What Matters This Week - 02.07.26
Construction robotics + Goldman research
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Fundings:
BedrockRobotics, construction robots, raised a $270M B round led by CapitalG.
Kindred, a global home swapping platform, raised $125M in funding.
Propy, an RE purchase mgmt stack, raised a $100M led by Metropolitan Partners.
Forerunner, a govt building portfolio mgmt platform, raised $39M in funding.
Sixfold, a construction underwriting stack, raised a $30M B led by Brewer Lane.
OneDome, a British home financing co, raised a $25M pre-C led by Channel 4 VC.
Breezy, an OS for Resi RE agents, raised a $10M pre-seed round led by Ribbit.
Cadastral, a CRE AI agent, raised a $9.5M seed round.
Articles:
Best real estate tech tools for 2026 (Chicago Agent)
So pretty much everyone in real estate is using AI now (Inman) ($)
AI use now the norm among real estate agents (Real Estate News)
Visualizing 8 Years of Real Estate Tech Trends (Mike Delprete)
PropTech Is Revolutionary. So Why Does RE Still Look the Same? (Entrepreneur)
Construction Companies See Promise in AI Agents (Wall Street Journal)
In PropTech, Overpricing Is Now an Issue (Commercial Observer) ($)
Article Summaries:
Long Reads:
Productivity Stagnation in the Construction Industry (Goldman Sachs)
Other Newsletters:
THE DART BOARD ep #35: Bill Gurley | Benchmark (The Daniel Dart Board)
January PropTech Venture Capital (CRETI)
How Dubai is Building the Next Global Tech Hub (Meta Prop)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
Tech Trends Report 2026 (Contrary Research)
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