UpCodes provides an accessible platform for construction codes. We are working to consolidate the shifting points of information into a single searchable database.
Regulations and codes are found in a range of independent resources. UpCodes brings together construction codes, fire codes, and ADA standards categorized by jurisdiction. The open information platform is designed to increase accessibility and facilitate collaboration between architects, designers, engineers, and construction professionals.
The consolidation of resources makes it possible to simplify the complex network of regulations. Individual code publications are dependent upon one another, built on a foundation of linked references. Bringing these points of information into a single source reduces friction in navigating code.
Regulations and codes are found in a range of independent resources. UpCodes brings together construction codes, fire codes, and ADA standards categorized by jurisdiction. The open information platform is designed to increase accessibility and facilitate collaboration between architects, designers, engineers, and construction professionals.
The consolidation of resources makes it possible to simplify the complex network of regulations. Individual code publications are dependent upon one another, built on a foundation of linked references. Bringing these points of information into a single source reduces friction in navigating code.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $3.36M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Ruvento Ve... | ruvento.co... |
| 19.01.2022 | Point Nine | pointnine.... |
| 31.05.2023 | Building V... | buildingve... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.03.2021 | Series A | $3.36M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.04.2026 | Congress Wants To Put The Law Behind A Paywall. Again. | Every relevant court that has looked at this question — including the Supreme Court — has agreed: no one can own the law. When private standards get incorporated into binding legal requirements, the public has a right to access them freely.... |
| 23.07.2025 | Libraries, Journalists, And Public Interest Groups Oppose Private Control Of Law | On July 8, an expanded coalition of library associations, civil society organizations, journalist groups, and other advocates for information access sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee explaining their opposition to the Pro Codes... |
| 30.05.2023 | UpCodes launches Copilot, an AI-based research assistant for building codes | For more than seven years, UpCodes has been making the complicated world of building codes easier to understand for people like industry professionals and homeowners. Its platform includes a searchable database covering regulations in all s... |
| 16.03.2021 | Daily funding roundup - March 16th, 2021 | Clarify Health raised $115M; Unite Us landed $150M; SquareSpace secured $300M Appfire: Appfire is a Burlington, Ma.-based company that has developed domain expertise in creating, launching and distributing apps through the Atlassian Marketp... |
| 15.03.2021 | Building-code compliance startup UpCodes gets $3.36M in pre-Series A funding | UpCodes, a startup that develops building-code compliance tools, announced today it has raised $3.36 million in pre-Series A funding. This brings its total raised so far to $4.15 million. The new funding was led by Berlin-based Point Nine C... |
| 16.11.2020 | A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law | For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to... |
| 09.04.2019 | Can the law be copyrighted? | UpCodes wants to fix one of the building industry’s biggest headaches by streamlining code compliance. But the Y Combinator-backed startup now faces a copyright lawsuit filed against it by the International Code Council, the nonprofit organ... |
| 11.06.2018 | By automating code compliance, UpCodes AI is ‘the spellcheck for buildings’ | For many architects, the hardest part of their job starts after they finish designing a building, when the onerous process of code compliance begins. Written to ensure the safety and accessibility of buildings, codes dictate everything from... |
| 21.08.2017 | All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1 | Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged as the top startup trends at Y Combinator‘s 25th Demo Day. The 124 companies presenting at the entrepreneur school’s twice-yearly graduation event compose YC’s largest batch from its 12.5 yea... |
| 04.08.2017 | UpCodes Helps the Construction Industry Deliver Code Compliant Buildings (YC S17) | UpCodes consolidates regulations, inserts government commentary, provides a custom search engine, and offers team collaboration tools. According to McKinsey, construction is the second least productive industry in the US. But with access to... |
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