ICYMI: Vibe Coding DocuSign, Autonomous Tractors, and Robot-Built Homes

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Owen Drury
August 01, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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W/C 28th July 2025

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The Physics of Farm Autonomy - How Autonomy Cuts Farm Capex by 75%

Craig Rupp, founder of Sabanto, explains to us from first principles how autonomy is flipping CapEx economics on its head allowing farmers to invest in mode land and retain more of their labor pools.

Find out why autonomy increases time and reduces the need for expensive horsepower, the economics behind retrofit kits vs buying new autonomous tractors, and why the next generation of farmers thinks completely different about technology.


Every Home Is A Prototype - 30X Growth & Mass Customization from Ex-Amazon VP

Vikas Enti, CEO of Reframe Systems and former Amazon Robotics VP, shares how he's applying mass customization principles from e-commerce to solve the housing crisis, why every home built today is essentially a prototype, and how his team can fix construction mistakes in 9 minutes while the industry takes weeks..

Find out why the assembly line approach is killing modular construction, how they're solving the skilled trades shortage with iPad instructions, and he real reason construction costs $350-450 per square foot in infill markets.


Vibe Coding Will Die, nPlan CTO Warning, Woodchuck $3.75M Raise, Parsepec $20M Series A

We dive deep with Alan Mosca (CTO of nPlan) about the AI revolution that's both exciting and terrifying the construction world. Plus, we hear from Todd Thomas of Woodchuck AI about turning construction waste into profit, and Forest from Parspec Inc on their 20 million Series A raise.

Key topics discussed: why contractors thinking they can "vibe code" critical software is setting them up for disaster, the DocuSign problem: why you can't just prompt your way to enterprise security, and The AI paradox that could kill coding platforms when they get too good.

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How This CMO Built a 60% Word-of-Mouth Acquisition Engine - Matt Daly - EARLY RELEASE

DroneDeploy CMO Matt Daly reveals the blueprint for scaling construction tech companies—from building a 60% word-of-mouth acquisition engine to navigating the reality capture market consolidation.

Augmenta's Bold Bet: Automating the 'Hardest Problem' in Construction - Francesco Iorio - EARLY RELEASE

Francesco Iorio left his Director role at Autodesk to solve construction's most complex automation challenge. Hear why electrical design became his $350M obsession.

Inside TestFit's Rapid Expansion Playbook - Laura Paciano & Jack Joers - EARLY RELEASE

TestFit's pod strategy revealed: How they launch new markets in months, not years.

2 FAVORITE QUOTES:

"James Watt tells us, horsepower equals work divided by time. Autonomy increases time. That's really what it does."

- Craig Rupp using physics principles to explain the economic advantage of autonomous systems

"We've now got contractors saying, no, no, we're a software company now. And I'm like, you're not."

- Alan Mosca on contractors overestimating their AI capabilities

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