved Tools

Risk-tiered registry

AI tools cleared for your data classification. Shadow AI ends here.

Champions

Q&A + mentoring

Champion-tier curators answer questions, attribute knowledge, and mentor cohorts.

Insights

Outcomes, not vanity

Active learners, tier flow, time-to-tier, cohort outcomes. Real adoption metrics.

Customisation

Branded, yours

Logo, colour, domain, content, tools. Full white-label tenancy.

Self-serve

Your team runs it. We provision, hand over, stay on call.

Curated by H+M

Our team runs cohorts, curates content, fields Q&A.

Product Brief · Free

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Partnerships

Delivered in partnership

Human + Machine works with specialist partners to deliver programmes that combine strategic depth with hands-on capability building.

The GenAI Academy

Curriculum design, accreditation, and programme delivery in partnership with The GenAI Academy — specialists in applied AI learning for professional teams. Together we deliver CPD-certified programmes that are rigorous, practical, and built for real business impact.

Infrared.city

Image-based training tracks developed in partnership with Infrared.city — an AI-powered climate and microclimate simulation platform for architects, planners, and sustainability teams. Together we help design and built-environment organisations apply visual and spatial AI to real projects.

Free Resources

Tools, guides & handbooks

Practical resources we've built — available for free. Enter your details below to download.

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Claude 4 Kids Handbook

Build your first game and publish it online using AI. For ages 11+ and their parents — no coding experience needed.

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Coming Soon

More resources on the way

We're building more free tools and guides for teams and individuals getting started with AI.

Our Team

The people behind
Human + Machine.

A multidisciplinary team bringing together strategy, engineering, data, and design — with deep experience across global consulting firms and emerging technology.

Hugo Pinto

Founder & Managing Director

Hugo's core competencies are revenue growth, digital strategy, data commercialisation, and Artificial Intelligence, with the past two years focused on helping enterprises productise generative AI — from concept to scaled rollout. He has built and run P&Ls for global consulting firms including IBM, Accenture, and KPMG, advises start-ups at C-suite level, and serves as a non-executive director at an international group of schools. He speaks on AI, Data and Digital Strategy in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Common Questions

AI adoption, answered.

Does the EU AI Act require AI training for staff?

Yes. The EU AI Act mandates AI literacy training for all staff who deploy or interact with AI systems. Human + Machine's programme delivers 12 hours of CPD-accredited certification per participant, meeting this requirement while building practical capability.

What is CPD-accredited AI training?

CPD-accredited AI training is continuing professional development that counts towards a professional's formal learning requirements. Our AI enablement programme provides 12 CPD hours per participant, combining AI literacy, prompt engineering, governance, and hands-on use-case development.

How do professional services firms prevent shadow AI and data leakage?

Shadow AI happens when staff use personal AI accounts and enter client data into unapproved tools. We address this with a risk-tiered approved-tools registry, ready-made AI policy templates, and data governance frameworks — giving teams a safe, sanctioned way to use AI.

Can AI training be delivered in Spanish or Portuguese?

Yes. We deliver our AI enablement programme in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, making it suitable for teams across Europe and Latin America.

What is the Human + Machine AI Academy?

The AI Academy is an enterprise AI literacy platform — a learning portal, a structured 101 programme, and a governance toolkit — delivered as a white-label product branded as your own. It is multi-tenant, EU-hosted, and audit-ready, and can be run self-serve or fully curated by our team.

Do the course learnings apply to any AI tool, or just one?

The learnings apply to any LLM-based tool. Our programme is deliberately platform-agnostic — the frameworks, prompting techniques, and governance practices work whether your firm uses Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or any enterprise AI tool. We teach transferable skills so your teams stay effective even as the tools change.

Is there continuous learning after the core programme?

Yes. Beyond the core 101 programme, we offer expert modules for ongoing development — covering Design, Agentic Workflows, Coding, Claude Skills, and connectors. This keeps teams current as capabilities evolve and lets people deepen expertise in the areas most relevant to their role.

AI that works for your business.