Construction SaaS is slowing. Hardware is roaring back. And AI is playing Vegas odds.
In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:
📉 Procore delivers strong numbers but signals slowing growth (investors aren’t buying it).
🚜 Trimble raises forecasts, proving hardware + physical integration is the real moat.
🤖 Betting markets say Google beats OpenAI in the next AI race (but don’t count Anthropic out).
But that’s not all:
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Patric Hellermann explains why hardware is the “ultimate bathtub moat” (and why OpenAI wants in).
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Dustin DeVan unloads on Procore’s upsell model (“their bidding tool is trash”).
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Derek Wong joins to drop a masterclass on winning LinkedIn in AEC: content is the new box of donuts.
🎧 Listen now for:
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Why SaaS multiples are depressed and what Procore must do to regain vision.
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How Trimble turned tractors and GPS into a 52-week high.
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Why betting on AI models looks a lot like poker.
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The one mistake Procore made back in 2021 that might haunt them today.
🗣 Bonus: Some personal highlights
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Owen contemplates joining OpenAI for the $1.5m bonus.
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Patric still can’t resist bathtub metaphors.
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Dustin wonders if poker would’ve been easier money.
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Martin insists his engineering drawings are always 100% accurate (unlike Millennium Tower).
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