Using AI in your search

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by a searcher from Dalhousie University - Faculty of Management
in Miami Beach, FL, USA

1yr ago

Using AI in your search

Looking to understand the universe of opportunities to use and leverage AI in a search (self-funded or traditional).

Any personal experiences or tips using AI throughout your search journey would be appreciated!

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reply by a professional 1yr ago
from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga in Charlotte, NC, USA

Thanks for the tag ^redacted‌, I recently launched redacted with the goal to automate aspects of brokered search. The concept is simple: you provide your search criteria, and we scan multiple broker sites such as Transworld, Quiet Light, Website Closers, First Choice, etc. (currently around 5000 listings, + growing) and look for matches. Every match in your dashboard comes with an estimated match % as well as a short AI generated summary. Whenever new listings that match your criteria are added to a broker's site - you get notified and we add it to your dashboard as well.

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from The University of Chicago in Seattle, WA, USA

Thanks for the tag! I use perplexity and Gemini for research and now want to start using this GPT as well:

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