TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company has developed a new neural rendering technology that makes it possible to take a small number of photos to generate, shade and render a photo-realistic 3D model of a product. In other words: you can see a 3D image of the product you’re considering in a VR headset. Image Credits: Luma. Image Credits: Luma.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Construction as an industry has evolved with civilization through the ages. Construction’s digital transformation journey is only just beginning, and the sector offers a ton of space for innovation. To get a clear picture of where construction tech stands today, we spoke with five active investors in the space.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Doxel , which has developed software that uses computer vision to help track and monitor progress on construction job sites, announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. It was the first time I was made aware of the impact construction can have on livelihoods,” Ladha told TechCrunch. trillion-dollar industry.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

InstaSwab got some good ink in the design world due to its complex geometrical build constructed from ultra-thin polymer fibers measuring less than the width of a human hair. Along with the funding, OPT confirmed that LumiraDx has added it to its list of approved swabs — the first 3D-printed product to earn that distinction. “As

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 Construction tech startup Agora raises $33M in Tiger Global-led round amid 760% YoY ARR growth. million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up. million and an additional $1.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Founded in 2013, the Bay Area-based company provides centimeter-accurate 3D scanning services, primarily for construction sites and mining operations. It provides the 3D mapping software, as well as a base station with an edge processor, known as the Edge 1. Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Late last year, Skydio brought on additional senior talent to help it address enterprise and government customers, including a software development lead who had experience at Tesla and 3D printing company Carbon. Skydio also hired two Samsara executives at the same time to work on product and engineering. Skydio’s U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

It uses a digital fabrication process, such as 3D design files fed to cold-formed steel and Computer Numerical Control machines, to design and produce new homes. At first, the company was focused on construction ADUs (accessory dwelling units), but now it is building multi-family homes and single-family homes at scale. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

The company has now developed 26 end-of-arm robotic tools, on top of a 3D printing system that can print concrete for exterior, interior and roof structures. housing market. The side-effect of adding a slice of robotics to the mix is that homes that used to take nine months to build can now be instantiated into existence in a month or so.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

The Kimoa E-Bike is made-to-measure for each rider, due to its custom 3D-printed carbon fiber frame, which is built by Arevo, an additive manufacturing company. In 2020, Arevo launched its own 3D-printed e-bike company, Superstrata. . That’s also due to Arevo’s method for 3D printing. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The biggest difference between the two companies, according to Geary, is that Mighty Buildings is focused on innovation in construction with its 3D-printed method. . “We We decided early on that we didn’t want to reinvent the wheel from the construction standpoint,” Geary said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 For the construction phase, the kit of parts enables developers to produce large multi-tenant apartment blocks with minimal up-front investment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

10 January 2020, Berlin: Doctor Olaf Göing, chief physician of the clinic for internal medicine at the Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, tests mixed-reality 3D glasses for use in cardiology. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Stephane Levy, a construction industry veteran, is of the persuasion that technology can solve many of these issues. “Construction and property management are among the last major industries to digitize. ” Applying AI to building design. But the field of architecture is notoriously slow to adopt new processes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Founded in 2018, San Francisco-based Atmos touts that with its tech, homebuyers are able to select land, design a home within their budget and approve the design using 3D tech. Once a builder is solidified, construction can begin. million raised in Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures.

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CIO

AUGUST 16, 2022

billion, according to a report by MarketsAndMarkets.com, and the infrastructure and architectural engineering and construction (AEC) industries are integral to this growth. We’ve seen an uptake in live digital twins in recent months,” says Martin Rapos, CEO of 3D BIM developer Akular. “In A real-time system of record.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

The company’s paid customers include construction firms like Stantec and ARCO National Construction, architecture firms SOM and Ennead, and Airbnb, Cornell University and the State University of New York. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar trillion-dollar industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Within 20 minutes, the team will have generated a high-resolution 3D model of the property down to the centimeter. A Firemaps house in 3D model form with typical hardening options and associated prices. Image Credits: Firemaps.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. Cocos is best known for its cross-platform, open source engine for 2D mobile games, but many have argued it has fallen behind in the 3D era.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Qarnot started with electric heaters for construction companies looking for heaters for their new buildings. At the other end, companies such as BNP Paribas, Société Générale and 3D animation studio Illumination are renting those servers for their own needs. Qarnot could profoundly change the data center industry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

An easing of laws around the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) around the U.S. What followed was an over a year-long nightmare and process around the feasibility, permitting and construction,” Czarnecki recalls. That company said it is focused on innovation in construction with a 3D-printed method.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

We 3D printed it and actually used some tape on the inside to keep things in place. While you’re showing off your first device, gauge people’s responses and ask for both initial impressions and constructive feedback. For example, we made a small digital display device for a supermarket shelf that could be powered wirelessly.

