Paris-based AI real estate startup Davis has raised €4.6 million in a pre-seed funding round to expand its architectural design and early-stage real estate development platform.
The round was led by Heartcore Capital and Balderton Capital. Existing and new investors including Yellow, Evantic and Entrepreneurs First also participated in the round. Several angel investors from companies such as Hugging Face, Supabase and Cleo joined the investment.
Alongside the funding announcement, Davis introduced Gaudi-1, its first AI model focused on automated architectural generation under regulatory and technical constraints.
Founded in 2025 by Mehdi Rais and Amine Chraibi, Davis develops AI systems for feasibility studies and architectural planning. The company said its platform helps reduce early-stage development timelines from months to days.
The startup combines AI-generated outputs with human review. According to the company, architects and experts validate every project before delivery.
Davis said its platform converts regulatory, financial and technical data into design constraints. These constraints are then used to generate feasibility studies, floor plans, layouts and space planning proposals.
Mehdi Rais, co-founder and CEO of Davis, said the company wants to improve the speed of decision-making in real estate development and urban design.
Davis said Gaudi-1 operates differently from traditional image-based generative AI models. Instead of generating outputs in pixel space, the model creates structures using architectural components such as rooms, walls and layouts.
The company said this approach allows better control over design outputs and improves compliance with real-world requirements, including regulations and financial considerations.
According to Davis, Gaudi-1 achieved strong results across floor-plan generation benchmarks such as RPLAN and MSD using metrics including IoU, FID and KID.
Instead of licensing standalone software, Davis said it delivers completed outputs directly to developers and investors through a service model.
The company added that its platform can adapt to different asset classes and regional regulations by using local input data.
Max Niederhofer, Partner at Heartcore Capital, said the company’s approach combines AI-driven architectural generation with expert validation to speed up development workflows.
Davis is currently working with developers on multiple projects. The company plans to use the new funding to expand research activities, hire talent and further develop its real estate workflow systems.
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