# Buildcheck

> Buildcheck is a Palo Alto construction-software company whose computer-vision platform reads 2D drawings, flags errors and omissions, compares revisions, and helps project teams resolve problems before they become RFIs, change orders, permit comments, or rework. Founded at Stanford in 2023, the company says it has reviewed more than 150,000 sheets for over 110 paying customers and pairs its automated checks with expert validation.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Alexander Michalatos (Co-founder and CEO), Alex Gureiev (Co-founder and CTO), Andrei Molchynsky (Co-founder and CBO)
- **Products:** AI Design Review, Collaboration and Backchecks, Diffs, Custom Checks, Code Reviews
- **Notable:** Reported more than 150,000 construction sheets reviewed and more than 115,000 issues flagged by September 2026., Reported more than 110 paying customers after more than fourfold growth in roughly nine months., Won the Smart Cities & Building Solutions scale-up category at Cityscape Global 2025.

## Products & services

- **AI Design Review** — Computer-vision review of 2D PDF drawings and specifications across architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, landscaping, and low-voltage disciplines, with expert validation of findings.
- **Collaboration and Backchecks** — A shared review workspace for comments, assignment, resolution tracking, revision uploads, analytics, and unlimited collaborators, with Procore synchronization and Autodesk Construction Cloud integration advertised for contractors.
- **Diffs** — Automated drawing-revision comparison that aims to ignore alignment noise and surface meaningful changes in both visual and plain-language form.
- **Custom Checks** — Converts a contractor's QA/QC manuals and internal standards into company-specific automated review agents.
- **Code Reviews** — A beta module for identifying potential building-code and compliance issues in the United States and Canada.
- **Value Engineering** — A beta module that surfaces opportunities to reduce cost and improve constructability.

## Achievements

- Reported more than 150,000 construction sheets reviewed and more than 115,000 issues flagged by September 2026.
- Reported more than 110 paying customers after more than fourfold growth in roughly nine months.
- Won the Smart Cities & Building Solutions scale-up category at Cityscape Global 2025.
- Won the BUILDEX Alberta 2025 ConTech Showcase.
- Won the CEMEX Construction Startup Competition 2025 and participated in the EllisDon 2025 ConTech Accelerator.
- Reported 10-35x customer ROI and 50% more relevant issues than traditional manual reviews; these are company-reported figures, not audited results.
- Reported sixfold revenue growth during 2025, including a doubling in the fourth quarter.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Raised a $12 million Series A led by Telescope Partners, taking disclosed funding to about $18 million.
- **2026-09** — Announced Custom Checks, Diffs, Code Reviews, and Value Engineering as extensions beyond the original design-review product.
- **2026-08** — Plangrep joined Buildcheck, adding plan-reading, structured-data extraction, and construction-document API expertise.
- **2026-08** — Novo Construction described using Diffs on two California projects to replace manual revision overlays.
- **2025-12** — Raised a $5.9 million seed led by Uncork Capital while reporting more than 50 paying customers.

## Links

- Website: https://buildcheck.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildcheck-ai/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26