·startup
How much money do we need to grow?
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.
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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
·ai agents
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.
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·ai
AI-Jesus is taking confessions in Switzerland
Short note on an AI-driven 'Jesus' hologram confessional in Switzerland, built with GPT‑4o; mentions Poland’s Nanochapel and the Nanochapel trend in Europe.
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·Ilya Sutskever
Ilya Sutskever’s speech summary
Краткая выжимка речи Ilya Sutskever: peak data, конец pre-training, будущее — агентные системы и причинное мышление; авторские выводы про данные и монетизацию.
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·talent profiling
Talent profiling from a 1-minute video
Idea for a talent profiling app: a 1-minute video + brief AI chat to assess fluency, age, emotions and honesty — like Placy but for recruiters.
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·proptech
Property valuation A0 tech in Pavlos Loizou’s story
Pavlos Loizou’s take on property valuation: data platforms overgeneralize and miss landlords’ emotions; an AI assistant that reads summaries first may improve acceptance.
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·Perplexity
Will Perplexity kill Google?
Short tech-market notes: Perplexity at ~0.5% share, AI search ~6% now and possibly 14% by 2028; Perplexity projects $40M revenue for 2024.
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·placy
Placy is now a Meta Tech Provider
Placy announces Meta Tech Provider status to simplify WhatsApp/Instagram/Facebook integration for realtors, with APIs, onboarding and Meta's support.
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·Placy
Progress update — 13 months of Placy
Placy founder update: 15 people, $1.5M raised, Placy Pro live in Cyprus, Greece and UK, 700 LinkedIn followers and first B2B subscription revenue.
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·eu inc
US exports startups, EU exports regulations
Commentary on Ursula von der Leyen's 'EU Inc.' and the proposed "28th regime" to simplify rules so startups scale across the single market.
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·emergence
Emergence
Geoffrey Hinton's idea of EMERGENCE: how simple systems yield unexpected capabilities in LLMs like ChatGPT and why unpredictability matters.
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·ai
I invite you to my place :)
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.
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