Humanity first
A human professional leads every loop; the AI extends their care and never replaces it.
About us
Small team.
Small team.
Deep conviction.
We are building the alternative to engagement-optimised AI companions: a developmental AI companion that answers to a human professional first, and to a business metric never.
We started The Human Loop because we watched something unprecedented happen without anyone taking responsibility for it: millions of people confiding their deepest fears, hopes and loneliness to machines that were optimised to keep them talking.
Our answer is deliberately unfashionable. We put a Chartered Practitioner in charge of every companion. We give each person an encrypted vault instead of a database row. We refuse to optimise for retention, and we measure success by how quickly people need us less. It is harder to build this way. It is also the only version of this idea we are willing to ship.
Today we are a small, independent, self-funded team working from Europe — running our own infrastructure, so that as little as possible ever sits between a client and their care. We are now inviting our first beta cohort.
Privacy as architecture
Seal your vault and betrayal becomes impossible, not merely forbidden. If we can't read it, we can't lose it.
Honest incentives
No engagement metrics, no dark patterns. Success is defined by real-world flourishing, measured with our Chartered Practitioners.
The team
Three humans, one loop
Engineering, clinical thinking and day-to-day operations under one roof — and one shared refusal to build the addictive version of this product.
Pedro Quinteiro
CEO
University professor and behavioural scientist who studies how people perform, adapt and lead in demanding and extreme environments — from Antarctica and underwater missions to space. Pedro is a registered psychologist with the Portuguese Psychologists’ Association (Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses). A member of the European Space Agency’s expert group on behavioural health and isolation, he brings a rigorous, science-based view of human performance under pressure to The Human Loop.
José Feiteirinha
CTO
Space systems and software engineer with over fifteen years across ESA, EUMETSAT and the wider space industry — from mission control to ground-segment infrastructure. José led and presented initiatives exploring the use of large language models and AI agents to support mission operations. At The Human Loop, that same discipline now shapes the encrypted-vault core of the platform.
Nuno Bispo
Operations Lead
Co-founder with hands-on experience spanning healthcare education, financial-market analysis and event organisation. Nuno carries full-time responsibility for The Human Loop's day-to-day operations — disciplined risk management, client-centred thinking and the strategic follow-through that turns decisions into progress.
Come build the loop with us.
Whether you're a professional curious about the beta programme, a client whose Chartered Practitioner works with us, or simply someone who believes this product should exist — we'd love to hear from you.