Aleksandra Telegina — Where Human Energy Meets the Future of Creativity
December 3, 2025
From Miami’s bold sensuality to New York’s intellectual pulse and Washington’s refined restraint, Paola Claudette moves through three worlds that shape her entrepreneurial vision. As the founder behind UHost and BNB Hyperion, she blends hospitality, design, and artificial intelligence with effortless aesthetic precision. Her approach reveals a future where technology serves humanity without sacrificing beauty.
Paola, living between Miami, New York, and Washington, you encounter very different cultures. How does this influence your perspective on design, service, and life in general?
Absolutely — moving between these three cities constantly shapes the way I see the world. Each one has a rhythm and personality of its own.
Miami inspires me with colour, spontaneity and sensuality; people live through experience, beauty and energy, teaching me to keep things bold and emotional. New York sharpens my mind — the pace, creativity and ambition push me to value design with purpose. Washington grounds me in heritage and clarity; service there is thoughtful, discreet, and a reminder that elegance often lives in simplicity.
Living among these contrasts allows me to curate a perspective that is simultaneously refined and emotionally intuitive — a balance of aesthetics, practicality, and human experience.
You attend New York Fashion Week and actively share your style on social media. Does fashion help you make creative decisions in your entrepreneurial ventures?
Definitely. Fashion isn’t just clothing to me — it’s a language. At Fashion Week, or when creating content, I observe how designers communicate identity, emotion, and innovation through form. That perspective flows directly into business.
Fashion teaches me to create experiences rather than products, to merge technology with emotion, and to remain forward-thinking without losing authenticity. In hospitality and AI, a strong aesthetic vision leads to decisions that are not just functional, but memorable. Fashion keeps my creativity awake.
Your ventures, UHost and BNB Hyperion, use AI. In a world where technology often replaces human interaction, how do you maintain a “human-centred” approach?
For me, technology should amplify humanity — not replace it. With UHost and BNB Hyperion, our AI tools support real people: hosts, travellers, property managers, and service teams.
The principle is simple: AI manages complexity so humans can focus on connection. We automate repetitive work, but empathy, judgement, and personal touch remain at the centre. Technology is the engine, but the human is always the driver.
Which technologies will radically change our lives in the next five years? What unexpected discoveries have you made about the possibilities of AI?
AI is evolving much faster than most people realise, and the next five years will transform our daily lives. I’m particularly fascinated by AGI — artificial general intelligence — which can reason, understand context, and may eventually develop a form of self-awareness. Witnessing early signs of that is both inspiring and humbling.
We will also see breakthroughs in hyper-personalised automation, AI-driven medical diagnostics, predictive systems capable of anticipating behaviour, and immersive environments blending physical and digital reality. The more I work with AI, the more I see that its potential goes beyond efficiency; it reshapes how we live, create, and experience the world.
Travel, sports, psychology, fashion, gastronomy — your interests are very “rich.” What small pleasures or daily rituals help you stay balanced?
My life moves quickly, so small rituals keep me grounded. I start my day with water and wellness routines, often taking a moment of silence or journaling before touching my phone. Training keeps me mentally sharp and emotionally steady. Beauty and skincare rituals feel like small acts of self-love.
Travelling, even for short escapes, reconnects me with inspiration. And the simplest pleasures — good coffee, beautiful design, and meaningful conversations — are often the most nourishing.
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