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About — N°02 / 06
Est. 2004HQ — Dubai, UAE

More than code. Your technology partnerengineering allyAI research labstrategic operator for the next decade.

001 — Belief

The right technology, intelligently applied, is the most powerful lever for business growth. Too often companies are constrained by rigid software that forces teams to adapt to tool limits. We exist to invert that relationship.

002 — Origin

Founded in London in 2004 and headquartered in Dubai since 2021, Nixxie International has evolved from a digital engineering firm into a specialist AI solutions company.

003 — Reach

Engagements across fintech, logistics, real estate, e-commerce, healthcare, and enterprise SaaS — from scale-ups to teams at Yahoo and eDesk. Real-world complexity, not theoretical frameworks.

Fig. 02 — Practice diagram2004 → 2025
Two studios · One standardv.21
Founded
London, 2004
Second studio
Dubai, 2021
Headquarters
Dubai, UAE
Originally from
United Kingdom
Clients
120+ worldwide
Projects
1,000+ delivered
Section 02 — Practice

An AI engineering practice with two homes and one standard.

We opened our first studio in London in 2004 — a small group of engineers building software for clients who needed it to actually work. Twenty-one years later we are forty-eight people across two studios, organised into three practices: AI & Intelligence, Product Engineering, and Strategy. Every engagement is led by a partner. Every line of code is written by a senior. We have never grown by promising what we could not personally deliver.

London studio
London · United Kingdom
Est. 2004
Address
Moor Park Industrial Centre, 1 Sutherland Court, Watford WD18 9SP
Studio
32 people
Dubai studio
Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Est. 2021
Address
Office 2504, Mazaya BB2, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai
Studio
16 people
Section 07 — Leadership

Senior practitioners. No middlemen.

Julian R. Mountford portrait
01 / 02 — Dubai
Julian R. Mountford
Founder & Chairman
OFF THE RECORD
Undefeated on the golf course. Liverpool red through and through. Happy to let AI handle everything else — and partial to cats, but only the calm ones.
Graham Head portrait
02 / 02 — London
Graham Head
CEO
OFF THE RECORD
Watford FC loyalist and a systems engineer at heart. Does his best work at 35,000 feet — on the cloud, from the clouds. At least until turbulence files a bug report.
Our values

The four principles behind every engagement.

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Partnership over projects
Long-term collaboration built on trust, transparency, and shared ambition. We work as a genuine extension of your team — not a vendor you manage, but a partner invested in your outcomes.
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Pragmatic innovation
We embrace AI and emerging technology with rigour, not hype. Every technology decision is anchored in a clear business case. We tell you when a simpler solution is the right one.
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Absolute ownership
When we take on a project, we take on your problem as our own. We do not pass the buck or deliver work we are not proud of.
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Security & responsibility by design
We build AI systems with rigorous security controls, explainability principles, and responsible deployment practices. Trustworthy AI is an engineering requirement, not an extra.
Section 13 — Recognition

What others have written about us.

Financial Times
“One of Europe’s most considered AI consultancies.”
FT 1000 · 2024
Wired UK
“Doing the slow, unfashionable work of making AI actually deployable.”
Profile · 2025
Forbes Middle East
“Among the firms quietly rewiring the GCC’s digital backbone.”
Tech 30 · 2025
British Computer Society
“A model for what an engineering-led AI practice should look like.”
BCS Award · 2023
Section 14 — Conversation

Ready to build something that matters?

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