The invisible marketplace for what people know
Reach anyone. Reveal no one. Until you choose.
Everyone wants a piece of your attention. KYOU gives it back to you, and puts the right people within reach. Your private Duo works for you alone, on your own device.
KYOU replaces central processing with local sensing and responding.
Short explainer video
The shortest distance between two people is a straight line. KYOU turns a random walk into a deliberate step.
Attention
You pay twice.
Once with your attention, and again with your money.
Every feed, alert and inbox competes for your attention. What wins it shapes what you think about, what you notice and what you miss.
If we are only conscious of what we attend to, who are we when someone else controls our attention?
KYOU puts that control back with you.
The science: attention is necessary for conscious perception (Cohen et al., 2012; Noah and Mangun, 2020).
How it works
A private assistant on your own device.
Your Duo finds the people who can help you, and shares nothing about you until you say so.
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Your Duo learns what you know.
You share your profile, your writing and your work. It runs on your device, so your data stays with you.
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Only what fits reaches you.
Requests that match you come through. Everything else waits. You decide which to take.
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It finds people for you.
Ask a question or look for an opportunity. Your Duo finds the right person without revealing who you are.
KYOU Square design for the beta. Example data.
Your network
Out there, and exposed.
We need to be out there for opportunities to find us, and we need to reach out when we need help. The moment we do, we are exposed to exploitation and attack.
Play the game.
Risk everything.
Step away.
Gain nothing.
Or change the game.
Reach the right person for a question, an opportunity or a second opinion, without exposing yourself. Joining takes minutes, and every person who joins makes the network stronger.
Running a team, an organisation or a network? Pilots are open. There is nothing to integrate and no data to move.
Request a briefingFounders
Who is behind KYOU.
Dr Sean MacNiven
Co-founder · CTO
Builds the system
Researcher and systems architect working across generative AI, cognitive science and organisational behaviour. Over twenty years designing decision support systems, intelligent automation, AI and gamification, and leading organisational research in industry. Honorary Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University and Visiting Professor at Leeds Beckett University Business School.
Professor Dr Ralph Tench
Co-founder · Chief Strategy Officer
Builds trust and reach
Scholar of strategic communication and organisational behaviour, and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at Leeds Business School. A former journalist and consultant, he has directed three UK consultancy and tech companies and advised the European Commission and UK government. Past President, EUPRERA.
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Be among the first.
KYOU is in pilots now. A public beta follows.
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Request a briefing
Investors, pilot partners and researchers can request the full briefing, including the architecture, the research and current pilots.
The briefing includes access to the KYOU Lab, where you can watch a simulated Square of 100 Duos match asks to people.