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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Misha ↗
In their words
started as three years ago to build an AI powered trip planner
and flights and we help companies place ads and bid on keywords in a much more efficient manner than what they're currently doing
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Quick answers
Who is Misha Plotkine?
The founder of MobyTrip, a trip-planning app that pitched on The Disruptors and was covered by BetaKit (2016-10-04) and Digital Trends (2016-08-15), which also names Anatoli Plotkine as co-founder. He is a 2010 Queen's Commerce graduate, per a Smith School of Business alumni note (summer 2016).
What did MobyTrip do?
It started around 2014 as an AI-assisted trip planner that built a full itinerary from a traveller's inputs and public data (TripAdvisor, Foursquare) and let groups edit and share it. After launching in August 2016, the team found the ranking technology more viable commercially and pivoted to placing and bidding on travel search ads for hotel and flight sellers, as Plotkine described on the TechTO TravelTechTO stage in July 2017 (3:49).
Has Misha Plotkine spoken at TechTO?
Yes. He sat on the TravelTechTO panel 'Machine Learning & AI in Travel' on July 17, 2017 (video published 2017-08-02), alongside Dan Christian of The Travel Corporation and Leon Katsnelson of IBM.
What is Misha Plotkine doing now?
Not verified. As of 2026-10-22 no public source read for this page states his current role. mobytrip.com still serves a travel-search homepage (copyright 2026) but names no team. The title shown here is the one he held on stage in 2017.