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Led by Telescope Partners with participation from DPR Construction’s venture arm WND Ventures, the round funds customer expansion and four product extensions as Buildcheck evolves from running checks to a comprehensive design review platform.
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San Francisco, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Buildcheck AI, Inc. (“Buildcheck”), the AI-powered construction design review platform, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Telescope Partners, with participation from WND Ventures, the corporate venture arm of DPR Construction, and follow-on participation from existing investors Uncork Capital, Salt VC, and Xfund. The round comes just nine months after Buildcheck’s $5.9 million seed and brings total funding to $18 million.
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Design errors cost the $13 trillion construction industry more than $200 billion every year, and they are cheapest to fix in exactly the place they’re hardest to find: the drawings. Buildcheck’s proprietary computer vision models — developed by co-founder and CTO Alex Gureiev — read blueprints, running hundreds of automated checks that catch the errors, omissions, and coordination conflicts human reviewers miss. Since last year, Buildcheck has grown more than 4x to over 110 paying customers that see 10–35x ROI across data centers, hospitals, multifamily buildings, commercial developments, tenant improvements, and more. Customers include DPR Construction, a forward-thinking, self-performing builder, and household names like EllisDon, Power Construction Company, EMJ Construction, and IMC Construction.
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“Last year, we proved AI can review drawings like an experienced contractor — over 150,000 sheets analyzed faster, more consistently, and across every discipline at once,” said Alexander Michalatos, CEO and co-founder of Buildcheck. “Automated design reviews are now becoming a market standard. We’re giving every project what I wished for when I was managing my own hospital design-builds: a tireless co-worker who understands everything about the project, with a seamless platform to bring everyone in one place to fix things.”
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“Drawing review has been an accepted pain for decades, costing the industry billions,” said Chris Gaertner, Principal at Telescope Partners. “Buildcheck has changed that, and it couldn’t have been more obvious through our conversations with customers — the quality of the logos, their love for the product, and the ROI on their business was unlike anything we’d seen in this market. It was clear this is fundamentally changing preconstruction in ways many thought weren’t possible.”
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“When design information is incomplete or lacks accuracy, the impacts to a project can be substantial,” said Zach Murphy, Design-to-Build Leader at DPR Construction. “Our pilot with Buildcheck is one way we’re increasing design certainty for our teams. By rapidly analyzing design documents and assessing their readiness, Buildcheck helps our reviewers spend more time on critical issues and solutions.”
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With the Series A, Buildcheck is expanding within and across general contractors, developers and design firms, while launching four product extensions that expand it from running checks to a comprehensive design review platform: