Founder of https://xitter.cf/t.co/RZcA7K1l30. Previously built & exited HoloBuilder. Computer scientist passionate about applied AI, AR, and building products with real-world impact
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2008
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News: Bobyard closing their B round end of the week. It must a very interesting round. After they got nearly finished with hiring they are going again. Still raising on vision.
Great for us :) just pushes us up.
Any opinions? More insides? You can DM me :D
#construction #contech
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Not sure if people noticed that the @AnthropicAI wait line was shaped like the hype cycle :) #sftechweek – at San Francisco, CA
Years ago @mauimauer @nicolasgramlich and many more would stay in line for @Google. Sometimes we were the first ones in line. Today @AnthropicAI is the cool kid in town with long long lines. Google has become the @IBM or @Microsoft of back in the day.
Worst branding change....I do not want to be with @firstcitizens First Citizens Innovation Banking.
Silicon Valley Bank was such a great brand. I like the service, but nothing I would pick it for the branding.
Looking at your posts it looks like a list of services you were not happy with.
@Sumidu
Congratulations to all people @Meta specially @AIatMeta and @Meta_Engineers for being at the best product company of today!
Crazy!
Uh...a short one...@the_DruryO thanks again for having me. I think there were not many hot takes...or are there? – at San Francisco, CA
I’m impressed by Muse.AI from @AIatMeta. It works, it’s unbelievably fast, and the UX/UI is exceptionally well thought out.
@finkd steered the ship and brought an AI product to market that could work across the entire @Instagram and @WhatsApp user base.
I wouldn’t have bet on that even a week ago. – at San Francisco, CA
How can manufacturing in US and Europe accelerated? Will new hardware startups play a role?
I watched the Xiaomi IFA 2026 Launch Event.
IMPRESSIVE. I don’t know a single company in Europe that can really compete with Xiaomi Technology at this breadth.
I’m not even sure which US tech company I would compare them to.
They build some of the best flagship smartphones.
Electric cars. Their own chips. E-scooters. Appliances. And much more.
The breadth of what they’re building, and the quality they’re reaching across categories, is remarkable.
How can manufacturing in US and Europe accelerated? Will new hardware startups play a role? @ycombinator @a16z @sequoia – at San Francisco, CA
99% of "AI" tools in construction are just hype. They crash on large drawing sets, limit your uploads, and force you back to Bluebeam to flatten PDFs.
We’re doing things differently at BuildCrew.AI.
We don’t build "AI search engines." We build Digital Workers that act like interns for your pre-con team:
⚡ Bid Leveling: Upload subcontractor bids and get a fully leveled comparison—with exclusions, quality ratings, and gaps mapped out—in 20 minutes. 🔍 Pre-Con RFIs: Scan massive document sets to catch critical design gaps and inconsistencies BEFORE they turn into costly mistakes on site. 📋 Trade Scoping: Instantly identify every trade on a job, where they are referenced, and what work they do.
No waitlists. No complex setup. Just drop in a drawing set from your last bid and let our digital interns do the heavy lifting.
👉 Try it for yourself today: BuildCrew.ai
The episode is online! 59:09 minutes full of fun and insights with Owen Drury.
If you’re keen to learn more about what we at BuildCrew.AI are cooking, jump in and listen or watch. And now, you can also sign in and get started with BuildCrew.AI.
I hope I didn’t chit-chat too much on this episode of Bricks & Bytes 😄
Watch the episode on YouTube: lnkd.in/gXmYr4ii
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How do some people with a time consuming job and a family find time to tweet so much.. For the young once, post on @X
Happy guys dreaming about great #ConTech! Coming soon to your favorite podcast platform...
I probably spilled the beans a little too much about what we’re planning and building at @buildcrewai 😄
@the_DruryO thank you for creating such a warm and trusting environment. It made it effortless to talk openly.
@bricksbytespod
Great that @giffmana complained about this! @Google reacted... maybe @GoogleWorkspace was not the right account. Or they fear the rage of the AI elite :)
@SeraAndroid you may have an internal messaging group where you can mention that the blue button on company accounts that pay a good amount of money is evil. Like really an asshole desperate move to sell more AI. @Google @GoogleAI @GoogleWorkspace That is so distracting. It is blackmailing customers. I was close to paying just to get the button out.
Go go go robotics
@Robotcom has unveiled R-dog, a new quadruped concept for delivery and interactive advertising, powered by FieldAI’s Field Foundation Models.
Field Foundation Models (FFMs) serve as an operational AI layer that generalizes across robots and environments and serves three roles: enabling safe and reliable operations in dynamic, real-world spaces without prior information or supporting infrastructure; preventing model hallucinations through physics-grounded AI models; and coordinating multiple robots working together.