·cyprus
Cyprus is becoming Mediterranean Estonia
Local startup ecosystem in Cyprus is the fastest-growing in the region; IT sector rose to 16% of GDP, with supporting data in the linked analysis.
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Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
Hi, I’m Sergey Osipov (@s_osipov) 🦄 Unicorn co-founder. Investor 🎙️ Host of Naturally Artificial founder-to-founder talks in the AI era 💡 Join for unfiltered startup wisdom! #AI #Startup #RollUps #Founders #Investing #Tech
·web summit
Future Unicorns Party — Web Summit, Lisbon (Nov 11)
Future Unicorns Party at Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov 11 with Oleg Khusaenov, Michael Bychenok, Eugene Zhikharev; moderator Sergey Osipov. Tickets: fienta.com/futureunicorns
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·hackathon
Zubr Capital Young Hackathon in Limassol
One-day Zubr Capital Young Hackathon on Oct 23 in Limassol — mentor-led teams, AI-assisted MVP building; register by October 19.
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·ai
Your biggest partner is your biggest threat
Founder insight: platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic can both enable growth and wipe out vertical startups; execution and trust matter more.
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·ai minister
Albania appointed an AI Minister — Diella
Brief note on Diella, Albania’s AI 'minister' for public procurement — a PR-forward GovTech experiment that raises transparency questions and GPT limits.
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·ai
The red ocean is turning blue: AI startups vs big firms
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.
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·openai
Want to invest in OpenAI? Get in line, man!
Sam secures a private $8.3B check in a $40B round; OpenAI projects $12B–$20B ARR for 2025; Anthropic raising $5B at $170B.
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·deepfakes
Humans finally get IP rights... to their humanity
Denmark plans to grant copyright over face, voice and body in 2025/26 — legal fines for deepfake misuse and platforms that ignore takedowns.
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·marketplaces
Marketplaces start losing organic audience
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.
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·ai startups
Robots don’t need stock option plans, right?
Observation: despite automation, industry data show option pools growing; founders should reserve about 12% for team equity in AI startups.
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·ai agents
Realtors will pay marketplaces to show listings to robots
Thoughts on how Gemini Agent and AI agents will make aggregators obsolete, push marketplaces to APIs, and force new business models in real estate.
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·vertical ai
Vertical AI startups are not sexy anymore?
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.
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