My Big Trends for 2025
Founder Sergey Osipov’s picks: AI agents, hyperpersonalization, 6G, IoT and skeptical takes on Web3, AI influencers and local AI for 2025.
Founder Sergey Osipov’s picks: AI agents, hyperpersonalization, 6G, IoT and skeptical takes on Web3, AI influencers and local AI for 2025.
Краткая выжимка речи Ilya Sutskever: peak data, конец pre-training, будущее — агентные системы и причинное мышление; авторские выводы про данные и монетизацию.
Recap of the Future Unicorns Party 2025 hosted in Lisbon — ~400 guests, a major Web Summit side event with talks and networking.
Pavlos Loizou’s take on property valuation: data platforms overgeneralize and miss landlords’ emotions; an AI assistant that reads summaries first may improve acceptance.
Reaction to Apple’s iMessage 'quantum‑secure messaging' pitch and the “harvest now, decrypt later” concern — marketing move or real security?
YC pushes founders toward full-stack AI companies (AI doing ~80% of work). Example: Placy — an AI sales assistant for real estate; platform vs tools debate.
Thoughts on how Gemini Agent and AI agents will make aggregators obsolete, push marketplaces to APIs, and force new business models in real estate.
Short take on Model Autophagy Disorder (MAD): AI trained on model-generated data degrades without fresh human data; image evokes uniform agents.
Self-teaching LLMs: AlphaZero precedent; self-generated reward models tested on Llama 2 70B outperforming Claude 2, Gemini Pro, GPT-4 (report).
Quick take on how Perplexity and SearchGPT change search economics: data owners get paid, marketplaces add AI, and paid search models emerge.
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.
Reflection on why property portals are stuck in a 2010s mindset and how AI (Simon Baker, Cian.ru reference) could trigger a seismic change.
Founder Sergey Osipov shares Placy’s 6‑month startup diary: Microsoft Startup Hub milestone, Cyprus pilot, and RealtyON Expo launch in Limassol.
About 400k .ai domains (~$40M ARR) and Anguilla's unexpected revenue; Placy Pro demo open for Cypriot, Greek (and soon British) realtors.
Comparison of "GPT from the box" shallow AI apps and deep AI apps, with examples (property portal, computer-vision game) and founder perspective.
Sergey Osipov on how AI startups can outcompete big corporations — conversation on the Made in Cyprus podcast with Martin Zarian. Links to YouTube, Spotify, Apple.
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.
On niche strategy for startups: AI assistants create new categories; Placy targets client relations, scheduling and follow-ups in real estate.
List of corporate euphemisms for 2026 (Marketer → Storyteller, Automation → AI agents) from Placy founder Sergey Osipov.
Sergey Osipov rebrands his channel from Placy to Naturally Artificial — founder-to-founder AI startup insights, PMF stories (Cyprus, Greece) and cross-media links.