# Motif

> Motif is a browser-based, AI-powered design workspace built for architects and the broader AEC industry. Founded by former Autodesk leaders Amar Hanspal and Brian Mathews, it streams live BIM models from Revit and Rhino into a collaborative cloud canvas, layers in architecture-tuned AI rendering, and aims to replace the file-shuffling that defines most building design today.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Amar Hanspal (Co-founder & CEO), Brian Mathews (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~77
- **Products:** Live Model Streaming, AI Visualization, Sheet Review, 3D Design Review, Visual Exploration
- **Notable:** Raised $46M total from CapitalG and Redpoint Ventures by January 2025, Named to Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list 2025, Selected for the 2025 AI Disruptors 60 list

## Products & services

- **Live Model Streaming** — Pulls live 3D content from Revit and Rhino into the browser without exports or conversions.
- **AI Visualization** — Architecture-optimized rendering models that turn sketches and BIM data into finished imagery in seconds.
- **Sheet Review** — Publish Revit sheets and let teams mark them up directly in the cloud.
- **3D Design Review** — Real-time, multi-user model viewing with comments that sync back to source files.
- **Visual Exploration** — Centralized boards for inspiration, references, and generated visualizations on an infinite canvas.

## Achievements

- Raised $46M total from CapitalG and Redpoint Ventures by January 2025
- Named to Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list 2025
- Selected for the 2025 AI Disruptors 60 list
- Built and shipped an architecture-optimized AI rendering engine

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Announced $46M total funding ($34.5M Series A led by CapitalG) and emerged from stealth.
- **2025-02** — Architosh and AEC Magazine cover Motif's positioning against Revit.
- **2025** — Released architecture-tuned AI rendering and live Revit/Rhino model streaming.
- **2025** — Named to Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups and the AI Disruptors 60.

## Links

- Website: https://motif.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildwithmotif

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Last updated: 2026-05-19