Data centers, IPO drama, and why pilots keep killing innovation
In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:
🏗 Turner Construction posts a jaw-dropping 44% revenue jump to $13.4B in H1 2025, powered by $12.6B in data centers alone.
📈 The Figma IPO pops then drops, and Patric calls out the bankers for “highway robbery.”
🤖 Nearly half of enterprise AI projects are failing, and the reasons sound eerily familiar to construction tech.
But that’s not all:
Why Turner’s “SourceBlue” logistics arm could be its quiet billion-dollar profit machine.
The pilot project trap. How 2-year zombie pilots waste innovation budgets.
Recruiting in construction is broken. Meet Dex from Propel People, fresh off a $3M seed to fix it.
🎧 Listen now for:
Why sports stadiums and healthcare are Turner’s other hidden goldmines
The 300× forward-earnings madness of Figma’s first trading day
How to fix tech adoption before your pilot drags on for years
The looming energy bottleneck threatening AI infrastructure
🗣 Bonus: Some personal highlights
Why “OK” comes from a 19th-century President
Patric’s thoughts on military-style procurement for software
Dustin’s case for pilots with hard, fast ROI deadlines