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Lumber
Lumber is an AI-powered construction workforce management platform that unifies payroll, time tracking, HR, safety, compliance, and field productivity for contractors. Founded in 2023 by Shreesha Ramdas and Manish Kumar, the company is building autonomous AI agents for an industry where 41% of the workforce is set to retire in seven years.
Shreesha Ramdas
Shreesha Ramdas is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lumber (LumberFi Inc.), an AI-first construction workforce management platform that automates payroll, time tracking, HR, safety, and compliance for specialty contractors. A serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded Strikedeck (acquired by Medallia) and LeadFormix (acquired by SAP/CallidusCloud), Ramdas deliberately pivoted from serving Silicon Valley to digitizing one of the most labor-intensive and underserved industries in America. Under his leadership, Lumber raised $21M in total funding, acquired BuilderFax, and is building autonomous AI agents to handle everything from prevailing wage audits to paper timecard digitization.