# How Cleo Reached $400M ARR: Barney Hussey-Yeo on AI, Growth, and Building a Consumer Fintech Unicorn

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Podcast: [Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693)
Published: 2026-06-17T06:00:00+00:00
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What does it take to build an AI company a decade before the world realises AI is the future? In this episode of Riding Unicorns, James and Hector sit down with Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder & CEO of Cleo, the AI financial assistant helping millions of consumers make smarter money decisions. Barney started building Cleo years before ChatGPT brought AI into the mainstream. Today, Cleo has grown into one of the UK's leading fintech success stories, reaching $400M ARR and becoming a category-de...

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