Buildcheck AI, Inc. (“Buildcheck”) has raised $5.9 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform for construction design reviews. The round was led by Uncork Capital, with participation from Peterson Ventures, Xfund, and several strategic angel investors from OpenAI, Opendoor, CBRE, and Zillow.
The company’s platform reviews construction drawings across architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing disciplines. It performs hundreds of checks to flag errors, omissions, and coordination issues that often go unnoticed in manual reviews. Because of this, the tool helps teams reduce costly site conflicts during pre-construction.
More than 50 customers, including AvalonBay Communities and Novo Construction, already use Buildcheck’s system. The company reports that customers see a 10–35x ROI by resolving design issues before work begins.
“Every missed issue in a drawing becomes a surprise expense on-site,” said Joe Kirchofer, senior vice president – Northern California, AvalonBay Communities. “We traditionally performed manual drawing reviews of our large projects, but we were looking for a more efficient method. Buildcheck helps us reduce risk and make better use of our time and capital.”
The startup has earned several international awards, including wins at the Cemex Construction Startup Competition 2025, EllisDon 2025 ConTech Accelerator, Cityscape Global 2025, 2025 Buildex Alberta, and the 2025 Setia AI and PropTech Innovation Challenge.
"General contractors and commercial real estate developers are facing increasing challenges with design quality, accuracy, and errors, and we could not be more thrilled with the response and rapid adoption of our technology, saving our customers time, money, and headaches throughout the pre-construction process," said Alexander Michalatos, CEO and co-founder of Buildcheck.
Michalatos’ experience includes managing major technical scopes such as Canada’s $600 million North Island Hospitals project.
Along with co-founders Andrei Molchynsky and Alex Gureev, the team brings together construction operations expertise and advanced AI development to narrow the gap between design and delivery.
“Our AI analyzes 2D drawings like an experienced construction professional — but faster, more consistently, and across every discipline simultaneously. Our technology isn’t just automating review; it’s setting an entirely new standard of accuracy and efficiency in pre-construction, and it’s rewarding to see the industry embrace an innovation we’ve made possible,” said Gureev.
“Our customers are catching issues that would have cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in change orders and delays. Beyond quality control, Buildcheck turns design reviews into an investment — helping teams move faster, reduce RFIs, and protect margins,” added Molchynsky.
Buildcheck continues to enhance its AI models through collaborations with MILA, AMII, and advisors from OpenAI, ServiceNow, and Oxford University.
“Construction is a $12 trillion market where design errors create more than $200 billion in waste each year,” said Amy Saper, partner at Uncork Capital. “Buildcheck combines deep domain expertise with a computer vision platform that catches issues in drawings early, before they turn into costly problems in the field. They’ve built an elegant and effective AI application that is already delivering measurable ROI for general contractors, developers, and designers, tightening review cycles and improving accuracy where it matters.”
The new capital will support Buildcheck’s AI development, team expansion, and new platform features as it scales to meet customer demand.
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