Fresco
ActiveAI copilot for construction estimators
About
Fresco is an AI-powered takeoff and estimating for Division 8 construction (doors, frames, and hardware). Estimating Division 8 has always been brutally manual: flipping through hundreds of pages of specs, cross-referencing hardware sets, and building out schedules by hand. A single missed door or misread hardware group can kill a bid's margin. Fresco automates the entire takeoff process with 99% accuracy, cutting the time estimators spend on takeoffs by 70%. We've processed 3,000+ takeoffs for general contractors and Division 8 subs, and we're becoming the system of record for how this trade gets estimated. Division 8 is our beachhead: it's complex enough that AI creates massive value, and siloed enough that the incumbents haven't solved it. We're starting here and expanding across the spec trades.
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I'm a former NASA scientist who most recently spent 2 years running the sales and operations functions at a $45MM raised AI company. I’ve also spent time in VC and product. I’m a Brown grad who dropped out of Wharton to build Fresco, the scribe for construction superintendents.
I've been working with LLMs since 2018 and in renewables construction since 2022. Worked on AI @ Johns Hopkins, MIT, and TikTok. Currently building Fresco to automate material takeoffs.
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