Bricks And Bytes

99% of acquisition deals fail, but Britton Langdon beat the odds when a sneaky AI scraper accidentally announced his stealth startup to 30,000 people. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Britton Langdon and we got to learn about his journey from building M-Suite to launching BuildFactory, the hidden capacity problem in prefab shops, and why construction has more FOMO than any other...

"We acquired a robotics company that nobody knows about and robot costs just crashed from $100,000 to $15,000." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Matt Daly, CMO of DroneDeploy, and we got to learn about the hidden robotics revolution happening in construction, why most startups are choosing the wrong funding path, and how AI agents with "a million eyeballs" a...

"Hardware is hard" is the biggest lie in tech. Yet VCs keep repeating it while holding their iPhones - literally a piece of hardware that made Apple one of the world's biggest companies. In today's episode of Bricks & bytes, we had Nathan Kirchner and we got to learn about why the "hardware is hard" myth is killing innovation in construction, how to break through corporate inertia, and the rea...

"AI can create decent poetry way before it can deal with engineering work." This blew my mind during our conversation with Francesco Iorio, CEO of Augmenta. The construction industry is facing a massive problem. The gap between what technology can do and how we actually build is bigger than almost any other field. Francesco shared how his team is tackling electrical design automation - o...

"We can do a few thousand iterations a millisecond. That gives people, you know, no loading screens, right? I want to generate and then edit, right?" That's how Jack from TestFit described their AI-powered generative design that's completely changing how buildings get planned. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Laura Paciano and Jack from TestFit and we got to learn about how they're...

Every construction startup gets acquired for less than $100 million. That's what Yves Frinault was told when he pitched Fieldwire back in 2013. They called it the "$100 million curse" that killed every construction tech company. But Yves had a different plan. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Yves Frinault and we got to learn about how military training shaped his...

"We're building about 30 times more square footage this year than we did last year." That's what Vikas Enti told me. And he's not talking about some massive construction company. He's talking about a startup that's completely reimagining how homes get built. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Vikas Enti, CEO of Reframe Systems and former Amazon Robot...

From clearing landmines to building the "Google Maps of what's beneath the ground" - sometimes the most unexpected backgrounds create the biggest breakthroughs. Most people can't imagine that we don't actually know where underground utilities are buried. Yet there are 169,000 construction projects happening every single day in the US that need this critical information. In to...

"Hiring young, cheap marketers is actually more expensive than hiring experienced ones." That's just one of the eye-opening insights from Phil Carpenter, a fractional CMO who specializes in AEC tech startups. In today's episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we had Phil Carpenter and we got to learn about why most AEC startups fail at marketing, the hidden costs of inexperienced h...

"Bringing in a CRO too early is the death of any business. It's like bringing in Lewis Hamilton and saying drive my Fiat in a school zone." In today's episode of the Bricks & Bytes, we had Ricky from Deep Space and we got to learn about why most founders hire the wrong sales leadership at the wrong time, how to scale from zero to unicorn status, and the brutal reality of go-t...

"We're in an industry that loves ROI calculators... but the industry has built some sort of skepticism to these ROI calculators." This reality check from David Horesh hit different. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had David Horesh and we got to learn about why construction marketing is still a blue ocean, how to avoid the handshake trap, and why memes might be your sec...

"Pen and paper is still one of the largest competitors that construction tech has." That's what Kalyn Lengieza, owner of Grindstone Consultants, told us during our latest conversation. And honestly, it hit different. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Kalyn and we got to learn about why authenticity beats fancy tech features, how relationships still drive deals in o...

"I can't tell you how many times I'm on LinkedIn, see an AEC tech company post something, click their profile, and have NO IDEA what they do." That's Kevin Ferguson speaking - and if a product marketing expert in our industry can't figure out what these companies do, what chance do customers have? In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Kevin and we got to le...

"WhatsApp processes billion-dollar construction orders while ERPs sit unused as glorified data entry systems in Africa.." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Kagure Wamunyu from Jumba and we got to learn about how African tech companies must build entire ecosystems from scratch, why 60% of Kenya's GDP runs on mobile money, and how construction distribution works in e...

"We reacted too late to the labor shortage. Now we need to work smarter - it has to happen." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Tyler Campbell, host of Construction Brothers Podcast, and we got to learn about why construction tech keeps failing, the reality behind the $13 trillion industry myth, and how major projects still run on Excel spreadsheets... and many more! Ty...

This physicist turned construction revolutionary by building houses faster than McDonald's serves burgers! In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sits down with Oleg, co-founder of Cuby, who's cracked the code on industrial-scale homebuilding with mobile micro-factories that can pump out a 2,000 sq ft house every single day. Key topics discussed: Why construction is still stuck in the s...

"I make a horrible employee. I'm not a good employee at a big company." That's how Nitin Bhandari, third-time founder and CEO of Planera, describes why he keeps starting companies instead of joining them. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Nitin Bhandari and we got to learn about his journey from wireless networks to construction tech, the critical mistakes firs...

"We don't want this data to exist because if the owner knows it exists, they'll be all over us." This shocking confession from a contractor reveals the massive information gap plaguing the $2 trillion construction industry. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Ardalan Khosrowpour, CEO of OnsiteIQ, and we got to learn about why contractors intentionally hide projec...

Could mobile factories revolutionize homebuilding and solve the housing crisis? One company thinks they've cracked the code. In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sit down with Alex Gample, co-founder of Cuby, who's tackling America's housing shortage with a radical approach: containerized micro-factories that can be deployed anywhere to manufacture homes at $100-110 per square foo...

"Most software companies either get acquired or go out of business. If you start doing really well, they're either going to copy you or buy you." In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Geoff Tarrant from Payapps and we got to learn about how a $600 million construction tech exit really happens, why Australian startups must expand globally, and the brutal truth about fundr...

Most insurance carriers use 5-10 different systems just to price one submission. One CEO figured out how to do it in 12 hours instead of weeks. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Justin Levine and we got to learn about how he's revolutionizing construction insurance by rewarding tech adoption, scaling to double-digit millions in revenue, and why reality capture tools reduce c...

Lost $100,000 before even breaking ground on a construction project It happens more often than you think in the construction industry. In today's episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we had Victor Zhang from Trestle and we got to learn about the hidden profit leaks in construction, why phone calls still beat emails in B2B sales, and how AI is actually being used in construction tech... and ma...

"Construction scheduling is completely broken. We're still using PDF files and sticky notes to manage million-dollar projects." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Patrick Hennessy from Harkins Builders and we got to learn about why traditional project management tools are failing the construction industry, how AI could revolutionize daily site operations, and the br...

You may price a job for two years just to get the chance to build it." That's the brutal reality Trey Darnell shared about construction sales today. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Trey Darnell, Director of Sales at Ediphi, and we got to learn about why construction tech sales is completely broken, how most salespeople get it wrong, and why the industry desperately ne...

"When we launched PlanGrid, it was the only enterprise product on the iPad. Even Facebook refused to make an iPad app because Zuckerberg didn't believe in it." In today's episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we had Ralph Gootee and we got to learn about how PlanGrid became the first enterprise app on iPad, the brutal year-long acquisition process, and why pricing decisions can make or break your...