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ICYMI: $485M in Robotics Rounds, 140% Retention Secrets, and Why Construction Has Ultimate FOMO

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Owen Drury
September 05, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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W/C 1st September 2025

NEW EPISODES
This New Pre-Fab Marketplace Will Solve Construction's Hidden Capacity Crisis

Britton Langdon shares his journey from building M-Suite to launching BuildFactory, the hidden capacity problem in prefab shops, and why construction has more FOMO than any other industry.

Find out how he achieved 140% net retention at M-Suite before selling to Stanley Black & Decker, why every prefab shop has hidden capacity but nobody talks about it, and the marketplace approach to solving construction's supply and demand problem.


Robotics Mega Show with Dusty Robotics and ex-Waymo exec & CTO of Bedrock Robotics

We dive deep into the robotics revolution hitting construction with two industry-changing guests. Mo also joins as co-host, bringing his Silicon Valley robotics expertise to unpack the biggest funding rounds and breakthroughs happening right now.

We discussed why Dusty Robotics chose layout printing over flashier robot applications, how ex-Waymo engineers are retrofitting excavators with self-driving tech, and why Field AI's $405 million funding signals a tipping point for the industry.


Construction Robots Drop From $100K to $15K: Why Every Contractor Will Buy One in 2025

Matt Daly, CMO of DroneDeploy, talks about the hidden robotics revolution happening in construction, why most startups are choosing the wrong funding path, and how AI agents with "a million eyeballs" are about to transform job sites.

Find out how ground robots went from $100K to $15K and why this changes everything, why 60% of DroneDeploy's new customers come from word of mouth, and the biggest mistake early-stage construction tech founders make with funding.

BRICKS & BYTES PREMIUM
Early Release Episodes

How Procore Plans to Win BIM - Dave McCool & Tore Hovland - EARLY RELEASE

Procore's billion-dollar BIM bet: Why they acquired NovaRender and Flypaper, the real adoption numbers, and the streaming tech that could kill drawings forever.

Managing 200+ Tools: Skanska's Tech Reality Check - Mike Zeppieri & Danielle O'Connell - EARLY RELEASE

Skanska's innovation leaders reveal the brutal truth about enterprise tech adoption - from "zombie pilots" that never die to why AI transcription is breaking meeting culture.

The $275M Sale: BuildingConnected's Sales Motion - Mike Pettinella - EARLY RELEASE

Mike Pettinella, CRO at OnSiteIQ and former VP of Sales at BuildingConnected, reveals the strategies that built one of construction tech's biggest success stories.

Distribution Beats Product: Lessons From a Two-Time Founder- Maksim Markevich - EARLY RELEASE

Maksim Markevich, CEO of Sunbim and co-founder of PVFARM, shares brutal truths about building AEC tech companies.

The Billion-Person Problem: How AI Will Replace Your Project Managers - Greg Lawton - EARLY RELEASE

Greg Lawton, CEO of Nodes and Links, is solving construction's billion-person workforce shortage with AI – and the results speak for themselves.

NEW RELEASE
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Together, they give you the full GTM playbook for construction tech from building trust-first marketing to structuring your sales motion, pricing models, and land-and-expand strategy.

2 FAVORITE QUOTES:

"You can't sell the future. You have to sell the now. You can sell the future, but you have to be honest about it."

- Britton Langdon on the core principle for construction tech sales and authenticity

"We cannot bring a technology to market that requires experts to help it go."

-Tessa Lau on the need for autonomous, user-friendly robotics solutions

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