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Stop Driving the Market | Doug Sullinger, Basil AI
Commercial real estate brokers are still driving around neighborhoods looking for properties. In 2026. Doug Sullinger — 30 years at Oracle, IBM, and Dun & Bradstreet — watched it happen and built Basil AI to fix it.
Basil is an agentic AI platform that covers every parcel in the United States with 150-200 verified data points. Brokers type in what they're looking for, and the platform returns the best sites with feasibility scores and financial underwriting — in minutes.
In this interview, you'll learn:
• Why commercial brokers are still "driving the market" — and why that's about to end
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