In this week's episode, we look at 3 innovative companies who are using existing technology and data such as satellite imagery, CCTV and even just Whatsapp to quickly build new products and help the industry solve problems.
These are all businesses I met at UKREiiF 2024 and have not yet had the chance to try them but thought their approaches were worth sharing.
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Matterport has visual data of 38 billion square feet of real estate across all asset classes across the globe. In this episode we dive into the potential that could be unleashed with this data when combined with Costar's value insight.
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In this episode we’re discussing the idea of not just doing things better, not just doing things faster but actually expanding what we are capable of doing with AI.
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Key AI news stories from Q1 2024 to keep you literate with the most important goings on. They are not specific real estate stories but, as ever, where there are relevancies to real estate these are mentioned.
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Key news stories from the first 8/9 weeks of 2024 to get on your radar.
Referenced news releases:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/claraludmir/2024/02/06/a-first-look-into-brands-shopping-experiences-on-apples-vision-pro/?sh=45cd9df2a8c3
https://investors.zillowgroup.com/investors/news-and-events/news/news-details/2024/Experience-the-future-of-home-tours-with-Zillow-Immerse-on-Apple-Vision-Pro/default.aspx
https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/google-1-billion-investment-in-a-new-uk-data-centre/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45397-7
https://www.monumental.co/posts/announcing-our-25-million-fundraise
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LLMs can generate life-like images and deep fakes, indiscernable from the real thing. Why, therefore, can it not generate useful floor plans?
In this episode, we explore the difference between the AI powering many of the real estate AI tools and the AI powering LLMs.
Why are they different? And how actually do LLMs help the more traditional AI tools?
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Will AI reduce an investor’s competitive edge?
This is one of the questions I have been fearfully asked a few times recently. Normally when people see the potential to use generative AI to design logical building layouts.
If everyone uses it, does everyone design the same the thing? Does everyone then bid the same price?
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A restaurant’s kitchen is effectively an on-site production unit, right? Could other retail spaces have on-site production in the future? And how would developers and investors have to change the way we design and shape our retail spaces to accomodate this?
Vivo Barefoot are looking to do this with the launch of their AI-enabled on-site custom scan-to-print concept: Vivo Biome. They’re compostable to boot! If this becomes a reality, and spreads to other products, it could profoundly change the way our retail units are designed (again ). More on-site production units, more ultra urban warehouses required.
Bespoke production could become the (affordable) norm. More Savile Row, less “stack em high, sell em cheap”.
It’s not a panacea: 3D printing does not work well for many materials; what if you want to return it?; it’s unlikely to produce the variety we’ve become used to with traditional models; unlikely to be cheaper than mass-production for a long time and so on.
However, it’s a step forward (ehem) in the right direction. Many organisations are working on similar things. However, as Vivo are a mostly vertically integrated company (more like Apple than Dell), I think they have the level of control which makes it more likely to happen.
Resources: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/13/vivo-barefoot-ethical-trainers
https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/vivobiome
https://balena.science/products/vivobiome
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Looking to success in other industries is one of the most exciting ways to see potential options for using AI in real estate.
In this episode we look at AI in biodiversity and new material development and consider how we could use similar tech to make advances in our built environment.
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A quick primer on how you can use Microsoft Copilot today to save you time in your real estate work.
Microsoft Copilot was launched this week (16/01/2024) for small businesses and individuals.
In this episode we share our two favourite use-cases so far whilst recognising that many more will come to light as we adopt this technology more!
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A short briefing on the $1.2trn business you may never have heard of: Nvidia. Nvidia has been critical to the recent leaps forward in AI and yet many people still have never heard of it.
This episode gives a brief introduction and touches on some of the main news stories around Nvidia and it's influence on the real estate world.
Mentions:
Dror Poleg's article on Nvidia's hybrid work approach:
https://www.drorpoleg.com/nvidia-the-distributed-rocketship/
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Could we design buildings directly from the ideas in our minds? This 10-min episode explores some (literally?) mind-boggling technology which can turn silent thoughts into text.
What does this mean for human communication broadly, but also more specifically, could we eventually use this kind of technology in design?
A quick update on three news items of the week: Microsofts £2.5bn investment in UK data centres, Google's new LLM and Deep Minds new material research and the potential improvements to batteries and PVs.
A short episode on AI safety, what are the known risks and what can we do about the unknown risks?
A short episode to keep you up to date with the AI and real estate world over the past week.
In this episode we explore Custom GPTs, what are they, why do we need them and how can we use them in real estate.
There's also a short explainer on the unfolding situation at OpenAI if you're interested in the goings-on in the AI business world!
A quick primer on ways to use Chat GPT Plus and plugins to save you time in your real estate work.
Note this is recorded in September 2023 and it's likely to be out of date pretty soon as the tech is moving SO fast in the AI world. I will endeavour to keep updating these episodes as soon as is relevant!
The Big Question - what will AI do to our jobs in real estate? And how can we prepare ourselves...
In this episode we look beneath the surface of recent reports stating that AI will take 300 million jobs to understand the real risks (and potential benefits) for the industry.
This episode is a recording of a live event titled "An Intro to AI in Real Estate" held in April 2023. The evening consisted of a panel discussion between three experts building AI, investing in AI and using AI within the real estate context. If you couldn't make it on the night, I hope you enjoy!
In this episode,s we explore some easy ways to integrate AI into your work today to make your life easier and more efficient. In this episode we look at how AI can speed up our use of excel, help us with mundane tasks like writing location descriptions and creating basic renders of buildings. DISCLAIMER: I expect this episode to age very badly! I hope that in 6 months, AI adoption will be so much deeper that everyone will be using it all the time and that this episode will sound as stupid as "how to use Google in your everyday real estate work" however, for now (in March 2023) adoption still feels low and I'm keen to spread the word!
How is deep learning different from machine learning in general? In this episode we discuss why we believe it's the key for AI and real estate to work together and make meaningful change...
