ICYMI: Big Tech Bonuses, Failed SaaS Growth, and Why AI Won’t Replace Your Electrician

Francesco Iorio, CEO of Augmenta, shares why electrical design is so complicated, how AI misconceptions are holding back the industry, and why automation is the only path to sustainable building design.

Find out why recreating software like Revit costs over 500 million dollars, how labor shortage is driving construction tech innovation, and hy error-free design is still years away but getting close.

What happens when AI hype, billion-dollar bets, and the cold reality of hardware vs. software collide? Plus, how to dominate LinkedIn without sounding like everyone else.

In this episode, Owen, Martin, Patric, and Dustin are joined by LinkedIn strategist Derek Wong to unpack which AI giant will actually have the best model by the end of August and why public betting markets might be getting it wrong, The surprising slowdown at Procore vs. Trimble’s surge, and why hardware “moats” can be a game-changer for tech companies.

Laura Paciano and Jack Joers from TestFit share how they’re collapsing two months of pursuit costs into a single day, why big tech giants keep failing in construction, and how one customer won $750,000 more business in their first year.

Find out why innovation is never asked for and how to educate markets on solutions they don’t know they need, how TestFit collapses the traditional 2-month feasibility process into one day with live collaboration, and why architects are the hardest to convince but quickest to adopt new technology once they decide.

The $275M Sale: BuildingConnected’s Sales Motion – Mike Pettinella – EARLY RELEASE

Mike Pettinella, CRO at OnSiteIQ and former VP of Sales at BuildingConnected, reveals the strategies that built one of construction tech’s biggest success stories.

Distribution Beats Product: Lessons From a Two-Time Founder- Maksim Markevich – EARLY RELEASE

Maksim Markevich, CEO of Sunbeam and co-founder of PVFarm, shares brutal truths about building AEC tech companies.

The Billion-Person Problem: How AI Will Replace Your Project Managers – Greg Lawton – EARLY RELEASE

Greg Lawton, CEO of Nodes and Links, is solving construction’s billion-person workforce shortage with AI – and the results speak for themselves.

How This CMO Built a 60% Word-of-Mouth Acquisition Engine – Matt Daly – EARLY RELEASE

DroneDeploy CMO Matt Daly reveals the blueprint for scaling construction tech companies—from building a 60% word-of-mouth acquisition engine to navigating the reality capture market consolidation.