ANNA Money, an AI-powered business account and tax app, has become the first financial institution in the UK to prove its ability to work directly with Large Language Model (LLM) agents to complete company registration.
In recent tests, ANNA Money used an LLM agent as though it were a human customer who wanted to register a business. The LLM agent completed the entire journey through ANNA’s web interface – collecting all required details, navigating secure logins, completing identity checks, handling the payment process, and submitting the application to Companies House. It was then able to confirm that the new ANNA business account was open and ready, complete with a virtual card available for immediate use.
The news comes as agentic AI rapidly emerges as the next big shift in technology. Traditionally, company registration is one of the most complex and highly regulated onboarding processes for UK businesses.
“Frankly, the fact that it worked the first time was extraordinary,” explained Boris Diakonov, co-founder and co-CEO at ANNA. “LLM agents can struggle with something as common as checking in for a flight, yet here we saw it handle one of the most complicated and regulated sign-up processes in the UK – end-to-end, payment included. That’s a real milestone for agentic AI in financial services.”
While this success was achieved using ANNA’s existing systems, the company is already developing a dedicated ‘robot-ready’ integration to make the process even more seamless for LLMs and autonomous agents. The company also says that, in the near future, any AI-powered assistant embedded in a platform, app, or device will be able to register companies and open business accounts for their users in a matter of minutes.
“By being first to prove this capability, ANNA is positioning itself at the forefront of the AI-powered economy, where autonomous software doesn’t just assist people, it acts on their behalf to get things done,” Diakonov also added. “It’s a breakthrough that demonstrates ANNA’s leadership in financial innovation and its readiness for the next generation of digital business services.”
