The Proptech Podcast with Kylie Davis

In this episode, I have a fantastic conversation with Danny Assabgy , the founder of BuildBuddy and the CEO of the major home building company, Hudson Homes. Danny shares the revolutionary story behind BuildBuddy, a platform he founded to disrupt his own industry after a customer challenged him to admit that an owner could do a better job building their house. He realized the core value a builder...

In this episode, I'm joined by Lawrence Williamson from Avenue Bank, a PropTech with a banking license. And a warning to listeners, this is a seriously geeky episode where we dive deep into the world of bank guarantees, a critical but often overlooked financial instrument in commercial property.  Lawrence explains how Avenue Bank has disrupted this decades-old, paper-based process by digitizin...

In this episode, I'm joined by Vishal Gupta, the founder of Property Dollar, a company that recently won at the PropTech awards.  We dive into how Property Dollar is solving a national disaster, as Vishal puts it, by democratising property data and empowering buyers to make smarter decisions. He shares the challenges and lessons he's learned as a proptech entrepreneur, particularly the imp...

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Aonghus Stevens , the founder of Asseti . We discuss the company's journey, starting from its roots in the drone space to becoming an intelligent asset operations platform for commercial and industrial buildings.  Aonghus shares his unique background as a university-trained biologist and how that has informed his thinking that buildings are...

In this episode, I speak with Rebecca Moroney, founder and CEO of Wayscape, a recent winner at the PropTech Awards and a new player introducing AI for real estate businesses. Rebecca introduces me to "Dee," the platform's AI assistant, and explains how her single language model is specifically trained on real estate to handle everything from managing phone calls and social media to g...

In this episode, I interview Logan Nathan, the CEO of i4T Global, a proptech company that has transformed from a B2C idea to a powerful B2B solution for property and strata management.  We delve into the significant pain points in the industry, from the chaotic process of getting quotes to the critical issue of tradie compliance and explore insights on the role of AI, particularly "Agentic AI...

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Williams, the director of Core Vision, a company that has been a quiet achiever in the proptech space for nearly 20 years. Kevin shares his extensive background in software, from his early days at IBM to his entrepreneurial ventures in banking and e-filing. We dive into the story of Core Vision and its flagship product, mybuildings , a ve...

In this episode of the Proptech Podcast I interview Alex Antal from Secure Exchange part of the InfoTrack Group. Secure Exchange is a platform designed to make property transactions safer Alex explains how Secure Exchange helps real estate agents, buyers, sellers, and conveyancers work together securely throughout a real estate transaction without relying on email for sharing sensitive information...

In this episode, I chat with Ian Campbell. You might remember Ian. He was the founder of RiTA, Australia’s first real estate AI together with co-founder Dr Sarah Bell and the pair successfully exited the business after its sale to CoreLogic.  After a bit of a break, Ian is now  founder of the venture studio Bright Young Things. And in this episode, Ian shares his passion for startups and his journ...

The digitisation of local council and state planning regulations is creating massive new datasets that are revolutionising how we plan, design and approve new homes and communities. In tihs Proptech Panel we are joined by: Dr. Benjamin Coorey from Archistar.ai Will Sullivan from Propcode Tom Young from uDrew Hosted by Kylie Davis from Proptech Association Australia Hear how each innovator works wi...

We're bringing together industry experts from Proptrack, ValA, JLL Valuations, and Domain.com.au to delve into the cutting-edge technology transforming real estate valuation. Discover how data-driven innovation, artificial intelligence, and automation are shaping the accuracy and efficiency of property appraisals.

In this episode of The PropTech Podcast, I interview Clint Motley of Immersiv.

In this episode of The PropTech Podcast, I interview Shane Lavagna-Slater, the CEO of  RentPay, one of the new breed of rental payment apps. Rentpay is a platform designed to make rent collection and payment easier by giving renters flexible payment options, cashback rewards, and tools to help them manage their finances better in an environment that is more secure than just emailing your bank deta...

In today's episode, we are diving deep into the world of artificial intelligence and real estate with Chris McGoldrick, the founder of ListAssist. ListAssist is an innovative AI-powered platform that is revolutionising the way home buyers search for properties and how real estate agents engage with potential clients. Chris will share his journey of launching ListAssist and the unique challenge...

Welcome to the PropTech Podcast! In this episode, we are delving into the world of co-ownership and its potential to revolutionise modern property ownership.  My guests are Lynda Coker and Liz Rochaix, the co-founders of Co-operty, an innovative platform designed to simplify and streamline the co-ownership journey. Co-operty is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing aspiring homeowners: aff...

My guest in this episode is Michael Shaw, CEO of what at the time of the interview was a proptech called EnvisionVR, but they have, in the pursuant months, changed their name to Enviz. Enviz creates immersive experiences for new - as yet unbuilt - property through floorplans and property models. Enviz supports architects and CGI studios to upload 3D designs allowing buyers to experience fully the...

The first Virtual Reality headset was invented in 1968, and the technology got a huge bump in 2014 when Facebook bought Oculus VR, so why has it taken so long for real estate and property to embrace it? On our first Proptech Panel for 2024, our President, Kylie Davis explores three different and compelling use cases for VR across both residential and commercial real estate. Josh Callaghan from Lit...

Creating new value from existing assets is one of the big benefits of digital disruption. So how is this playing out in the commercial property sector? Our Proptech Panel for February explores new ways commercial property owners can improve efficiency and realise new revenue streams in their existing buildings to revitalise and add value to tenants without even moving a brick. Join our host Caroly...

Now one of the biggest growth categories in the Proptech Awards for 2023 was tech for developers and off the plan sales.  And our next guests are a brand new startup specialising in disgitising how land is sold. Landnow is a real time marketplace for land sales allowing the building industry to see exactly which blocks are available, their location and specifications to ensure they are suitable fo...

So buckle up for a niche - but super fascinating - Proptech in this episode with my guest Sean Lucas from Essensys.  Essensys deliver end to end solutions for digital access for flex spaces including connectivity, access control and network infrastructure.  Sounds simple but you know what they say - simple at the front means a lot of complication out the back. And the nature of shared office space...

Brene Brown said famously that data is a story with soul. And our next guest is a Proptech founder working to put the soul into the development of new communities through the smart use of data.  Jessica Christiansen-Franks is the co-founder and CEO of Neighbourlytics, a data company that specialises in helping developers understand what makes communities genuinely tick.  From online restaurant rev...

Now have you heard about the push to electrify Australia’s residential sector? It’s a concerted campaign driven by the Australian Government to meet a target where 82 per cent of our energy is generated through renewable sources rather than coal and gas by 2030. And to hit this target, the vast majority of Australia’s 12 million existing home owners need to switch their homes off fossil fuels and...

Why does building a property cost so much? Well a lot of the reason is because of the lack of efficiency in the building industry, the manual systems and handoffs and updates managed through phone calls, email and onsite visits, gaps in the supply chain, the demands of  governance which requires even more administrative work, and a lack of visibility across the entire process which culminates in d...

Now have you ever rushed into the office running late to realise once that you've left your security pass on the kitchen bench, or in a different handbag - and your day turns to custard because you need to be manually signed in? Or dashed out to a client coffee, left your pass on your desk and spent half an hour after the meeting trying to find someone to let you through the security barriers...

If you’re a real estate agent, you’re going to love this next podcast. My guest is Cameron Shroeder from a brand new proptech - started in just January this year - called FallbackAI. Fallback AI solves that problem that nearly all agents experience -  a dislike of cold calling. It is AI that clones your voice and sends a voice mail to your contacts so that instead of spending hours calling and hav...