Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly utilised in the real estate industry to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making processes and offer personalised experiences to buyers and sellers. More and more startups and corporates are developing new value propositions along this value chain. We at PT1 believe that AI in real estate is revolutionary! PT1 is investing into more transformative real estate technologies, and we stand ready to support founders who are building in this space.

The housing industry is in a tough spot right now because of several problems. Some of the main issues are broken supply chains, rising costs and a shortage of labour. Factors such as global climate change, worldwide conflicts and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic are exacerbating the situation.

There is a big opportunity to turn traditional real estate assets into energy assets. Assets will play a crucial role in updating the energy infrastructure as the current one is developed for centralised energy generation. More and more Start-Ups are developing new value propositions along this value chain; fueled by economic incentives and heavy regulatory tailwinds.

The transition to net zero is underway. We need to minimise our emissions to have any hopes of maintaining our 1.5°C targets. Doing so requires

The UK’s energy grid needs help. Sometimes we generate too much renewable energy, and we have nowhere to put it, or we can’t move it to somewhere where it needs to go. This doesn’t sound like a problem, except having “extra electricity” flowing around the grid is bad.

One of the most hotly debated topics these days is people’s ongoing search for ways to cut their energy usage. Because for some regions and cities, gas prices have gone up by easily 100% within the year, or even just a couple of months, the increase in energy prices has become a financial threat even to the middle class.