About us
We stopped asking "who logged in." We started asking "who's still there."
YEO began as a secure messaging app. Today we build the patented continuous identity verification infrastructure that regulated industries trust to prove who's really there.
Where we started
YEO — Your Eyes Only — was founded to fix a problem every messaging app ignored: once someone unlocks a conversation, nothing stops them screenshotting it, handing the device to someone else, or walking away while it stays open. Our founders, with backgrounds spanning cybersecurity and enterprise technology, built biometric, presence-verified messaging to close that gap.
Solving it meant building something more fundamental than a chat app: a way to continuously confirm a real, live human is still the one present — not just at the login screen, but for as long as it matters.
Why we became an infrastructure company
The deeper our presence-verification technology went, the clearer it became: the messaging app was one use case. The underlying capability — continuous facial recognition that confirms identity throughout a session, not just at the start — was the real breakthrough, and regulated industries needed it far beyond messaging. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
Why we became an infrastructure company
The deeper our presence-verification technology went, the clearer it became: the messaging app was one use case. The underlying capability — continuous facial recognition that confirms identity throughout a session, not just at the start — was the real breakthrough, and regulated industries needed it far beyond messaging. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
Why we became an infrastructure company
The deeper our presence-verification technology went, the clearer it became: the messaging app was one use case. The underlying capability — continuous facial recognition that confirms identity throughout a session, not just at the start — was the real breakthrough, and regulated industries needed it far beyond messaging. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
Patent-Backed
4 granted/filed patents across the US, UK, China, and EU
On-Device Biometrics
Never centralised, privacy-first by design
Built for Regulation
SRA, FCA, SMCR, and Online Safety Act-aware
Patent-Backed
4 granted/filed patents across the US, UK, China, and EU
On-Device Biometrics
Never centralised, privacy-first by design
Built for Regulation
SRA, FCA, SMCR, and Online Safety Act-aware
Patent-Backed
4 granted/filed patents across the US, UK, China, and EU
On-Device Biometrics
Never centralised, privacy-first by design
Built for Regulation
SRA, FCA, SMCR, and Online Safety Act-aware
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
Leadership
Alan Jones
Co-Founder / CEO
Sarah Bone
Co-Founder / CMO
Luca Rognoni
Co-Founder / CSO
Alan Jones
Co-Founder / CEO
Our Partners
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"
The principle we haven't moved from
Every product we've built, before and after this shift, answers the same question: is the right person really there? Whether that's one person reading a message or an entire organisation proving accountability to a regulator, our commitment hasn't changed — only the scale of who we can prove it for. So we rebuilt YEO around that core technology. Today, we license our patented continuous identity verification directly into the platforms that need it most: legal, banking, insurance, government, and public authorities — anywhere a regulator, a client, or an auditor might reasonably ask, "can you actually prove who was present?"