Bricks And Bytes

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A show about construction technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Welcome to the Bricks and Bytes Podcast, where we bring together the worlds of construction, technology, and entrepreneurship. We explore the innovative ideas and groundbreaking advancements that are shaping the future of the industry.

  1. 1 day ago

    SpaceX Buys Cursor, Autodesk's $3.6B MaintainX Deal, Elon Musk's xAI vs Anthropic & The $8 Trillion AI Buildout

    SpaceX just paid $60 billion for Cursor. On this week's Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, Patric wasn't buying the logic: "Why in the world would you buy an independent gas station chain and think that makes you more competitive with your bigger oil producing rival?" His take: Cursor is a reseller of tokens. Owning it doesn't make you a better model company — just a bigger, more exposed gas station. We also dug into Autodesk's $3.6B MaintainX deal, why Palantir won't win construction, and the $8 trillion data center buildout. Full episode out now. 🎧 #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vc 00:00 Intro 01:31 How LinkedIn Is Changing Professional Communication 04:58 Why Construction Industry Data Can Be Misleading 08:48 Using Social Media for Professional Networking 12:44 Latest Construction Technology Developments 16:34 SpaceX Acquires Cursor: Industry Reaction 20:29 The Future of Tech Acquisitions and M&A 24:25 Residential Construction Software Explained 28:09 Construction Market Trends and Outlook 29:47 How the Global Economy Impacts Construction 33:00 Data Center Construction and Local Regulations 40:36 The Future of Construction Design Software 48:56 Corporate Skilled Trades Training Programs 51:56 IPOs, 401(k)s, and Investment Risk 52:47 Rethinking Retirement and Midlife 55:10 The Future of AI in Construction 56:44 Market Dynamics and Financial Deregulation 59:29 Tech Valuations and Market Sentiment 1:02:50 Construction Trade Technology Innovations 1:05:27 AI in Structural Engineering and Quality Assurance

    1hr 10min

  2. 4 days ago

    Procore's Response to Every AI Startup Trying to Replace Them

    The most overhyped term in construction tech right now? "AI-native startup." That's the take from Geoff Lewis, SVP of Product Management at Procore and co-founder of Honest Buildings (acquired by Procore), who joined us on Bricks & Bytes to talk about how an incumbent fights back in the AI era. Tune in to find out about: ✅ Why Procore says it has already neutralised the speed advantage of AI-native startups ✅ The submittal-checking agent that collapsed weeks of review into hours ✅ Geoff's five-year bet on autonomous agents running RFIs end to end ✅ Inside Procore's new capital planning and portfolio suite built for owners 🎧 Watch now on Spotify and YouTube. Link in the comments below! #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vc Our Sponsors: BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.co Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co Archdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com Chapters 00:00 Teaser 01:16 Introduction and Quickfire Questions 04:05 AI in Construction: Adoption and Challenges 12:18 Procore's Product Strategy and Customer Focus 16:57 AI Implementation and Future Prospects 23:38 Sponsors 25:39 AI Implementation and Future Prospects (cont.) 26:44 The Rise of AI Native Startups 29:28 AI Tools for Contractors 32:11 The Future of AI in Construction 34:15 Palantir vs. Procore: A Comparative Analysis 43:03 Procore's New Offerings for Owners 50:12 Lessons from Product Management Failures

