Should VCs be giving founders startup ideas? And… did Procore just declare war on half of construction tech?

In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:

💡 Why great companies never start from investor ideas

⚙️ Procore’s AI agent announcement and why it could spell trouble for startups like Trunk Tools & DataGrid

🧠 The browser wars are heating up, and what OpenAI’s “Atlas” means for Google

🔭 Plus: how Mechasys is turning blueprints into laser projections, and why Handoff is teaching AI to think like a contractor

But that’s not all:

  • Patric Hellermann drops truth bombs on why VCs can’t manufacture “outliers.”

  • Dustin DeVan explains why most AI startups are wrapping someone else’s data and why that’s a death sentence.

  • Martin asks the hard question: Is Procore’s data even usable?

  • And Owen calls out the industry’s obsession with vanity metrics (right after celebrating 740k views 😎).

🎧 Listen now for:

  • What makes an outlier founder

  • Why “Procore’s Agents” may not be as dangerous as everyone thinks

  • How Mechasys’ laser projectors could outshine robots

  • And how AI agents like Handoff are quietly rewriting the future of residential construction

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