2023年4月11日

現場材料——人工智能軟件公司的目標將2萬億美元的建築材料采購行業,宣布了一項465萬美元的種子資金輪由布隆伯格資本參與Zacua企業。公司創始人埃達精靈Sadikov和維克多Gane Stanford-educated連環創業者賣掉了他們以前的公司(Jetlore)貝寶,2018年他們背景AI,支付,電子商務和建設。一輪融資是加入了一些業內高管包括勞氏和前前高級副總裁家得寶(Home Depot),通用的支付在穀歌,和YouTube創始人之一。建築被認為是世界上第二大產業,但它還遠遠落後於其他主要行業在采用技術。和95%的實地工作者指出,他們願意使用喜歡的工具來簡化他們的工作和75%的建築承包商使用移動設備訪問與工作相關的信息。但承包商繼續請求報價,訂單的材料,變化,溝通和報告問題通過電話,電子郵件和短信。之間的訂單往往錯誤傳達或刪除字段和辦公室或承包商和供應商的信息孤立的電子郵件或電話留言。現場材料的web和移動應用程序本質上簡化采購流程在整個建設項目的生命周期——從請求報價在前期建設管理訂單和交付到施工現場。加上傳統的公司能夠數字化工作流程完成在Excel中,電子郵件,和紙。和該公司還消除了錯誤和延遲項目通過AI-powered檢查交貨通知書和發票以及自動化通知和提醒。 Field Materials’ platform provides a centralized system of record to track what the contractor and supplier agree upon and automates follow-up to ensure a timely closure. And Field Materials partners with both general contractors and specialty subs that buy large quantities of construction materials from trade-specialized suppliers. The platform also works seamlessly with existing estimation and accounting software and relies on well established communication channels between contractors and suppliers. By capturing all email and text messages automatically, the platform ensures that everyone on the team has complete visibility into material orders. KEY QUOTES: “Field Materials’ platform provides an essential link between the field, the office, and the vendors.” Norbert Young, an industry veteran and former president of McGraw-Hill Construction, says “Field Materials has a profound effect on the efficiency of our industry, where miscommunication between contractors and suppliers is one of the top reasons for project delays and budget overruns.” — Andy Ball, the former CEO of Webcor (one of the largest GCs in the US) and currently President of oWow “Eldar and Victor are serial entrepreneurs with a successful track record, deep industry knowledge, and an extensive network of industry executives. We believe Field Materials has the team and technology to transform one of the world’s largest industries.” Vivin Hegde, general partner at Zacua Ventures, a VC specializing in construction, says: “Material procurement is poised to be disrupted and several multi-billion dollar companies will emerge as a result. We’ve scouted and looked at dozens of companies in this space and are deeply impressed by what Field Materials is building. They not only have the best team, product and go-to-market strategy that we’ve seen but have also found ways to minimize friction in every step of the process, which we believe is key to adoption.” — Juan Pujadas, veteran finance and technology executive and advisor at Blumberg Capital Trending on Pulse 2.0