Company secures $6.2m to develop a connected model of building information, to advance its AI platform that reviews drawing sets for code, coordination, and specification conflicts
Archiboost, an AI platform designed to help AEC teams and building owners identify errors, omissions and coordination issues in construction documents, has announced $6.2 million in pre-seed and seed funding, led by Hanabi Capital and Marathon Venture Capital.
The funding will support the continued development of Archiboost’s AI platform, including the creation of a connected model of building information that links design elements to the requirements and decisions governing them.
At its heart, Archiboost is designed to replace the traditional, time-consuming process of experienced architects and engineers manually reviewing large document sets. According to the company, a single overlooked inconsistency can result in RFIs, redesigns, delays or costly changes on site.
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The platform analyses construction documents, identifies potential discrepancies and connects each finding to the relevant drawings, specifications and code requirements. It helps design teams resolve issues before documents are issued, general contractors identify conflicts before they are priced and built, and owners confirm that project deliverables meet their requirements before progressing to permitting, bidding or construction.
Archiboost’s team combines licensed architects and engineers with AI specialists with extensive experience producing and reviewing construction documents. As Georgios Kontominas, co-founder and CEO of Archiboost and a licensed architect (AIA), explains, “I’ve spent my career doing these reviews myself, the night before an issue date. Owners, contractors and design teams all need documents they can price, permit and build from without surprises. Every issue we flag has to stand up to the scrutiny of a licensed professional, because that’s who’s reading it.”
Archiboost’s AI tools support different stages of design and construction. Its AI QA/QC tool reviews drawings and related documents for errors, omissions and coordination conflicts, while Rus, its code compliance copilot, helps teams research local zoning and building code requirements.
The platform also includes a Construction Administration Agent (Beta) to assist with drafting RFI responses and submittal reviews, a BIM Detail Library for finding and reusing standard project details, and Firm Knowledge, which makes a practice’s design standards, documentation processes and accumulated knowledge more accessible to project teams.
Archiboost emphasises that its platform supports, rather than replaces, the professionals responsible for project decisions. Every finding links to its supporting documents and requirements, allowing teams to verify the information and take appropriate action.
For Archiboost, document review is just the starting point for a much broader vision. Today, information describing a building is fragmented across drawings, BIM models, specifications, building codes, owner requirements, RFIs and submittals. Although these documents all describe the same project, the relationships between them can be difficult to identify, track and maintain.
Archiboost is developing a connected model of building information that links design elements to the requirements and decisions governing them.
A door, for example, is more than a symbol on a floor plan. It is connected to multiple layers of project information, including a hardware schedule, a fire rating, accessibility requirements, specifications and potentially an RFI that has changed its design.
By connecting this information, Archiboost aims to show project teams how a change in one part of a project affects other areas, rather than simply highlighting individual discrepancies.
The company’s longer-term development plans include spatial reasoning across disciplines and change-impact analysis. These capabilities are intended to help project teams answer complex questions that no single drawing or specification can.
“Today, a project’s knowledge is spread across thousands of pages and a few people’s memories,” said Vasu Jogani, co-founder and CTO of Archiboost. “We’re connecting the drawings, specs, codes and decisions into one model of the building, and teaching AI to reason about it in space the way an experienced practitioner does.
“Checking documents is the first thing that unlocks. Coordinating a project as it changes, and answering questions for everyone on the team, comes next. Every answer traces back to its source, and professionals still make the call.”
