
Michael Ding: Inside the $35 Million Series A That Could Triple Construction Productivity
This week on Trades Talk, Justin White brings Michael Ding back for round two. A year ago, Michael was a founder building Bobyard for landscape takeoffs. Today he's the CEO of one of the most talked about AI startups in construction, fresh off a $35 million Series A with Joe Lonsdale (Palantir co-founder) on the board.
In this episode:
Why the average construction worker is 3X less productive than the rest of the US economy, and what that gap actually unlocks
What it took to raise the largest software Series A in construction history (no pitch deck, no data room, fully oversubscribed)
Why…
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