| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.02.2026 | GVD Renovations & Remodeling Earns 2025 James Hardie Service Excellence Award, Becoming the Only California Siding Contractor to Receive the Honor | GVD Renovations & Remodeling earns the 2025 James Hardie Service Excellence Award, becoming the only California siding contractor to receive the honor, with a 95%+ customer recommendation rating and top 1% permit volume in California.
R... |
| 29.06.2025 | Klutch AI: $8 Million Seed Closed For Bringing Intelligent AI Agents To Construction | Klutch AI, a company that provides AI-based construction management, recently launched publicly and announced $8 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and Bling Capital, with participation from Brick &a... |
| 27.06.2025 | Klutch AI: Revolutionizing Construction with Intelligent Automation | In the bustling world of construction, time is money. Delays can cost millions. Yet, the industry has long been plagued by inefficiencies. Enter Klutch AI, a Seattle-based startup that recently emerged from stealth mode, armed with $8 milli... |
| 27.06.2025 | Klutch AI Emerges from Stealth with $8Million Seed to Bring Intelligent AI Agents to Construction Teams | Klutch AI, which provides AI-powered construction management, launched publicly today and announced $8 million in seed funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and Bling Capital, with participation from Brick & Mortar Venture... |
| 26.06.2025 | Klutch AI Raises $8M in Seed Funding | Klutch AI, a Seattle, WA-based provider of AI-powered construction management solutions, raised $8m in seed funding.
The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and Bling Capital, with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Original... |
| 03.04.2021 | One-stop construction logistics company Curri secures US $ 6 million | Curri, a California based startup that provides organised delivery of construction materials and supplies, announced on 2nd April 2021 that it has raised US $ 6 million in its Series A round. The round was led by Brick and Mortar Ventures a... |
| 29.03.2019 | Built Robotics’ massive construction excavator drives itself | I’ve never had a meeting quite like the one I had with Built Robotics.
Within about 10 minutes of meeting Built’s co-founder Noah Ready-Campbell, we’re steering an 80,000-pound construction excavator around what is basically his company’s b... |
| 17.10.2018 | Q&A with Jiyan Wei and David Petersen, Cofounders of BuildZoom | We put together a list of the top YC companies by valuation as of October 2018. You can see that list at https://ycombinator.com/topcompanies.
Here’s a Q&A with Jiyan Wei and David Petersen, Cofounders of BuildZoom, one of the companie... |
| 12.07.2018 | Facebook paid $88 million this year to build out its Seattle area Oculus hub | Facebook continues to expand its VR ambitions in the Pacific Northwest. The company has been quietly growing its footprint 16 miles East of Seattle, in Microsoft’s backyard.
A new analysis by real estate resource BuildZoom sheds additional ... |
| 16.05.2018 | Facebook’s West Campus construction costs exceed $1 billion | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The trend of tech mega campuses continues to tran... |
| 16.05.2018 | Facebook’s West Campus construction costs exceed $1 billion | The trend of tech mega campuses continues to transform the face of Silicon Valley, thanks to companies with nearly unlimited pools of cash building palatial headquarters designed to keep employees within arm’s reach.
Case in point: Facebook... |
| 08.05.2018 | California heads toward requiring solar panels on all new houses | California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses. The mandate is expected to save buyers money in the long run but also raise their upfront costs at a time many are already struggli... |
| 15.12.2017 | Bay Area transplants are earning more than ever before | Stories about how unaffordable San Francisco has become are virtually inescapable, and it may seem like fewer and fewer people are willing to try their luck in the Bay Area. But it turns out the people who do end up moving to San Francisco ... |
| 15.12.2017 | Bay Area transplants are earning more than ever before | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Stories about how unaffordable San Francisco has ... |
| 05.10.2017 | Apple Park construction costs detailed in new building permit analysis | As Apple prepares to move into its gleaming new Apple Park headquarters, new analysis offers a glimpse into the construction costs for each of the buildings.
San Francisco-based contractor matching service BuildZoom analyzed all the publicl... |
| 19.04.2017 | Apple’s iconic glass cube at NYC flagship store is coming down | More On: apple
Apple store workers in Atlanta file for first union election: report How I lost $650,000 of crypto in seconds Ukrainian man uses Apple's 'Find My' feature on stolen AirPods to trace Russian troops The best smartwatches for me... |
| 19.04.2017 | No, the 5th Ave Apple Store’s glass cube isn’t going anywhere (permanently) | If you saw the same reports I did a bit earlier today you were likely shocked to hear that Apple would be removing its iconic ‘glass cube’ entrance way over the top of its 5th Ave retail store in NYC. The reports came via building permits t... |
| 07.07.2016 | Facebook Plans $11.2 Million Expansion of its Austin Office | Facebook is quadrupling the space at its Austin office at 300 W. Sixth, according to Buildzoom, which pulled several building permits the company filed with the city. |
| 02.03.2016 | Inside the $250M Uber is spending on its new San Francisco and Oakland offices | To accommodate its hiring spree (and thanks to a fundraising windfall), Uber is spending at least $250 million on new Bay Area offices, according to recent analysis.
