# Haavn > Haavn helps teams understand, adopt, and build with AI through hands-on training, clear strategy, and working tools. Based in London, we work with companies to identify where AI creates real value, then build solutions alongside their teams. Haavn was co-founded by Mary Hurd and Sebastian Assaf, who together bring over fifteen years of experience from Google, YouTube, Apple, and Meta. We offer three core services: AI workshops, AI strategy, and custom AI tools. ## Pages - [Home](https://haavn.ai): Overview of Haavn's services, case studies, and team - [About](https://haavn.ai/about): Meet the founders and extended network - [Services](https://haavn.ai/services): AI workshops, strategy, and custom tools - [Work](https://haavn.ai/work): Case studies and client projects - [Blog](https://haavn.ai/blog): Articles on AI, product, and our work - [Contact](https://haavn.ai/contact): Get in touch with Haavn ## Services - [AI Workshops](https://haavn.ai/services#workshops): AI fluency comes from doing. - [AI Enablement](https://haavn.ai/services#programs): When activation needs to scale and stick, we design multi-month programs for entire teams and departments. - [AI Strategy](https://haavn.ai/services#strategy): Most teams adopt AI where it's easiest to apply and miss the opportunities that reshape how their business runs. - [Custom AI Tools](https://haavn.ai/services#build): Off-the-shelf AI is built for everyone, which means it's built for no one. ## Case studies - [Expedia Group](https://haavn.ai/work/expedia): From cautious to bought-in. Make, make, make. - [Renew Home](https://haavn.ai/work/renew-home): AI curiosity to company-wide capability in one day. - [Soil Association Exchange](https://haavn.ai/work/soil-association): Unlocking AI's potential to transform sustainable agriculture at scale. - [Quadmark](https://haavn.ai/work/quadmark): Building a connected goals system in Notion. ## Blog - [Haavn’ Fun: How Edy built SoroJá](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-08-06-how-edy-cruz-built-soroja) (2026-08-06): My friend Edy Cruz built SoroJá, a free tool that shows people across Brazil where to find the right antivenom after a venomous bite or sting. - [How I avoid AI slop](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-08-06-how-i-avoid-ai-slop) (2026-08-06): I’m absolutely allergic to AI slop. I guess we all are. For me, it evokes the same terror I feel walking into my parents’ basement and realizing that one day… - [The case for using more than one AI](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-05-29-the-case-for-using-more-than-one-ai) (2026-05-29): Claude Opus 4.8 launched yesterday. It's good. Try it out. But lately, in our workshops, a lot of you have told me: you're tired of the AI model race. - [What Claude Design gets wrong about how we work now](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-05-06-claude-design-hot-take) (2026-05-06): I spent the week testing Claude Design. My take: I don't think product designers are the core audience. It feels more like a tool for people who love Canva or… - [One Year of Haavn: Why AI Adoption Is A Discovery Problem](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-05-03-one-year-of-haavn) (2026-05-03): Today marks ONE YEAR since Sebastian and I started Haavn 🎉. I don't want to say we've been winging it... but in lieu of hard data around AI adoption… - [Stop Adding AI to Your Product. Rebuild It for Agents.](https://haavn.ai/blog/why-do-i-need-excel) (2026-04-17): "Why do I need Excel?" That's not me ranting, Satya Nadella asked this on a podcast in December 2024 about a 40-year-old tool that still sits at the center of… - [Make, make, make: AI prototyping with Expedia Group](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-04-02-expedia-group-ai-prototyping) (2026-04-02): Last week Haavn ran an AI prototyping session with Expedia Group's design leadership in London. The brief was deceptively simple: make, make, make. - [Two AI tools that changed how I learn languages](https://haavn.ai/blog/2026-01-03-ai-tools-that-changed-how-i-learn-languages) (2026-01-03): The hardest part of learning a language is speaking. Wrestling with words in real time. Finding the courage to sound foolish. - [Veo 3 and the emergence of physical reasoning in video models](https://haavn.ai/blog/2025-12-03-veo-3-physical-reasoning) (2025-12-03): Physical reasoning has been a blind spot for generative AI. A new paper from Google DeepMind shows their video model Veo 3 developed an understanding of… - [Six months of Haavn: what we learned](https://haavn.ai/blog/2025-10-03-six-months-of-haavn) (2025-10-03): It's been six months of Haavn. That's 156 action items tracked, 152+ meetings run, 10 client projects kicked off, and our first retainer. - [Introducing Haavn](https://haavn.ai/blog/2025-05-03-introducing-haavn) (2025-05-03): I'm excited to announce the launch of Haavn, an AI consultancy I'm building with the brilliant Mary Hurd. AI is here.