ICYMI: Why This SpaceX Veteran Left Elon for Autonomous Railways

Kevin Damoa, founder of Glid, is revolutionising freight transport by tackling the industry's biggest pain point: the costly and time-consuming transload process between rail and road.

Tune in to learn why transloading a single container can cost up to $2,500 and add weeks to shipping times, how ports like Rotterdam handle 3x the capacity of U.S. ports through automation and why trains won't move until they're 2 miles long (and what that means for your shipping costs).

Recently, we were invited to the BOOST cohort from Suffolk Technologies where we had a chance to interview Tom and Ross, co-founders of Artic. We gained insights into their innovative factory-to-site logistics approach and how they are addressing the challenges of modular construction.

Find out how Artic is bridging the gap between manufacturing and construction, creating more efficient workflows, why predictability and control are crucial when more construction happens offsite and how they're addressing quality control all the way from the factory to the final installation on site.

Alice Leung from Brick & Mortar Ventures shares fascinating insights about construction tech investing, global expansion, and what's happening in different markets.

Tune in to find out why construction tech startups are increasingly launching outside Silicon Valley, especially in Europe and India, how construction tech in India feels like the US market did 6 years ago - and why that's exciting and why mega-funds might not be the best thing for construction tech right now.

In this episode, we learn that despite being a $2B company, ICON's 3D-printed homes only show a tiny 0.5% carbon advantage over regular timber construction.

We also explored why Q4 2024 was special for construction tech - it grabbed nearly 1% of all VC funding, the second-highest share ever. Even more impressive given that 2024 saw the lowest overall VC funding since 2014.

Aleksandr Gampel, co-founder of Cuby, shares how he and his team are transforming new home construction with their Mobile Micro-Factories (MMFs)™ - a plug-and-play $10M solution that can manufacture and assemble 200 homes annually at $100 per square foot.

Tune in to find out why decentralized manufacturing is the key to solving housing shortage, how they achieved 400,000 engineering hours at 1/10th the cost by leveraging Eastern European talent and why venture capital might be the wrong funding source for construction tech

Recently, we have been speaking to a number of different companies that are tackling the housing shortage. A lot of technology, time and effort has been invested into new methods of construction from pre-fabrication through to modular construction, robotics, digitsation and everything in between.

One thing we have only very briefly come across is the idea of mobile micro factories. In short, these are small factories, setup near where a large homebuilding project is being undertaken. Inside the factory a team of workers fabricate the building components which are then palletized and sent to the construction site.

This, in our opinion, is one of the most exciting technologies that enable homebuilding. We’ve seen the continued failure of solutions like modular and we feel the guys at Cuby are truly onto something. In this article, we’ll explore Cuby’s thesis and technology and and why sometimes the most powerful innovations are the ones that work within existing constraints rather than trying to break them entirely. Let’s dive in:

Learn how Reframe Systems is revolutionising construction labour productivity through software-defined manufacturing and intelligent process optimisation.

Discover key insights from a second-time founder on building successful teams: shared vision, laser-sharp focus, and talent acquisition as pillars of effective leadership.

Learn how construction tech startups navigate the J-curve and long sales cycles, with insights from Ediphi co-founder Dustin DeVan.