GameDev luddites are canceling AI! 👾

Claire Obscure: Expedition 33 just had two Indie Game Awards taken away. Because they didn’t tick a box “we used AI.” Even though the AI bits were removed before release

Organizers: “You lied on entry, so you’re out.” Awards moved to Sorry We’re Closed (Best Debut) and Blue Prince (Game of the Year). Moral panic

Kojima called AI unavoidable. Sven Vincke got roasted on Twitter. Daniel Vávra warned: don’t overlook AI or your rivals will eat your lunch. Players’ community tried to cancel them all too

Well, I could expect such a conservatism from realtors or accountants. But in Game-freaking-Dev?!!

By the way, I’ve played Expedition 33, it’s fantastic indeed. And you know why it’s “33”? It was built by the compact studio of just 33 heroes! Comparing with hundreds of devs in the typical titles of this quality and scale. Bigger ones, like Call of Duty, run by 2-3k people

I thought 33 made this possible because of AI automation. But, you see, this team is even cooler. They built such an amazing product almost without AI. Now they have nothing to lose, so they will start using AI to its full extent, I guess 🤖🚀

Welcome to modern GameDev, the island of AI morality!

#AI #IndieGameAwards #Expedition33 #BestDebut #GameOfTheYear #GameAwards #Kojima #Luddites

While we’re on video games: shoutout to my previous startup Playsense together with Valorant (Riot’s tactical shooter) for their Clio Award win in creativity 🏆 Cheers to the teams!

I'm just curious if creative agencies should expect penalties from ad festivals for the use of AI, following the Expedition33 case (above)?

#Creative #AdLife #Playsense #Valorant #RiotGames #Clio #Expedition33 #TheGameAwards

Half your team is software. Half is breathing. Leadership changes fast. I spot 5 models emerging:

• Augmented leadership. AI as your assistant
• Algorithmic. Full-stack AI companies, humans as the thin strategic layer
• Transparent. Robots talk, log, and expose everything (including your mistakes)
• Adaptive. Flexibility beats experience
• Collective Intelligence. Hybrid teams where AI becomes a partner, not a tool

I bet on the hybrid teams. But! More AI capability → more autonomy → more productivity → more concerns about bots’ rights and boundaries (which is the biggest non-tech question today)

The next 3 years will be an intensive leadership bootcamp. About becoming more ethical, strategic, adaptive. Not more techie

We had a great talk about this with psychologist and coach Andrey Evdokimov. Watch on my 👉 Naturally Artificial YouTube channel!

#AILeadership #AIEthics #AIStrategy #FutureOfWork #CollectiveIntelligence #AdaptiveLeadership

Training and running frontier models are extremely power‑intensive. Compute + electricity = AI destiny of the country 🤖

America has the holy trinity: chips, hyperscale cloud, ecosystems. A religion of Nvidia, AWS, and venture capital

China has coal, hydro, solar, nuclear. And the uncomfortable advantage of saying yes to power plants at scale, fast, without asking Twitter

The next 3 years promise to be hot

[Related post: DeepSeek is back on stage👾]

#AIInfrastructure #Compute #Datacenters #EnergyIsTheNewOil #GeopoliticsOfAI #FrontierModels #ChipsAndWires #AIArmsRace #RobotsNeedElectricity

Communities were Homo Sapiens’ greatest hack

Harari: The Cognitive Revolution, which occurred 70,000 years ago, enabled our ancestors to create myths and ideas that united large groups around shared beliefs and values

I love the idea that a product should be driven by the community, not just founders.😇Placy is powered by 8k+ wonderful folks (subscribers of this blog, our LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) Your feedback is the map. When one my post gets shared 20 times and another 2, it’s a blood pressure reading. You vote. I listen

Thanks for your views and likes this outgoing year. They’re soft currency, warm and immediate 😘

#Community #CognitiveRevolution #AI #Startup #Blog #Harari

Corp buzzwords evolved. Here’s what you’ll hear in 2026 😎

Marketer → Storyteller
Layoffs → Strategic talent rotation
GPU provider → Neocloud
Gambling → Prediction markets
Outsourcer → Forward deployed engineer
Private Equity → AI rollup
Series A → Pre-seed
ARR → Annualized Run Rate
Debt → Negative equity expansion
IT service → Full-stack startup
Automation → AI agents
Database → Vector store
Frontend dev → Design engineer
Marketing campaign → Viral growth hack
Shutdown → Community sunset event

What other corp euphemisms have you heard in 2025?

✈️ Share with colleagues who need to improve their biz slang 😉

#Innovation #Startups #AI #Entrepreneurship #VC #TechStartups #Community #TechTrends #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Technology

Placy🦄 AI Startup Insights turned into Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov

Two years ago I started this channel with a modest plan: gather 100-200 people to test Placy’s prototype. The MVP lived in Telegram, so I launched my blog here

By April 2024 we were >500 when the MVP was shipped. I discovered, wow, I’m an influencer! 😮

Thanks to your feedback and the team’s courage,😇Placy got its first clients and revenue in 2025. PMF found in Cyprus and Greece. Spain didn't give in right away, and the romantic phase continues in 2026. Also scaling to the UAE and UK

Eventually, Placy grew into a pretty young lady. And every startup is powered by AI these days. I’ve got fewer secrets. Now I talk more about last-mile-distribution and other founders' findings rather than our own product. And I love chatting with smart assholes who actually build

So, I announce the launch of Naturally Artificial! 🚀

Founder-to-founder talks in the age of AI. Mission-driven strategies, AI-first roll-ups, fundraising, and the usual insights around the industrial revolution

It’s dual media: Telegram to read, YouTube to watch. Cross-linked

Official language is English. But if guests prefer Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian (that I understand too), I’m ok to let them. We’ll add AI dubbing & English subs

My channel just got a new name (as you see above). Vibe unchanged. It’s still me typing this, not a bot, don’t worry 😉

Mantra: every modern business is a media business. Let’s see where this goes

#NaturallyArtificial #AI #Startups #Founders #PMF #Scale #Fundraising #Tech #StartupLife #Placy #Osipov