Bio
Serial entrepreneur Boris Diakonov is the co-founder and co-CEO of ANNA Money, the AI-powered business account that does your taxes.
ANNA was in Bloomberg’s 25 Startups To Watch in 2024; was in CB Insights’ Top 100 Fintech Startups of 2024; was ranked 26 in the Deloitte Fast 50; and ranked 18 in The Sunday Times 100 Tech list for 2025.
Boris was born in Russia in 1977. He studied theology at Centenary College of Louisiana in America and helped to build the college intranet, which kick started his love of the Internet and all things tech.
Abandoning his theological dreams, he returned to Russia and started Tochka, a digital bank for entrepreneurs, with Eduard Panteleev. After moving to the UK, he co-founded ANNA with Eduard in 2017.