“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth, Baseball Legend

 

In 2015 we began with a vision to give people ownership of their data. Unfortunately by 2019 our journey came to an end and while our shared vision lives on in the efforts of other incredible startups like CitizenMe, Digi.me and more recently, Gener8; people.io has now closed down.

Visit the About and Press & Media pages to read more about how how people.io built a #1 trending app, scaled to more than 150,000 users and got backing from some of Europe's most respected investors; or learn about the founder's journey and the lessons learned along the way.

If you're an organisation or government that's exploring the personal data ecosystem and would like to connect with Nicholas, the founder of people.io, you can reach out directly or on LinkedIn.

While people.io may be no more, the person behind it hasn't given up. FORTYEIGHT is a new venture that explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, human rights and consent.

Helping organisations and governments to inform people each time they've been observed by AI, facial recognition and other types of technological surveillance to help protect the human rights of our AI generation.

Thank you to all those who supported our vision. I've learned the hard way that startups fail, however hard you try to make them work. What I now realise is that resillience, belief and timing are what really count in the long game.

The future is coming, perhaps just a few years later than we expected!

Nicholas Oliver, Founder of people.io

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Global Ecosystem

Creating an account with people.io gives you access to an ecosystem of data-fueled apps and services, created by some of the most innovative companies in the world.

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Privacy by Design

It's easy to talk about privacy, it’s another to achieve it. We're committed to always thinking 'people first’ by putting privacy in its current and future forms at the very heart of people.io

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Fun to Use

We get it, data just isn't fun to talk about (unless you're a bit nutty like us). That's why our app focusses on creating a simple, fun and rewarding experience that puts you in control.

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How it works

Data isn't normally as simple as one, two, three - but our app is - take a look.

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Sign up & activate your account.

Install the people.io app, we'll show you a quick explainer on how we handle your data, then just enter a few basic details to create your account and get started.

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Swipe & connect

We'll keep your profile up-to-date by sending you fun questionnaires each day or just connect your digital accounts to the app and we'll do the work for you.

Easy! Let's go.
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Connect with third-party apps

Connect your people.io account to other apps and we'll even help make their ads more interesting and content more relevant - while ensuring you retain control of your data.

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Unified identity

Securely connect accounts from across your digital life and we'll use our proprietary machine learning algorithms to create a single view of 'you'.

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Safe. Secure. Private.

Our security focussed engineers always have an eye on the privacy and security of our community, applying industry leading techniques to safeguard our users.

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Real-time context

When unified, your data really comes to life. Isolated pieces of information now make sense, meaning less of those randomly targeted adverts and questionable recommendations.

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Enriching experience

The value of data isn't just monetary, it's experiential too. Connect your people.io account to other apps and we'll help them enrich your experience by tailoring content and recommendations.

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Build data-centric products and apps, where people own the data.

From the blog

The inside track on what's happening at people.io HQ

The new people.io marketplace

After many months of anticipation the marketplace is back. There’s been some confusion, so we’ve put together this short post to explain how the new marketplace works and what’s different.

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