    54 min

  3. 4 days ago

    Why One Construction Incident Can Wipe Out Project Profit

    "Every GC is one poorly managed incident away from wiping out the entire profit for the project." That line from Simon Elliott, CEO of Breadcrumb, set the tone for one of the sharpest conversations we've had on construction safety tech. We sat down with Simon to dig into why most safety tools miss the point, and why the real unlock isn't compliance, it's productivity. Tune in to find out about: ✅ Why "safety third" is the uncomfortable reality on many US job sites ✅ The hidden cost of the superintendent turning up at 3am just to clear paperwork ✅ What actually changes on site from day one to six months after going digital ✅ Why trusted field data is becoming the foundation for AI in construction ▶️ Watch on YouTube and Spotify. Our free Construction Safety Report. Download your copy here: https://bricks-bytes.com/downloads/construction-safety/ #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vc 00:00 Teaser 01:05 Introduction to Safety Technology in Construction 06:07 The Importance of Safety and Compliance 10:50 Technology's Role in Enhancing Safety 16:06 From Compliance to Productivity 21:02 Implementing Breadcrumb: A Case Study 30:58 The Future of Safety Technology 32:05 Integrating Technology in Construction 38:14 The Importance of Data in Safety Technology 42:04 Target Customers and Market Dynamics 51:01 Navigating the Competitive Landscape 56:57 The Future of Safety Technology in Construction

    1 hr
  4. Why Safety Data Is Worth Money, and Incidents Cost You 4-6%

    13 Jun

    Why Safety Data Is Worth Money, and Incidents Cost You 4-6%

    Spotify Description This week's briefing covers three shifts every construction leader should be watching. Workplace incidents in construction eat four to six percent of project cost. The average contractor makes two to three percent margin. That single comparison changes how you should think about safety technology, and this week the Bricks and Bytes State of Construction Safety Tech report goes live to prove it. Owen breaks down what touches your P&L: why your safety records are turning into a financial asset insurers will price off, why your next major client may force this tech on you before any regulator does, and which part of the hype to ignore for now. Then: the AI price war. Anthropic just released the most expensive model on the market the same week the Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI is weighing drastic price cuts. What that contradiction means for your software bills, and the two moves to make before your next renewal. And a trip to Paris, inside Vinci, a 300,000 person company built from 4,000 separate businesses, to answer one question: how does anything new actually survive at that scale? The answer connects straight back to why safety platforms live or die. Free Safety report below:https://bricks-bytes.com/downloads/construction-safety/ Join the argument in the comments of this week's LinkedIn post.

    18 min

  5. 12 Jun

    Are AI Startups Overvalued? Anthropic, IPOs & VC Horror Stories

    A VC fell asleep for 30+ minutes during a founder's pitch. The round stillclosed. This week on Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we traded the VC horror stories founders never forget, debated whether the hottest AI startups are just "reselling tokens," and brought on three founders fresh off funding rounds: Guy Saxelby (Earlytrade, $25M total raised), Adrian Rhaese (EnvioTech, €1M pre-seed) and Ben Waters (LightTable, $22M Series A). Tune in to find out about: ✅ Why Patrick calls Lovable, Cursor and Vercel "resellers of tokens" and what that means for their valuations ✅ How Earlytrade automates construction payments, with 10% of revenue already running with zero humans ✅ The streetlight startup saving cities 80% on energy while mapping how a whole city moves ✅ Dustin's no-mercy pushback on what it actually takes to be a "platform for pre-construction" Listen now on Spotify and YouTube. #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction#constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00 Intro 01:10 VC Horror Stories Founders Never Share 07:05 The Weirdest VC Behaviour We've Seen 13:01 Why AI Costs Are Eating Your Margins 19:15 Will AI Companies Ever IPO? 25:49 How to Find Early Product-Market Fit 33:24 Expanding Internationally: What Actually Works 40:09 Where Construction Tech Innovation Happens 45:48 The Growth Playbook for the Next 5 Years 56:56 The Hardest Lessons of Entrepreneurship 58:11 Why Timing Beats Everything in Business 58:19 How Perception Shapes Professional Success 59:10 Why Being Eccentric Is a Branding Advantage 01:02:07 Where Tech Meets Construction 01:04:09 AI That Actually Manages Construction Projects 01:10:10 Why Pre-Construction Is Where the Money Is 01:16:16 Mastering the Critical Path

    1hr 19min

  6. 11 Jun

    The Startup Using 2,000 AI Agents to Check Construction Drawings | $4.2M Seed Round

    "We have 2,000 agents going through your document, checking every single item in detail." This week we sat down with Brandon Smith and Raymond Zhao, co-founders of Structured AI, fresh off a $4.2M seed round they closed in just five days. Tune in to find out about: ✅ How Brandon went from training an AI fighter jet at 17 to building construction AI after a single Reddit message ✅ Why agentic AI finally cracks drawing review when traditional machine learning never could ✅ The deterministic, no-confidence-score system with a full audit trail your team can sign off on ✅ Where this goes next - an AI coworker that fixes errors straight back into your Revit model 🎧 Watch now on YouTube and Spotify. #aec #construction #constructiontech #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #ai #vc

    21 min

  7. 9 Jun

    Why Construction Companies Are Turning to Palantir?

