$10M lands in construction tech, Procore shuffles leadership, and Oracle makes a bold move
In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:
💰 Maria Davidson (Kojo) lands $10M from Wesco, taking her raise total to $94M, the most ever by a female founder in contech.
⚡ Data centers dominate demand, but are contractors overexposed?
🏗️ Procore names Ajei Gopal as CEO (straight from Ansys, but is it bold enough?
🖥️ Oracle doubles down on construction with ERP + Primavera Cloud.
But that’s not all:
Dustin DeVan argues why the industry must shift from design-then-price to price-then-design.
Kevin Halter makes the case that you can’t close big enterprise deals over Zoom.
Stjepan Mikulic joins to share the global view of AI in AEC: excitement, skepticism, and what’s real.
🎧 Listen now for:
The hidden risks of contractors betting everything on data centers
Why “strategic” capital matters more than ever in contech
How consolidation, JVs, and labor shortages are reshaping the supply chain
🗣 Bonus: Some personal highlights
Maria admits she still interviews every single final-round candidate at Kojo (140 people and counting)
Dustin may or may not have bought Baker Hughes stock mid-show
Owen records while his house has no heating thanks to renovations