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Inspired by the Akiya (Newsletter #314)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Weekly Radar #336: DeepSeek, Proptech Index Up 2.57%, Autonomous Delivery Step, CES 2025 PropTech & ConTech, Amazon Be Cruising

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Zipline advances aerial drone delivery with its next-gen Platform 2, with the potential to improve efficiency, sustainability, and expanded healthcare access. * DeepSeek challenges AI giants with a cost-effective, high-performing open-source model. * CES 2025 showcases emerging PropTech and ConTech innovations. * Amazon expands into automotive e-commerce,

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Weekly Radar #335: Another Piercing Of 3D Printing's Armor and Company Town Hunting Ground

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Toyota's Woven City in Japan will showcases cutting-edge smart city technologies such as autonomous vehicles, dry cleaning and storage services. Building high-tech company towns can't be done without partners, which presents distribution opportunities for proptech startups and incumbents. * The bankruptcy

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State of the GEM 2025 (Transmission #315)

💡Editor's Note: The below essay was originally published for members of the GEM Diamond, Geek Estate's executive level networking group. This is the 5th year publishing our "State of the Union" (historical links at the bottom of this article) and we spend hours compiling

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Weekly Radar #334: All Hail Floor Plans, Flexing Yard, CBRE-Industrious, Divvying Up Divvy

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * The GEM Proptech Index increased 3.97% from the previous week. * The New Mexico MLS’s decision to require floor plans for listings by 2025 is a win for companies like CubiCasa and FloorPlanOnline, setting a precedent for other MLSs to follow in modernizing

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Building the Real Estate App Store (Newsletter #313)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Weekly Radar #333: A Wheely Good Solution To Wildfires, Sand And RC Toys, Vacasa Exits To Casago

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Home insurance is in crisis. Companies like Zillow are incorporating wildfire risk data into listings, and innovators like Lightship RV and Pebble are pioneering high-end mobile homes as a glimpse into potential solution for homeowners in wildfire-prone areas. * Casago acquired Vacasa for $5.02

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Weekly Radar #332: Your Unique Edge, Travel Planning Startup Woes, Mini Casita, $500M In Powder

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Travel planning startups have faced similar challenges as home search startups. * Founders must identify unique market insights that others miss to gain a competitive edge and attract investor confidence. * Fifth Wall is raising $500 million through its REACT Fund to expand investments in innovative

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Looking Forward to 2025: A Data Promise in a Machine World (Newsletter #312)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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2024 in the Rearview: Trends That Hit the Mark, and Missed (Transmission #311)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. In a wild wild year, the topic that dwarfed them all was the commission lawsuits and the NAR settlement. To miss it would

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Weekly Radar #331: Intangibles, Parking Lot Robotics, A (Near) STR Unicorn, Fairly Or Barely?

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * The importance of intangible qualities by founders cannot be understated when it comes to securing VC funding. * WeFunder's Jonny Price highlights the need for personalized outreach in successful crowdfunding campaigns. * 215 Robotics targets parking lot maintenance with advanced robotics in a massive

Funding Future Homeowners (Transmission #310)

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Funding Future Homeowners (Transmission #310)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. It’s safe to say that many parents want more ways to help their children build wealth. Many end up helping their offspring

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Weekly Radar #330: Tech-enabled Services Boost, Orbiting Compute Power

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * SERHANT. Technologies raised $45M to develop its AI platform and expand services, though skepticism surrounds its tech-enabled brokerage model and investor appeal. * Lumen Orbit secured $11M for space-based AI data centers using 24/7 solar power, with strong backing from NFX and other investors.

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Weekly Radar #329: Easy No Longer, VC Fundraising Milestones, Luxury Brokerage Union, Going Gray Man

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Compass merged with Christie’s and @properties in a $444M deal, consolidating two luxury brokerages. * 75 & Sunny outlined VC funding milestones to guide founders' 2025 fundraising efforts. * Greystar’s modular apartments are intended to cut costs and time but lack design innovation.

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Weekly Radar #328: Hiring Mode In Founder Mode, Where Danger Meets Opportunity

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * To thrive, the real estate industry must embrace change rather than live in the past by adopting tools like Final Offer and Local Logic and redefining value propositions, in order to address strategic threats while enhancing collaboration, transparency, and consumer engagement. * Brian Chesky, CEO

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Weekly Radar #327: Window To The (Climate) Goal, Powering Away The Darkness

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Tesla, EcoFlow, Bluetti, and Jackery offer energy solutions to minimize the impact of power outages, prompting an opportunity for pre-sale upgrades and self-sustaining solar-powered communities. * Aeroshield claims to improve window insulation by up to 65%, but affordability remains critical for retrofitting older buildings. * The

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Proptech Earnings Radar - Q3 2024 (Series V, Part VI)

Q3 results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category. We also included a table covering the top 27 companies in our wrap-up. Results were a mixed bag,

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Weekly Radar #326: Smoking Wood, $100M in Doors, Proptech Index Down 4.96%

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Doorloop raised a $100 million Series B to expand its property management software, but lacks differentiation in a crowded market dominated by established players like AppFolio, RealPage, and Yardi. * Plantd's grass-based building panels, now adopted by homebuilder D.R. Horton, present a

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Riding the 100% Adoption Bicycle (Transmission #309)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. [Adapted from Approaching 100% Adoption in Proptech.] WRITTEN BY: RIVERS PEARCE The puzzle of technology adoption has been wrestled with for years. Agents

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Weekly Radar #325: Climate Crosshairs & GEM Proptech Index Up 4.33%

Rooming Up the Ownership Equation (Transmission #308)

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Rooming Up the Ownership Equation (Transmission #308)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. We all know living with others brings down the cost of housing. Enter every sorority, fraternity, and college dorm ever as proof. To

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Weekly Radar #324: Construction Climate Calorie Counter, Turbo Charging Offers, CLT Beauty, Proptech's Collective Job Board

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Emidat’s platform streamlines low-cost EPDs, becoming essential for construction transparency. * TurboHome’s AI-driven buyer service is the latest to discount brokerage to launch, but faces all the same challenges. * Crow Holdings’ CLT building in Frisco showcases sustainable design that boosts productivity. * Arc’s

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Weekly Radar #323: No Brakes For EVs, Calling BS On The Anti-CCP Argument

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * D.C.'s new proposed EV bill boosts companies like GoPowerEV and Orange Charger in expanding charging infrastructure. * Reffkin's housing market claims face skepticism, and Compass's AI strategy questioned against longstanding likely to sell rivals like Revaluate. * The GEM

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Calling BS on the Anti-CCP Argument

The assault on Clear Cooperation Policy feels like all anyone is talking about over the last couple of months. AREA launched a petition to end it, but the most vocal critic has no doubt been Compass CEO Robert Reffkin. While in Seattle at CMLS, he spoke about "how the

Organizing the Coming Skyward Chaos (Transmission #307)

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Organizing the Coming Skyward Chaos (Transmission #307)

The future is one with many, many machines and devices navigating the airspace above us every minute of every day. With a range of 60 miles, Eva Air is building a full scale prototype of its eVOTL for passengers. Archer’s Midnight electric air taxis are coming. Draganfly is bringing