BuildZoom, an online platform for finding contractors, combed through vari... |
| 14.10.2015 | BuildZoom Closes $10.6M in Series A Funding | BuildZoom, a San Francisco-based startup that operates a marketplace that connects homeowners with construction contractors, raised a $10.6m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Formation 8 with participation from Y Combinator, Founder... |
| 05.10.2015 | [Study] Zillow rules real estate web traffic but lists far fewer properties | Zillow Group’s (Z) two portals — Zillow.com and Trulia.com — get more traffic than realtor.com, but Zillow Group sites have fewer listings in most markets, and the two are losing ground in traffic.
That’s the finding of a lengthy study by B... |
| 14.04.2015 | BuildZoom: Losing Listhub cost Zillow big time, geographically speaking | Last week Zillow Group (Z) and Trulia had to remove pretty much all of the real estate listings provided by Move-owned ListHub.
How big a hit was it? [Read full coverage here.]
According to BuildZoom Chief Economist Issi Romem, it wasn't a ... |
| 16.02.2015 | These are CharlotteÕ top 7 suburbs | HousingWire is teaming with BuildZoom to identify the suburbs in major metros with the best home-value appreciation.
Using the latest data from Zillow (Z), BuildZoom Chief Economist Issi Romem sorted through the cities in the Charlotte, Nor... |
| 23.12.2014 | Now Tinder Is Being Used To ID Suspected Thieves | Stories of thieves being caught by social networks like Facebook or Twitter are nothing new. But what about Tinder?
“Isn’t that a dating app,” you say. Yes, but one enterprising victim of repeat thefts used the popular mobile app to ID the ... |
| 16.12.2014 | PHOTOS: A Female Burglar Is Targeting Tech Startups And Stealing Only Apple Products | Redeem now
The Apple tech startup burglar strikes again! Jiyan Wei/BuildZoom
Jiyan Wei, a cofounder of a startup called BuildZoom, has created a Tinder profile using a picture of a woman he says broke into his office and stole a bunch of la... |
| 08.12.2014 | San DiegoÕ top 7 suburbs | HousingWire is teaming with BuildZoom to identify the suburbs in major metros with the best home-value appreciation.
Using the latest data from Zillow (Z), BuildZoom Chief Economist Issi Romem sorted through the cities in the San Diego metr... |
| 12.11.2014 | Rising rents correlate with less home improvement spending | A study by BuildZoom shows that in San Francisco, zip codes in which rents increased more steeply have actually tended to see remodeling and home improvement activity increase less than elsewhere, and in some cases even decline.
“Using data... |
| 07.10.2014 | BuildZoom (YC W13) raises $2.15M from Formation 8, others for its home improvement contractor platform | As if big data and data science haven’t been reshaping every service and product we use already, it’s about to make shopping for a home improvement contractor hopefully that much better.
BuildZoom, a Y Combinator-backed startup that announ... |
| 07.10.2014 | BuildZoom Raises $2.15M in Seed Funding | BuildZoom, a San Francisco, CA-based intelligent marketplace for remodeling and construction services, raised $2.15M in seed funding.
The round was led by Formation 8, with participation from other investors.
The company intends to use the ... |
| 06.10.2014 | Funding Daily: Picking up a curbside pile of cash | Alteryx, Beepi, Infusionsoft, and Zoomdata lead today’s funding news. Plus Curbside, which lets you order clothes from the store and pick them up curbside so you don’t have to actually shop. Alteryx gets $60M to grow
Alteryx, a Southern Cal... |
| 06.10.2014 | With a fresh $2.15M, BuildZoom crunches data to pick the best home improvement contractors | As if big data and data science haven’t been reshaping every service and product we use already, it’s about to make shopping for a home improvement contractor hopefully that much better.
BuildZoom, a Y Combinator-backed startup that announc... |
| 06.10.2014 | Funding Daily: Picking up a curbside pile of cash | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Alteryx, Beepi, Infusionsoft, and Zoomdata lead t... |
| 06.10.2014 | With a fresh $2.15M, BuildZoom crunches data to pick the best home improvement contractors | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As if big data and data science haven’t been resh... |
| 12.02.2014 | Congrats to the YC Companies Featured in Forbes’ “10 Best Startup Websites” | Congratulations to BuildZoom, SwapBox, WeFunder and Coin for being featured in Forbes’ “10 Best Startup Websites”.
Read the full story on Forbes.com |
| 12.02.2014 | Congrats to the YC Companies Featured in Forbes' "10 Best Startup Websites" | Congratulations to BuildZoom, SwapBox, WeFunder and Coin for being featured in Forbes’ “10 Best Startup Websites”.
Read the full story on Forbes.com |
| 12.09.2013 | Buildzoom uses big data to prevent home renovation nightmares (exclusive) | Home renovation has been known to cause nightmares and meltdowns and break up marriages. It can be an excessively stressful and complicated process, which is where Buildzoom steps in.
