Our kids won't search online like we do
Quick take on how Perplexity and SearchGPT change search economics: data owners get paid, marketplaces add AI, and paid search models emerge.
Quick take on how Perplexity and SearchGPT change search economics: data owners get paid, marketplaces add AI, and paid search models emerge.
Founder insight: platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic can both enable growth and wipe out vertical startups; execution and trust matter more.
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 note on choosing primary B2C platform — LinkedIn is fixed for B2B; user counts for Cyprus+Greece and 2023 growth rates for major networks.
About 400k .ai domains (~$40M ARR) and Anguilla's unexpected revenue; Placy Pro demo open for Cypriot, Greek (and soon British) realtors.
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)
Microsoft's Copilot for Telegram arrives; regional limits for Russian SIMs noted and UX differences vs Placy highlighted (natural vs buttons).
Examples of growth experiments by Airbnb, PayPal, Canva and Facebook/LinkedIn; a quote on learning how to grow a business and a FirstRound link.
AI trends, opportunities and early-adopter challenges at the Cyprus session on May 28; includes Business Meets Tech networking and promo code LMBI10.
One-day AI Forum in Limassol on Nov 24 with speakers from Microsoft, EPAM, HPE and more; promo code Placy20 for 20% off.
Sergey Osipov on how US strengths (chips, cloud, VC) and China’s power capacity (coal, hydro, nuclear) shape AI infrastructure and geopolitics.
Apple focused on local intelligence: unified memory, Neural Engines and clustered Mac Minis as an affordable approach to AI compute.
List of startup accelerators open in January 2026, including Y Combinator, a16z speedrun, OpenAI Converge and many others for founders seeking funding.
Sergey Osipov outlines three UX schools for AI assistants—natural conversation, button-driven UX, and hybrid genUI—and invites input on Placy onboarding.
Footage from the PropTech panel at Elevate Summit with Sergey Osipov — photos from the session; more on Elevate Summit Instagram.
Argues AI-to-AI language is high-dimensional vectors (4,096+), faster and less ambiguous than words; references Villeneuve's Arrival and heptapod ink circles.
Placy seeks an AI Prompt Engineer (voice/text): design prompts, A/B tests, monitor in Langfuse, tune models (OpenAI/ElevenLabs); remote OK, Cyprus core.
Why per-seat SaaS is under threat as AI agents and token budgets replace headcount; notes including Mark Cuban on custom utilization and new vertical AI teams.
Sergey Osipov summarises PropTech 2026 in a 5-minute Doers Summit Dubai talk: why startups must learn to compete with bots; video link included.