Two weeks ago we launched Bobyard for electrical (our first trade beyond landscaping). JJ, our Head of Engineering, on what comes next 👇 bobyard.com/electrical

We closed our Series A and said we'd be in a new trade within the year. With Bobyard Electrical launching today, we're ahead of schedule with several more trades on the way. We're using the same playbook to train AI on actual trade drawings so our models can read them like estimators, but way faster. This is how Bobyard will become the AI construction layer for the trades.

Estimators are some of the most talented people in your company. So why are they spending most of their day counting plans? @MartyGrunder and I talked through this answer on The Grow Show Podcast, out today.

Sat down to answer a few questions about Bobyard's huge 2.0 launch today. What I'm most excited about: material-centric takeoffs, a centralized AI workbench, and overall a platform that literally moves as fast as you can think. Check it out:

We take a lot for granted. Running the JFK promenade in GG park, morning walks at Crissy Field, sitting on the hill at Dolo. Beautiful spaces, and a lot of work went into breaking ground on them. Thousands of drawings, humans poring over those drawings, networks of subs and GCs making it all real. Before dirt moves, someone looks at a plan and figures out what it takes to build it. How many plants, how much pipe, what it costs. This process hasn't changed in decades. @JTLonsdale tried to get us to solve this problem years ago, and in my six years working with him he's normally a few years ahead of the curve (and we really should listen more sometimes). We explored it but the CV capabilities weren't quite there yet, and we never found the right team to pull it off. Then we met Michael Ding building what we'd imagined, but much much stronger. Bobyard's AI reads drawings like a seasoned estimator. The value and time to achieving it is truly remarkable. They started with landscaping, one of the hardest trades with the messiest drawings, and scaled quickly. Now they're expanding to framing, electrical, plumbing, and more. Proud to lead their Series A.

Michael dropped out of Stanford to take on one of the hardest problems in construction. His ambition and talent are a match for a great challenge of our time: making America affordable and functional again. Proud to back Michael & Bobyard, and you’ll see why.