Business Finland has granted funding to Linear’s project, which will lay the foundation for next-generation real estate services on a global scale.
Business Finland is a government organization supporting the growth and innovation of Finnish companies. The purpose of Business Finland’s research and development funding is to support the development of new products, services, technologies, and business models. In Linear’s case, the funding targets an early-stage research project aimed at exploring how generative artificial intelligence models can be leveraged for property analysis and stakeholder matching. The company is also making a significant investment in research, bringing the total project funding to as much as 300,000 euros. This allows the project to be implemented on a scale that advances the entire industry in terms of AI learning.
“We are exploring new neural network–based methods that enable AI to assess property similarities by utilizing their data as a unified whole. Our goal is to allow for more accurate comparison and grouping of properties, helping agents, sellers, and buyers connect more effectively. We are already eager to see the results; in addition to improving stakeholder matching, the research could open up entirely new applications for AI, such as property searches based on images and text, as well as more advanced automatic completion of property data,” says Ville Lähteenlahti, Doctor of Philosophy and Machine Learning Scientist at Linear.
Harnessing AI for real estate needs is familiar territory for Linear. From the early stages, the company has invested in exploring, testing, and applying AI’s potential. The project funded by Business Finland is part of a broader, ongoing investment in AI-based solutions. For example, Linear was the first in Finland, and among the first worldwide, to launch an AI-powered tool called AIDA, which writes property descriptions on behalf of agents. The tool has been available to Linear users for several years, and its applications continue to expand.
The new era calls for new solutions, and Linear is once again at the forefront of developing them. Funding that complements the company’s own investment enables an innovation-driven approach, potentially giving rise to industry-wide transformative practices. The research also lays the groundwork for future, smarter, and globally scalable applications for the real estate sector. At the same time, Linear reinforces its role as an expert in the transition toward AI-assisted real estate services, where humans and technology do not exclude each other, but complement one another.
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