My Official Blog

Hello and welcome.

I’m an AI consultant with an engineering background, helping founders and SMBs turn AI ambitions into working solutions. This blog is where I write about AI, the real opportunities, the hype, and what actually works.

Here is my official website: ilijalazarevic.com

What I Do

AI Strategy Consulting - Separating real AI opportunities from expensive noise. Clear-eyed assessments of where AI creates actual value.
Fractional CTO / Technical Leadership - Strategic direction with hands-on credibility, bridging technical teams and business goals.
Team Training & Enablement - Practical AI skills transfer, from software engineering essentials to daily AI usage.
Hands-On Implementation - Building production AI systems, from architecture to deployment.

Clients & Collaborations

OpenAnytime - Integrated AI capabilities into their resource management system, connecting internal APIs with LLMs and building a chatbot interface for non-technical users.
Smartocto - Drove the implementation of AI capabilities across the product, embracing generative AI applications early on.
Datakolektiv - Lecturer for the “Introduction to Data Science in Python” course, across 3 cohorts.

Speaking & Conferences

Talks

The promise of generative AI - Machine Learning Conference, 2025
From Algorithms to Assets: Data Science Meets Real Estate - DSC Europe, 2023
Real estate and property price prediction - Machine Learning Conference, 2023

Keynotes & Panels

How can Artificial Intelligence transform real estate investments? - Belgrade Property Forum 2023
AI in Real Estate: Transforming the Industry - REBEC 2024
The digital world of real estate: Reality, dilemmas and future - REBEC 2025

Media

Opportunities and dangers of AI - Newsmax Balkans, 2025

Other

Program coordinator - Machine Learning Conference 2025 and 2026
Course instructor - Introduction to Data Science in Python (Datakolektiv)
Workshop - Data Science Introduction (MLC 2023)

Ilija Lazarević

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