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Was that Klarna<\/a> CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski on the screen or an AI clone?<\/p>\n When “buy now, pay later” fintech company Klarna reported its first-quarter financial results this week via video<\/a>, it placed a realistic AI clone of Siemiatkowski, 43, front and center. The clone started the one-minute, 23-second presentation by admitting it was an “AI avatar, here to share Klarna’s Q1 2025 highlights.”<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>‘Not Necessarily Super Excited About This’: Klarna’s CEO Says AI Can Take Over All Jobs, Including His Own<\/a><\/p>\n According to Klarna’s first quarter 2025 results<\/a>, the company hit 100 million active consumers in the first quarter of 2025, a new record and the fastest growth in two years. Klarna also delivered its fourth profitable quarter in a row, achieving an adjusted operating profit of $3 million. Revenue rose 15% year-over-year to $701 million for Q1, with the U.S. driving 33% of that growth.<\/p>\n On the call, Siemiatkowski’s likeness voiced that AI was the reason behind the company’s growth. Klarna said that 96% of its roughly 3,000 employees<\/a> use AI daily, resulting in a 152% increase in revenue per employee since the first quarter of 2023. The company is aiming to eventually reach $1 million in revenue per employee with the help of AI, up from $575,000 per worker<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n “AI is helping us work smarter, scale faster, and deliver more value,” the AI clone stated.<\/p>\n Despite being upfront with the admission that it was an AI clone giving the results, Entrepreneur<\/i> had a hard time telling the AI apart from Siemiatkowski.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Duolingo Put Its Sarcastic Teen Chatbot to Work on Its Earnings Call<\/a><\/p>\n