AI is transforming the way we plan, design, construct and monitor all new and existing homes, office buildings and industrial warehouses. AI-enabled built world startups have received a total of $18.6bn in venture funding over the past 10 years, with close to half in the last two years alone. AI has the potential to enable us to design, build and operate better, greener and cheaper buildings using tools such as robotics, the Internet of Things, computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing and generative AI. Maximizing the technology’s potential will require huge innovation in the construction sector and the built world, particularly when it comes to data availability, automation and transparency.
