2025: LLMs should prove reliability
Reflection on LLMs: 2024 showed broad capability but <90% reliability; 2025 focus is 99.9% quality. Includes OpenAI report 'AI in the Enterprise'.
Reflection on LLMs: 2024 showed broad capability but <90% reliability; 2025 focus is 99.9% quality. Includes OpenAI report 'AI in the Enterprise'.
Pavlos Loizou’s take on property valuation: data platforms overgeneralize and miss landlords’ emotions; an AI assistant that reads summaries first may improve acceptance.
Commentary on Ursula von der Leyen's 'EU Inc.' and the proposed "28th regime" to simplify rules so startups scale across the single market.
OpenAI pilot for group chats — ChatGPT aims to become a messenger; frequency stats show messaging could make it stickier and threaten AI startups.
Placy announces Meta Tech Provider status to simplify WhatsApp/Instagram/Facebook integration for realtors, with APIs, onboarding and Meta's support.
Founder insight: platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic can both enable growth and wipe out vertical startups; execution and trust matter more.
Practical steps to cut AWS costs: spot instances, Savings Plans, optimisations and ways to claim up to $100k in AWS credits (e.g., Spendbase promo).
DeepSeek V3.2 and V3.2‑Speciale (685B) match GPT‑5/Gemini in reasoning; open weights and aggressive pricing reshape AI product economics.
Future Unicorns Party at Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov 11, 7pm — speakers Oleg Khusaenov, Michael Bychenok, Eugene Zhiharev; registration: fienta.com/futureunicorns (code UNICORN)
AI trends, opportunities and early-adopter challenges at the Cyprus session on May 28; includes Business Meets Tech networking and promo code LMBI10.
Notes on Harry Stebbings’ “media+investments” VC model — how LinkedIn posts and the 20VC podcast helped a portfolio company reach $3.5m ARR.
One-day AI Forum in Limassol on Nov 24 with speakers from Microsoft, EPAM, HPE and more; promo code Placy20 for 20% off.
Founder-to-founder talk with Dr Randeep Gill on DentaCFO, AI for British dental clinics, lead recovery, real estate parallels and human-in-the-loop empathy.
Mitra Geranin, ex-CEO of a top car classifieds site, shares marketplace growth, remote-CEO life and marathon stories in the first Naturally Artificial filmed episode.
YellowRocks VC invites investors and founders to Open.Space Cyprus (Mar 20–22): an anti‑conference for candid, peer‑led networking and tactical startup advice.
M&A CFO Club and Cyprus Business Club present Cyprus Future Capital Forum 2026 in Limassol on April 22 — 300+ participants, 80+ investors, focus on real estate, crypto and AI.
Argument that businesses will soon need AI agents alongside website, phone and email; delaying adoption risks falling behind in the Agent Economy.
Sergey Osipov reflects on two decades as a founder: Placy AI, Naturally Artificial, and startup wisdom from Cyprus on fundraising and AI.
Sergey Osipov: AI Cyprus Expo panel at 10am this Friday — 'From first tool to full strategy'. Registration with 15% code SERGEY15; startups can apply to the ACE challenge.
Sam Altman's World partners with Tinder to verify dating profiles against deepfakes; a take on bots, AI profiles and the emerging 'proof of human' stack.