Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Zubr Capital hosts a Future Unicorns Party at Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov 12 with speakers Yuri Gursky, Tanya Parfenyuk and Sergey Osipov — networking and 2-hour free bar.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Harari on the Cognitive Revolution and the idea that products should be driven by community; Placy powered by 8k+ subscribers and social feedback.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Placy founder update: 15 people, $1.5M raised, Placy Pro live in Cyprus, Greece and UK, 700 LinkedIn followers and first B2B subscription revenue.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Sergey Osipov introduces Placy — an AI real estate assistant with €1M pre-seed, Microsoft Startup Hub recognition and pilots in Cyprus, Athens, Dubai, London.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Placy update: Pro B2B onboarding and Placy v.0.3 B2C assistant — Perplexity-like search, Cyprus knowledge base, Azure microservices, early metrics.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Notes on friends-and-family/angel rounds for AI proptech: typical amounts ($250k), valuations, and why $50k is rarely enough — Placy founders' experience.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Founder Sergey Osipov discusses two growth paths for Placy: rapid global expansion vs validating product-market fit in pilot Cyprus/Greece markets.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Explains why many startups reinvest profits and investor funds into growth, later shifting to a 'milking' strategy and claiming profitability.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Placy announces open positions — Business Analyst, Account Manager, Backend/Prompt Engineer, Backend Developer; remote (EU timezones). Contacts included.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Reflection on LLMs: 2024 showed broad capability but <90% reliability; 2025 focus is 99.9% quality. Includes OpenAI report 'AI in the Enterprise'.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Raised €1M pre-seed, launched Placy Pro tests; now considering a €2M–€10M seed round, dilution trade-offs, Carta guidance on keeping ~55–60% founders' shares.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Timestamps to a video where Sergey Osipov explains what Placy is, the team's achievements, 2025 plans, Cyprus choice, competition and the main challenge.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Documentary on AI in Europe featuring Placy, island life in Cyprus and a community-chosen avatar; includes thoughts on AI risks and EU multimodality limits.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·OpenAI pilot for group chats — ChatGPT aims to become a messenger; frequency stats show messaging could make it stickier and threaten AI startups.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Founder update: Placy born on Halloween, MVP in July and €1M pre-seed; lead-qualification tool sold to B2B clients; leader in Cyprus expanding to Greece, Spain, UAE.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Cyprus posts ~3% GDP growth and a startup-friendly regime (2.5% IP Box, 0% dividends, grants), with a strong Russian-speaking IT community and active meetups.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Founder notes from Placy: prototyping an AI assistant in Telegram, R&D prototype success, recruiting traction and investor interest with 400 subscribers in 3 months.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Survey of 2,778 AI experts: 50% chance of major AI milestones by 2028; 37–51% assign ≥10% extinction risk. Placy Pro may reshape real estate jobs.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Notes on Harry Stebbings’ “media+investments” VC model — how LinkedIn posts and the 20VC podcast helped a portfolio company reach $3.5m ARR.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov·Sergey Osipov and Serikbay discuss AI, a $60M UBI trial, four-day weeks and wealth shifts as robots take work; a recorded chat with a linked YouTube episode.
