A Letter from the Founder

Eight years ago, I started my construction company, TomCo Solutions, with nothing more than a small credit line and a vision. Since then, I’ve 200x’d the company’s revenue, scaling from a small renovation outfit into a multi-million-dollar design-build firm that was recently recognized as the Best Architect 2025 and Finalist for Best GC by Creative Loafing’s 2025 Best of the Bay.

That growth came from finding a solution to an industry-wide problem:

The construction industry runs on outdated, slow, manual processes. It’s a sector that is starving for automation.

Streamlining outdated processes gets homeowners into their homes faster. It increases results, efficiencies, and revenue. But the solutions contractors needed didn’t exist…until now.

Today, I’m building the company that will automate the most time-consuming step: estimating.

I’m inviting you to join us as we build the AI platform that will transform construction forever.

— Tommy

More on me at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommywhitehead/

What We’re Building

AI Builder Company is an AI-driven automation platform that performs instant, intelligent construction takeoffs using generative AI + computer vision.

Think:

Artificial Intelligence + Visual Recognition + Deep Construction Knowledge = 1-Click Takeoffs

A construction takeoff is the process of defining, listing, and measuring the materials required for a project and then using that data to calculate the cost of materials and labor.

And it is, frankly, a huge time-suck.

Our prototype analyzes architectural plan legends and counts trained objects (electrical, plumbing, framing, etc.) with high accuracy. The result? Faster estimates and faster construction timelines.

We’re driving toward:

✓ Personalized “builder memory” trained on historical costs and methods

✓ Integration with industry-standard platforms

✓ Automated material quantity extraction

✓ Full architectural plan understanding

✓ Near instantaneous project-wide cost estimation

Manual takeoffs waste billions of dollars and millions of labor hours. The construction software sector is a $10+ billion global market that is growing every day as tech giants jump into the fray. However, while other companies claim to understand the complexities of takeoffs, ours is run and owned by an actual contractor.

Because of that advantage, our goal is to own the market as the first fully AI-native takeoff platform.

The Market Opportunity

Why AI Builder? Why now?

The construction industry is:

1. One of the least digitized industries in the world, which has slowed the rate of global construction productivity to only about 0.4% per year from 2000–2022, far behind other sectors
2. Losing upwards of $40 billion annually in the U.S. alone due to labor inefficiencies.
3. Undergoing a massive labor shortage, with a reduction of at least 40% in the next 5 years

Slow, manual takeoffs and inaccurate estimates are a huge time-suck that directly contribute to the overruns that plague big projects—an environment where large jobs already tend to run about 20% late and up to 80% over budget.

Currently, a single residential home construction takeoff requires 10 to 40+ hours to complete. Home construction, also requires not just one, but several takeoffs for electrical plans, HVAC, plumbing, etc. Complex or custom home construction takeoffs can take up to two weeks to complete as the estimator sources the materials, calculates costs, and compiles results.

AI Builder takes 19 seconds to do the same thing.

Our Competitive Advantage

Existing tools are:

1. Slow
2. Rule-based
3. Require manual correction
4. Not truly AI-driven

AI Builder was created by an actual contractor who has on-the-ground experience, not a software company taking existing AI applications and trying to jigsaw them together, hoping they’ll fit the unique needs of the building industry.

We’re harnessing the power of AI and transforming an old-school industry into a leaner, more efficient, and more accurate future.

That makes us the first system that can think like an estimator, not just draw boxes around objects. We see the bigger picture, and we see it from all directions.

Why We’ll Win

1. A Founder with Proven Hypergrowth: Tommy has grown TomCo Solutions from a small credit line to 200x and built a regionally-owned, award-winning construction company. That same trajectory and industry expertise is now being funneled into AI Builder.
2. A Technical Dream Team
3. Patrick Duffany, Co-Founder – Patrick Duffany is an AI/ML and Full-Stack Engineering expert with an M.S. in Engineering Management (Data Science). Skilled in Python, React, Flask, and TensorFlow, he builds secure, scalable, high-impact solutions for complex missions.
4. Jimmy Murray, Co-Founder, CTO – Jimmy Murray is a dynamic Solutions Architect blending data science, automation, and creative communication. With expertise in Python, Excel Macros, and AI, he builds intelligent systems that transform complex data into actionable insights
5. Real Industry Demand: AI Builder is not only being used at TomCo; it’s also being co-developed with an active construction firm which is facing the daily pain points we’re solving .
6. A Clear Path to 100x Revenue: With the workforce declining drastically, the demand is clear. Contractors around the world will want to reduce estimating time so they can spend more time actually building. This tool will dramatically reduce their estimation labor. Our target is to scale from pre-revenue to $100M ARR by Year 5 with 16,000 subscribers, with enterprise integrations driving exponential growth.

Traction

✔ Functional prototype

1. Electrical takeoff engine demo
2. Object recognition trained on multiple symbols
3. Architectural plan legend interpreter
4. API Interface with direct integration with CAD

✔ Pipeline of early adopters

Habit for Humanity Gulfside has already signed on to partner with AI Builder Company to increase productivity and provide a more cost-effective path to home ownership . We are currently working with other contracting firms to do the same for them.

Why We’re Raising Capital

1. Expand engineering + AI development: Accelerate training models, expand symbol libraries, and integrate real-time cost estimation.
2. Build a full SaaS platform
3. Subscription tiers
4. User dashboards
5. API for software partners
6. Marketplace integrations
7. Aggressively scale go-to-market
8. Strategic partnerships
9. Conferences & trade associations
10. Industry-wide demo campaign
11. Achieve 100x growth

Our goal is to build a $100 million-dollar revenue engine by owning the AI takeoff market.

Use of Funds ($1M Seed Raise)

1. Executive & engineering salaries: 32%
2. AI/ML development: 18%
3. Infrastructure (cloud, compute): 12%
4. Marketing & PR: 10%
5. G&A: 10%
6. Travel & conferences: 6%
7. Legal & compliance: 6%
8. Contingency: 12%

Our Vision

AI Builder wants to become the global AI backbone of the construction industry. We also want to give contractors their most valuable commodity: Time. Time to spend with their families, to develop their companies, to serve their customers. AI is the key to finding that time.

From blueprint to final build, we envision:

1. Fully automated takeoffs
2. Real-time cost forecasting
3. Integrated purchasing
4. Intelligent scheduling
5. Automated permitting assistance
6. Predictive project analytics

The future is autonomous building — and AI Builder will lead the transformation.

We’re opening this round to our community — builders, entrepreneurs, technologists, and early believers in what we’re creating.

This is your chance to own a piece of the future of construction.

Let’s build it together.