Buildzoom bills itself as a “one-stop shop” for building... |
| 12.09.2013 | Buildzoom uses big data to prevent home renovation nightmares (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Home renovation has been known to cause nightmare... |
| 25.06.2013 | YC-Backed Contractor Directory BuildZoom Raises $1.4 Million Seed Round | BuildZoom, the Y Combinator-backed service designed to connect homeowners with licensed contractors, is today announcing having closed on $1.4 million in seed funding, in a round led by Formation 8 (Joe Lonsdale). The company plans to use t... |
| 25.06.2013 | Funding Daily: Macadamia butts | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Sometimes, you’re in Hawaii where the breeze is w... |
| 25.06.2013 | BuildZoom (YC W13) raises $1.4M from Formation 8 and angels, has over 3M licensed building contractor listings | BuildZoom, the Y Combinator-backed service designed to connect homeowners with licensed contractors, is today announcing having closed on $1.4 million in seed funding, in a round led by Formation 8 (Joe Lonsdale). The company plans to use t... |
| 26.03.2013 | Y Combinator Winter 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1: Meet Wevorce, FlightCar, Thalmic, And More | It’s Demo Day time once again for Y Combinator, the startup incubator that has become a Silicon Valley institution since shaping its first class of startups back in 2005.
A handful of us TechCrunch writers are here in Mountain View, Calif, ... |
| 15.03.2013 | BuildZoom (YC W13) connects homeowners with over 2.5M licensed contractors for remodeling projects | Y Combinator-backed BuildZoom, a new service to help homeowners find licensed contractors to help them with their remodeling projects, is today making its public debut. The startup’s database now contains every licensed contractor across th... |
| 14.03.2013 | BuildZoom Connects Homeowners With Contractors For Remodeling Projects, Doesn’t Charge For Access Or Leads | Y Combinator-backed BuildZoom, a new service to help homeowners find licensed contractors to help them with their remodeling projects, is today making its public debut. The startup’s database now contains every licensed contractor across th... |
| - | Tesla Gigafactory reaches over $1 billion in construction costs as battery production ramps up | As Tesla and Panasonic started battery cell production at the Gigafactory in Nevada last month, the company acquired several new building permits to continue expanding its already massive battery factory.
The addition and modification of 9 ... |
| - | Solar Power at Apple’s Union Square at 500% market price – what are they building? | Apple’s newest piece of retail art was revealed to shoppers in Union Square of San Francisco this month. As is Apple’s modus operandi these days they’re making sure to use clean energy to power the building. From the Apple press release, “T... |
| - | Tesla confirms retooling of factory for Model 3 this month, will ‘pause’ Model S/X production for a week | Tesla confirmed in a statement to Electrek today that it plans to “pause” production for a week this month at the Fremont factory in order to install equipment for Model 3 production.
The company doesn’t expect that it will affect its produ... |
| - | Porsche is bringing its ultra-fast electric car charging stations to the US | Porsche’s first all-electric vehicle, the Mission E, is coming relatively soon and aside from the vehicle itself, it’s exciting because it will come with the deployment of the German automaker’s new ultra-fast 800-volt charging technology.
... |
| - | Tesla Gigafactory 1 building permits show slowdown in structure expansion, focus on interior work | Tesla Gigafactory 1, the company’s giant battery factory in the middle of the Nevada desert, is still only ~30% completed and the building hasn’t expanded throughout the last year.
Now a report on building permits shows that the automaker a... |
| - | Tesla obtains permits for over $60 million in construction projects at the Gigafactory over the last month | As we recently reported in our latest updates about the Tesla Gigafactory, it grew in size a lot over the past few months. New sections south of the plant and one north of it added 3.45 million square feet to the already 1.9 million square ... |
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Epic Stretch For Housing Leaders: Local Land-Use Policy Wars | Now, a quartet of crises – coronavirus, economic maelstrom, social upheaval, and seismic educational disruption – have together riven the bulwark of local government and community structural assumptions and inputs. At least momentarily, the... |
| - | Tesla to start adding a new section to Gigafactory 1 in Nevada – new building permits | Earlier this year, Tesla reached over $1 billion in construction spending on the Gigafactory in Nevada, according to building permits. Despite the large investment, the current structure, which hasn’t changed much so far this year, only rep... |
| - | A look at Tesla’s Fremont factory ‘masterplan’ progress | Tesla had a major expansion plan at its Fremont factory called its ‘masterplan’ to enable Model 3 production at the plant.
Today, we take a look at the progress through a report on Tesla’s building permits at the factory.
Tesla first introd... |
| - | Tesla Gigafactory: new building permits show $63 million in latest expansions, new battery module lines | Just as Tesla owners, executives, employees, and Nevada officials are gathering at the Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada, for its ‘Grand Opening’ today, we get a few more details about the plant’s ongoing expansions with the release of a new ... |
