OpenAI and Sidekick Discuss How AI Supercharges Agent Performance
The "agentic" future of AI technology is a breakthrough benefit for agents and brokerages.
It was 8 degrees outside in NYC last week, but the temperature was high in the Main Ballroom of the Midtown Hilton as OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and Sidekick, the leading “agentic” AI Assistant for the real estate industry, took the stage to kickoff the 2025 Inman Connect conference.
The takeaway? 2025 is going to be the breakout year for AI adoption within the real estate community.
Where AI Is Headed
Ashton Summers from OpenAI began by explaining the rapid advancement in AI capabilities.
ChatGPT > Reasoning Models > “Agentic” AI
What began as a revolutionary chatbot (ChatGPT) has evolved into “reasoning” models which can perform much more complex, thoughtful work. This concept of “fast v. slow” AI came to life through live demonstrations of OpenAI’s new o1 model, which, when given the same prompt as ChatGPT, was able to deliver a much more sophisticated output (albeit with slightly longer time spent “thinking”).
The next evolution beyond the Reasoning model series is “Agentic” AI, which became reality last week with OpenAI’s research release of Operator. Operator is capable of performing tasks like booking a restaurant reservation by understanding a prompt and performing multiple actions in a row, including using a web browser independently.
What This Means For Real Estate
Michael from Sidekick demonstrated real examples of how agents in Los Angeles are using these advanced technologies to better support their clients in finding leases in the aftermath of the devastating fires. Leveraging these powerful AI models, Sidekick is able to go from a blank sheet of paper to an enormous amount of data driven research, analysis, synthesis, emailing, and scheduling all within a matter of minutes.
Beyond Sidekick’s speed, its affordable value is only made possible by the reductions in computing cost which underly the use of these AI models: 150x cheaper in less than 2 years.
Where We Go From Here
The pace of development is increasing and the technologies developed by OpenAI and Sidekick are quickly becoming superpowers for real estate agents who take full advantage of their capabilities.
What would you do with 90% of your time back? Let us know in the comments and if you’re in Los Angeles and Miami, start your free Sidekick trial (free for Los Angeles agents for the rest of 2025).
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