A technology firm which designs coronavirus symptom scanners will be coming to Leeds this year and bringing 800 new jobs to it's new Leeds base.
The tech company Utterberry has bought a former cloth merchant's building in the city centre.
Utterberry is due to start operating in Leeds some time in October.
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The firm has previously been known for it's AI sensor technology used on the London Underground.
It said it wanted to recruit workers who had lost jobs due to the pandemic.
The machines scan wrists whilst using artificial intelligence to combine a variety of factors to create a 'risk profile'.
It has already proved successful in trials and hoped to to roll them out across the UK and worldwide.
They predicted the site, at the former Charles Walker & Son's furniture manufacturers on Sovereign Street, would create a minimum of 400 full-time and 400 part-time roles over next five years but numbers could reach 1,000.
Founder Heba Bevan OBE, who was born in Leeds, said she was particularly keen to attract more women into the traditionally male-dominated industry.
The business was looking for local workers who may have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and were keen to train potential employees, she added.
Heba Bevan said: "Our new AI hub in Leeds has been a lifelong dream of mine ever since I designed my very first robot at university."
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has also said that the investment is "fantastic news for Leeds".
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