    "I currently haven't found a use case in which I haven't been able to build." That was Brett Adams on what Palantir Foundry can do in construction. This week on Bricks & Bytes we sat down with Dan Julien (Chief Revenue Officer) and Brett Adams (Forward Deployed Engineer and Head of Construction) of ForgeSight, the i4C born team implementing Palantir Foundry across the AEC industry, to cut through the rumours about what Palantir is actually doing in construction. Tune in to find out about: ✅ Whether Palantir Foundry can really replace your ERP ✅ What "forward deployed engineering" actually means on a job site ✅ Whether Procore, Autodesk and Trimble survive a Palantir world ✅ How a contractor rebuilt its entire operation on Foundry in roughly a year 🎧 Watch now on Spotify and YouTube #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vc Our Sponsors: BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.co Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co Archdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com Chapters 00:00 Teaser 00:18 What Is Palantir & Why Construction? 02:36 Palantir Foundry Explained 05:16 Who You Need to Implement It 08:35 Do You Actually Need Palantir? 11:01 Real Use Cases in Construction 13:19 How to Implement Foundry & Integrate Data 22:00 Sponsor 25:01 Getting Your Data Into Foundry 28:40 How Long Does Implementation Take? 30:31 Solving Software Integration Challenges 33:06 Can Foundry Replace Your ERP? 36:22 The Future of ERP vs Palantir (SAP, Oracle) 39:31 Palantir for Non-Technical Teams 42:58 Case Study: How Kavanaugh Uses Foundry 46:02 How Much Does Palantir Cost? 48:03 Who Foundry Is Actually For 49:41 Use Cases for On-Site Workers 56:12 Solving Common Operational Headaches

    58 min
  8. Polestar's Designer Found Construction's Blind Spot, £3bn Burned on the Wrong Thing, + Incoming Safety Report

    6 Jun

    Polestar's Designer Found Construction's Blind Spot, £3bn Burned on the Wrong Thing, + Incoming Safety Report

    Seven men carrying one 140kg steel bar, on the biggest infrastructure project in Britain. The founder of Laing O'Rourke saw it and concluded that in fifty years, nothing had changed. This week's Executive Briefing is about the man he hired to fix it. Chetan Kotur designed cars at Volvo, launched Polestar globally, then spent three and a half years looking at construction with outsider's eyes. At our private fireside in London this week, he shared his diagnosis on the record for the first time. In this briefing: The industry that innovates daily or dies, versus the industry that fears innovation might kill itWhy nobody in construction checks what competitors are doing (and what Polestar did instead)56% of construction injuries are musculoskeletal. No other industry still accepts thisHinkley Point C: how a precision rebar factory turned a month of work into a single shiftThe pattern across Europe: Laing O'Rourke's lab, Bouygues' Scale One, Vinci's hired field, and why testing grounds are multiplying as construction's innovation wave goes physicalFrom a Paris stage: investor Patric (Foundamental) on why tech aimed at 2% of construction's cost base was always going to disappointThe two questions that expose a weak tech vendor in five minutesA first look at our State of Construction Safety Tech report, landing next week: incidents consume 4 to 6% of project cost in an industry running 2 to 3% margins

    21 min
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A show about construction technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Welcome to the Bricks and Bytes Podcast, where we bring together the worlds of construction, technology, and entrepreneurship. We explore the innovative ideas and groundbreaking advancements that are shaping the future of the industry.

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    Bricks And Bytes
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    319
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    Explicit
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