πŸ—οΈ Building an AI-construction plans reader

At Downtobid, I work on the AI that powers our AI-construction plans reader. We did not get this product right on the first try. In fact, we made many attempts tweaking the AI and product output. Every 2-3 months, I would update the /estimator community on reddit. Our vision We’re building the world’s first AI-powered construction spreadsheet. GCs will be able to upload their plans and AI will instantly perform the following actions....

September 22, 2024 Β· 4 min Β· Andy Lee

πŸ—οΈ Raising $4.5m to modernize preconstruction

Over the course of 5 years building BasisBoard and Downtobid, we raised $4.5m of venture capital over 3 rounds. Our business did not achieve the venture outcome that we initially hoped for. That said, we managed to get the business to profitability and is now serving over 100+ customers in construction. The business continues to grow its customer-base and ARR, but is no longer on the VC-track. As founders, we continue to provide part-time support on the business....

September 21, 2024 Β· 1 min Β· Andy Lee