Antony Slumbers is a leading voice on the future of real estate, keynote speaker, and educator on AI for property leaders.
Antony Slumbers doesn't just talk PropTech—he created it. Long before "PropTech" was even a word, he launched the UK's first commercial real estate website in 1995. Now he's teaching the industry how to survive what's coming next.
This isn't your typical tech cheerleading session. Antony cuts through the noise to explain why PropTech's cooling hype actually signals its maturation. The party's over. Now comes the real work.
The brutal truth? Most real estate companies are trapped in silos, burning millions on point solutions that don't talk to each other. Meanwhile, smart operators are building ecosystems that orchestrate data, tools, and trust into genuine competitive advantages.
We dive into Space as a Service—Antony's concept that predicted the death of the 20-year lease. Real estate has flipped from creating bonds for investors to creating experiences for humans. Miss this shift, and you're toast.
Then there's Generative AI. MIT just dropped a bombshell: 95% of corporate AI projects are failing spectacularly. We break down why this mirrors every tech adoption cycle in history—and what the winning 5% are doing differently.
The warning is clear: Companies that don't master these tools will face competitors operating at 5-10x their speed. It's "slowly then suddenly" time.
We close with Antony's unfiltered take on tech hype. Spoiler: he really hates the Metaverse.
Timestamps:
00:00 – From art history to PropTech pioneer
01:58 – Launching the UK's first real estate website (1995)
02:18 – PropTech reality: hype is cooling, adoption is heating up
03:58 – Why big firms waste millions on innovation theater
06:01 – Breaking silos: the only way forward
17:05 – Space as a Service: bonds are dead, experiences win
24:25 – GenAI's 95% failure rate (and what works)
30:00 – The "slowly then suddenly" competitive apocalypse
38:27 – Tech rants: why the Metaverse is anti-human
You can watch the Video Podcast on Spotify or my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@charlesreedanderson
Stay tuned, I'll be releasing 10 - 15 "60 Second Insight" video shorts at: https://www.youtube.com/@charlesreedanderson/shorts
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More information:
Follow Antony on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyslumbers/
More on Antony's Gen AI for Real Estate Course: https://www.antonyslumbers.com/
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