Sovereign, AI Infrastructure for the Future of Work
The Problem
The system wasn't built for today's world of work.
Outdated HR technology and fragmented platforms can't keep up with repulatory change, the rise of flexible work, or the demands of Al-driven decision making.
Fragmented Workforce Data
Work data is scattered across platforms, making it inaccurate, incomplete & impossible to audit in real time.
Regulatory Pressure
New legislation like the EU Platform Work
Directive and UK Employment Rights Act are raising the bar for compliance.
AI Transparency Risks
As Al manages more decisions, concerns
around digital sovereignty and algorithmic
management are growing.
The labour market is undergoing a period of unprecedented regulatory change. HR technology has not kept pace with the growth of the flexible workforce and digital labour platforms.
Global legislation, including the EU's Platform Work Directive, and the UK's Employment Rights Acts are resetting the balance for workers' rights for these sectors.
As Al becomes more powerful, the integrity of the underlying system matters even more. The issues of digital sovereignty and algorithmic management have become central to the Future of Work.
A Sovereign Operating System for Work
The Solution
The Work Engine is a sovereign, AI architecture. It turns fragmented digital traces of activity into a trustworthy, auditable, worker‑centric source of truth about work in real time.
Designed as a 'Sovereign Operating System for Work’, it provides end-to-end architecture for work‑tracking, compliance, tax reporting, payroll, and auditing across both public and private UK work sectors.
Why this must be Sovereign AI
It's critical that the UK and EU recognise and capture the value of their workplace data, which the Institute for the Future of Work describes as "a hugely important national economic and strategic asset."
The Work Engine will ensure that nation states retain jurisdictional control over high-risk employment AI, keeping decision rights and auditability under local regulators and ensuring they leverage the financial and strategic value generated by their labour markets.
100%
UK Data Sovereignty
Realtime
Audit & Compliance
Secure
By Design
Transparency for Workers
The Work Engine provides a permanent, unchangeable record for the modern workforce. We use AI to speed up workflows and catch errors, while strictly following the EU AI Act.
Because managing employees with AI is a sensitive issue, our system is designed to be ethical and transparent. This helps governments and tax authorities move toward real-time, data-driven oversight while ensuring workers are treated fairly.
The Team
Paul Jackson
(CEO)
Paul has founded & scaled B2B fintech platforms to >£1m ARR and has direct experience building and selling AI-driven payroll solutions to gig economy employers in the UK.
Glen Hodgson
(EU Commercial Lead)
Glen is a European Union policy and process expert. He is the founder and CEO of the Freelance Movement, the trade association for the Future of Work.
Piotr Wilczynski
(Head of Engineering)
Piot is a highly experienced (>25 years) engineer with a proven record of reducing technology change lead time from months to hours.
Ras Krishneratne
(Head of Compliance)
Ras was Data Governance Lead at Lloyds Banking Group. He has a track record of implementing operating models to achieve regulatory compliance.
