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- Author: Tech.eu
- Full Title: UK startup Jitty raises $2M to build AI-driven home search platform
- URL: https://tech.eu/2023/08/28/uk-startup-jitty-raises-2-million/
Highlights
- [Send email](mailto:?subject=UK startup Jitty raises 2M to build AI-driven home search platform&body=https://tech.eu/2023/08/28/uk-startup-jitty-raises-2-million/) Copy link This week [Jitty](https://jitty.com/), a UK-based startup founded by a team of former early-stage Deliveroo employees, announced a 2 million pre-seed investment round to build an AI-powered property search engine to learn everything about the housing market and help people find their perfect home. Jitty was co-founded in 2023 by CEO Graham Paterson, formerly at Wise and Deliveroo, CPO James Storer, ex-Deliveroo, Freetrade, Habito, Klarna, and CTO Daniel Cooper previously at Deliveroo, Duffel and Hopin. (View Highlight)
- All three co-founders have bought homes in the last few years, and couldn’t believe how bad the search and buying process is at every single stage. The property search engine, which already has over 2,000 people on its waiting list, is built to enable home buyers to search and manage the process all in one place. Powerful AI uses large-language models and computer-vision, to read floor plans, and understand photos and descriptions of homes. (View Highlight)
- “All three co-founders have bought homes in the last few years, and we couldn’t believe how bad the process is at every stage. Some parts (like being in a chain or having complex legal issues) are tricky to solve, but just understanding the market with a great user experience should be easy. We didn’t understand why booking a holiday or buying a book online had better usability than buying a home for several hundred thousand pounds. We’ve set out to give home-buyers the fantastic experience they deserve, by giving them a suite of tools to help every step of the way.” (View Highlight)
- “Artificial intelligence and specifically large-language models are bringing new experiences and workflows to all aspects of our lives,” said Darian Shirazi, General Partner at Gradient Ventures.
“We’re excited to partner with Graham and the team at Jitty as they use LLMs and computer vision to reinvent the home buying experience completely.” Jitty plans to launch in the UK initially but will roll out into Europe and other markets shortly after this. (View Highlight)