Company
We build the decision layer for real estate development.
The largest development commitments are often made before the evidence is in. Hakken brings land, design, market and financial evidence onto one platform, so every decision is compared, explained and recorded before capital and design resources are spent.
What we believe
Four convictions behind the product.
- 01Start from the decision, not the tool.Every engagement begins with the decision, its owner and the date it must be made. The analysis is shaped to answer it.
- 02The first scenario is never the only one.Credible alternatives stay alive until the evidence is in, and every one is measured on the same criteria.
- 03Evidence should be open to challenge.Every score links to its components, sources and assumptions. Gaps are shown as gaps, never as zero.
- 04The model informs. People approve.Decisions stay with the people and bodies who hold the authority to make them, and the record shows who that was.
How we work
Platform and people, on one decision at a time.
Hakken is software, used with our team. We work alongside the consultants, planners, designers and engineers already on a project; they keep their tools, and Hakken puts their analysis on one basis for the decision.
- 01Frame the decisionAgree the decision, its owner, the credible alternatives and the decision gate.
- 02Run scenario sessionsGenerate, test and compare the options with your team on one evidence base.
- 03Record the directionA recommended direction with assumptions, trade-offs and a recorded rationale, ready for the board.
Trust & governance
How we govern decisions and data.
Development decisions shape places for decades. The way they are made should be as accountable as the decisions themselves.
- Approvals follow your authorityEvery decision is recorded with its owner, the authority it was made under and the date. Hakken never approves anything.
- Traceable by designEvery score links to its components, sources, assumptions and versions, so a reviewer can follow it and challenge it.
- Missing data stays visibleGaps read “Not assessed” or “Requires specialist review”, never zero and never green.
- Figures are labelledEvery figure says whether it is observed or modelled. Ranges are shown where certainty is not available.
- Client data, on agreed termsHow a client’s data is stored, processed and retained is agreed for each engagement and set out in the engagement agreement.
About us
A Dubai team working on decisions across the region.
Hakken is based in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Our team brings together planners, urban economists, data scientists, engineers and designers, and works with governments, master developers, consultants and investors on the decisions that shape land.
- Based in DubaiOffice A5, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis.
- One team, five disciplinesPlanning, urban economics, data science, engineering and design, working on the same evidence.
- Work across the regionEngagements in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and beyond the GCC in Africa.
- Verified AI supplierCertified under the Dubai AI Seal, issued by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence.