July 2024
“Domestic and international companies are beginning to actively use text and picture generation tools. Walmart claims that the time required to create advertising banners and campaigns in general has been slashed almost tenfold. Yet not every business manages to achieve such outstanding results, and a lot depends on how the process itself is structured. Carrefour and Metro reported a 15% to 30% increase in CTR after implementing content generation tools,” says Maksim Bolotskikh
February 2024
One in two companies are experimenting with AI-based solutions, and one in five companies have used generative AI, say Yakov and Partners experts Maxim Bolotskikh and Marina Dorokhova. 55% of companies working with AI implement solutions in customer service, 52% of respondents implement solutions in marketing and sales, 46% of companies work with AI in production
May 2024
E-commerce in Russia has proven to be more adept at leveraging artificial intelligence than brick and mortar retailers: GenAI technology is used by 67% of online sellers and only 10% of traditional businesses. These were the findings of a joint study by Yakov and Partners and Yandex. The main areas of AI implementation are marketing and sales, customer service and supply chains
June 2024
A joint study by Yakov and Partners and the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence places Russia among the most favorable countries for the development of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) along with Israel, Singapore, the US, and the UAE. However, according to the study, as of 2024, in none of the countries does the regulatory framework yet cover the entire lifecycle of GenAI-based services
December 2024
Electric cars will continue to gain popularity in the coming years: Maksim Bolotskikh, Partner at Yakov and Partners, predicts that the share of electric cars in total sales of passenger cars in Russia will reach 13–20% by 2030. The limited availability of charging stations is a deterrent to buying an electric car. According to a survey of motorists who are hesitant to buy an electric car, 42% of respondents name this factor as the main obstacle to making a purchase