Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
Founder-to-founder talk on AI disruption, roll-ups, raising capital in the EU, tech hubs and relocation. Strategy for a game where the rules change mid-play
Hosted by Sergey Osipov. Founder turned investor. 20 ventures, 1 unicorn, 30 years building, now backing others. Investing and interviewing are the same conversation
Every episode has two audio tracks, English and Russian. Switch with the gear icon over the video
Founder to founder, in an era where the boundary between natural and artificial is dissolving
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Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
Plenty of people fly to Web Summit and never see the expo. Don’t even buy a ticket. They come for the evenings. 100+ side events across Lisbon. That’s where the networking happens. And the money
I’m hosting one of the biggest. 300+ founders, investors, senior executives. Sold out the last 3 years. Future Unicorns Party by Zubr Capital. 3 entrepreneurs on stage, me asking the questions
• Arkadiy Dobkin, Founder of EPAM
• Oleg Khusaenov, Founder of Zubr Capital
• Vlad Kolomensky, Founder of Garna
📍 Lisbon, November 10, 7pm
Registration:
fienta.com/future-unicorns-party-by-zubr-capital-2
#WebSummit #Lisbon #VC #PrivateEquity
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Boot-strapping vs Seed-strapping? $50K + vibecoding instead of $500K. What happens to investor's math now? Played golf with Oleg Khusaenov, Zubr Capital. Late-stage investor. 18 holes at Minthis, Paphos ⛳ Episode in November on @Naturally_Artificial
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No Fuckups, No Unicorns 🤷 Thanks to everyone who came to my Fuckup Nights stand-up!
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Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
3rd AI Hackathon is done. 16 teams. 120 people. 4 minutes per pitch at the end of the day. Winner: Last Bite. Surplus food from restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, sold to customers at a fraction of the price. Food waste, solved by a marketplace
The difference from previous hackathons is prototype quality. Hello, vibecoding
• Half the teams ran out of time on the pitch
• A third couldn't say what they actually want from investors
But that's nothing new :)
Fantastic day in tech! Real networking, live education. Next stop: Limassol, in a couple of months
I didn’t film yesterday. But you can watch my video from our previous hackathon in Warsaw. It includes the lectures of Zubr Capital invest directors 👉 https://youtu.be/IYxKxLn-d0M
#AIHackathon #Vibecoding #VC #FoodWaste #Startup
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New episode: Jonathan Hill, founder of 1minus1 — 22 years in games marketing, platforms for Riot Games, Xbox and Tencent
The state of gaming marketing, and whether anyone still has a choice about AI. His answer: "You are not going to stop that wave coming in."
Watch on the channel
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Folks, let's inspect our vibecoding productivity. Vote plz
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Students & founders in Almaty 🚀🇰🇿 One day. No code. Walk out with a working AI prototype and a pitch to real investors by evening. Zubr Capital and I are hosting.Two ways in:
• Have an idea? Apply as founder. Grab a team. Build it
• No idea? Apply as participant. Get matched. Build it anyway
Mentors are investors & directors from Zubr's portfolio. They're there the whole day, not for a keynote and a photo. We ran this in Warsaw already — watch my film to feel how it went: https://youtu.be/IYxKxLn-d0M
🕐 Sept 19, 9:30–20:00
📍 Almaty
🗣 In Russian
Apply by Sept 12: league.zubrcapital.com/hackathon
Free, but spots limited. One day. Real investors. No excuses
#AIHackathon #Almaty #Startup #BuildInPublic
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🎬 THE GAME OUTSIDERS — a documentary in progress. Mass layoffs, cautious investors, players that hate AI. I'm not talking to the studios this time. I'm talking to the outsiders — marketing, creative, music, influencer agencies. The ones who carry a game to its audience. And the first ones cut when budgets tighten. Seven voices recorded so far. Swipe their quotes
Some are already out as podcast episodes — save for the flight back from Gamescom ;)
• AI is an excuse to fire people in gaming. Ex-Riot/Epic creative director, founder of Summoner, Matt Manarino:
YouTube https://youtu.be/XkeSYSFn3Hc
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0iJM1XUmFVUnzhhSLU56dW
• Creative agency in gaming — easiest biz to start. Alex Brodsky, Playsense CEO:
YouTube https://youtu.be/fNa5AA96PeE
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2chS0rvXvh9dYrAWwpMmlU
• GameDev done? AI backlash & post-pandemic hangover. xActivision xWargaming veteran Thaine Lyman:
YouTube https://youtu.be/UvuwpvJGiWs
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/4Jx01mDye95fbC2ePO0OTw
Follow @Naturally_Artificial for the movie release 🎥
#GameDev #GamingIndustry #AIinGaming #GameOutsiders
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The irony of an AI investor's favorite episode this month being the anti-AI one
"We don't use generative AI as a studio. And I don't think we ever would. Not in a million years"
Meet Matt Manarino, co-founder SUMMONER (ex Riot/Epic)
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"I hate it when we distinguish founders into female"
That's an investor saying it. On camera. And then the uncomfortable half of the answer: A woman with young kids and no support structure will not put 15 hours a day into a startup. It's a childcare problem
Stavriana Kofteros, W11 Ventures
What actually helps women founders more?
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