08/12/2017
Is the aware of the digital disruptors?
In the roof space office of a nondescript brick building in east London is an artificial intelligence start-up business with 12 members of staff and lofty ambitions.
Cleo AI operates a digital assistant that connects to users’ bank accounts and helps them manage their money. Users ask questions about their spending through Facebook Messenger, and Cleo answers.
“I started Cleo to solve my own problem,” says 27-year-old founder and chief executive Barney Hussey-Yeo.