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Buildout Spent 16 Years Turning CRE’s Messy Tech Stack Into One Deal Machine
Commercial real estate runs on relationships - and an alarming number of spreadsheets. Buildout’s answer is a connected system that carries one deal from the first owner search to the final commission check.
Lev
Lev is a New York-based software company building an AI-native platform for commercial real estate (CRE). Founded in 2019 by Yaakov Zar, it started as a tech-enabled financing marketplace connecting property sponsors and brokers with thousands of lenders, then evolved into a purpose-built system of apps, AI agents, and data that helps CRE professionals manage relationships, deals, documents, and lender outreach. Lev combines one of the industry's largest sources of real-time lender and market data with agentic automation that ingests calls, emails, and unstructured files to move deals forward faster.
Visitt
Visitt is an AI-native commercial real estate property operations platform that consolidates work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, tenant communications, compliance and finance into a single interface. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, it serves owners, operators and onsite teams managing office, industrial, multifamily, retail and data-center portfolios. In January 2026 the company raised a $22M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth Equity, following a year in which it grew square footage under management by more than 900%.
Cortex Building Intelligence
Cortex Building Intelligence (now branded Cortex Sustainability Intelligence) is a New York and Nashville based proptech company that uses machine learning to help commercial real estate owners cut energy waste and carbon emissions. Founded in 2014 by Bryan Bennett, its energy insights platform turns raw building data into specific operational moves, helping office portfolios like Empire State Realty Trust, Silverstein Properties, Savanna, and RXR lower costs and meet decarbonization mandates such as NYC's Local Law 97.