$1B for "safe AGI" startup 🤑
Ilya Sutskever’s SSI Inc. reportedly raised $1B for “safe superintelligence” research — ten people, $5B valuation and a debate about true safety.
Ilya Sutskever’s SSI Inc. reportedly raised $1B for “safe superintelligence” research — ten people, $5B valuation and a debate about true safety.
Placy update: Pro B2B onboarding and Placy v.0.3 B2C assistant — Perplexity-like search, Cyprus knowledge base, Azure microservices, early metrics.
Summary of Sam Altman's $60M UBI trial: $1,000/mo reduced stress and food insecurity in year one, but effects faded in years two–three.
Notes on friends-and-family/angel rounds for AI proptech: typical amounts ($250k), valuations, and why $50k is rarely enough — Placy founders' experience.
Short PropTech analysis: market growing ~16% and commission redistribution. Notes on Cyprus/Greece sales, cloud brokerages and AI assistants like Placy Pro.
Founder Sergey Osipov discusses two growth paths for Placy: rapid global expansion vs validating product-market fit in pilot Cyprus/Greece markets.
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.
Notes on Sam Altman’s two-hour interview — OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, board saga, computational power and high-stakes AGI competition.
Denmark plans to grant copyright over face, voice and body in 2025/26 — legal fines for deepfake misuse and platforms that ignore takedowns.
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.
Short take on Model Autophagy Disorder (MAD): AI trained on model-generated data degrades without fresh human data; image evokes uniform agents.
Placy announces Meta Tech Provider status to simplify WhatsApp/Instagram/Facebook integration for realtors, with APIs, onboarding and Meta's support.
Quick take on how Perplexity and SearchGPT change search economics: data owners get paid, marketplaces add AI, and paid search models emerge.
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.
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)
Notes on Y Combinator's 'Most promising areas for tech startups in 2024' — Placy/Placy Pro focus on Explainable AI and LLMs for legacy back-office automation.
Gartner predicts 25% drop in search volume by 2026 as users move to ChatGPT/Claude — marketplaces face bot-first traffic, pushing SEO/AEO over TV ads.
AI trends, opportunities and early-adopter challenges at the Cyprus session on May 28; includes Business Meets Tech networking and promo code LMBI10.