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🎧 START pod: Milind Sagaram, Co-Founder & CEO, Articulate "Speeding Up Construction with AI"

March 27, 2026·6 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Construction doesn't fail on the jobsite. It fails in the drawings. The jobsite just reveals itProject managers spend half their time scanning plans page by page for conflicts between disciplines. Plumbing through steel beams. Electrical into HVACThey still miss most of it. Millions in rework when caught in the fieldMilind Sagaram built Articulate to catch these issues before construction startsAI reads the PDFs. Finds clashes across architectural, structural, and MEP sheets. Generates draft issue reports automaticallyThe surprise: construction teams aren't resistant. They want it more than anyone expected🎙️ Milind Sagaram, Co-Founder & CEO, Articulate / Helonic.com on Fondo START pod 00:18 AI for finding drawing issues before construction starts02:24 The old workflow: manual plan review02:45 The consequence: rework and delays03:00 Small issues, massive downstream cost03:27 Copilot, not replacement04:04 Why AI belongs in construction04:39 What surprised him about selling into the industry05:59 Who Articulate sells to

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