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The Crazy Programmer

DECEMBER 13, 2020

HTML is the Hyper-Text Language Markup, also know as labeling language to design and construct web pages. A GPU is a specially designed microprocessor for 3D graphics processing. Network Media & 3D Internet. 3D Optical Storage Technology. HTML HyperText Markup Language. Personal Computer and AutoCAD. Cloud Storage.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

PassiveLogic hosts a software environment, Autonomy Studio, where customers can create building system models from CAD or 3D models. London-based SenSat creates digital twin models of locations for construction, mining, and energy projects. PassiveLogic’s Hive controller.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

West said one example of that would be the firm’s investment in 3D home printing startup ICON Technologies. “It’s an incredible company to work with, but it is a big mission, and changing the way home construction was done. To a lot of VCs, it was too big of a risk,” West said.

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to Martin Rapos, CEO of AR/VR platform Akular, which converts 3D models into digital twins, the impact of every dollar spent early is an order of magnitude higher than if you spend it five years down the road as a follower. CIO, Construction and Engineering Industry, Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Denizen’s solution is to build a small army of itty-bitty standalone offices that come pre-constructed, packed with outlets, USB plugs, cameras (for videoconferencing), speakers, an integrated router and even a whiteboard wall, all in less than 100 square feet. Image Credits: Nick Foley and David Krawczyk.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The trillion-dollar construction industry isn’t known for its efficiency, accused of failing to move with the times and ignoring digitization in favor of legacy tools, Paul reports. There is plenty of evidence that things are changing, with countless startups raising large sums of cash to help the construction industry modernize.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Boxs is spinning up a design-to-build automation platform for architects, interior designers and construction companies. PixCap is an animation platform that allows users with no design experience to create animations for 3D illustrations, games, and designs. Partech Partners is a co-investor.).

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CTOvision

JANUARY 25, 2015

Stats professionals can easily learn how to create graphics with statistical data, both 2D and 3D models. The techniques we can use in R can help us analyze statistical data and create linear/non-linear models, as well as 3D graphics of data that would otherwise lose dimensional worth when constructed in a 2D chart.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Wingtra drones are used by surveyors in a wide range of industries, including construction, mining, environmental monitoring, agriculture, urban planning and land management. The startup’s second generation drone, released in 2021, is called the WingtraOne Gen II and creates survey grade 2D and 3D maps with RGB cameras.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Nvidia was perhaps won over by PassiveLogic’s go-to-market strategy, which netted the startup contractual commitments for the first two years of sales and distribution partners that plan to include PassiveLogic’s platform in construction and retrofit projects.

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Openxcell

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The construction industry is no stranger to this trend. The advent of AI in this industry has kickstarted a tech revolution that is all set to completely change how a building is designed, planned, and constructed. Let’s look at how AI’s power is being and can be harnessed in the construction landscape.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When WGI and Columbia Universities’ Global Leaders in Construction Management polled over 570 end users about strategic technology trends they saw having the most business impact on the infrastructure industry in 2023, they cited AI and ML at 32%, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) at 13%, and 3D printing at 12%.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

If you pass by a construction site today, you’re likely to see humans on the roof, nailing shingles, laying brick or rolling paint. Over the past few years, investors have poured hundreds of millions into startups at the intersection of construction and robotics, Crunchbase data shows. If they can deliver, that is.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the venture arm of the banking giant, others in the round included home construction giant Asahi Kasei, AAA – Auto Club Group (which also sells insurance), Gaingels and REACH. Hover secures $60M for 3D imaging to assess and fix properties.

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CableLabs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

If you didn’t catch our previous post , we looked at Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) for their ability to “memorize” beautiful, photorealistic 3D snapshots of the real world. As it turns out, the answer to this problem came in a paper at SIGGRAPH 2023 : 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering.

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