Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Professionals in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) and real estate sectors spend considerable time locating project-specific data. This process involves identifying subject matter experts, searching disparate file systems, and reviewing various communication channels, leading to significant operational inefficiencies.
Solution
Howie provides an AI-powered knowledge management platform designed to create a unified data repository for the built environment. The system integrates with existing data sources, such as emails, drawings, and reports, to catalog and index project information without duplicating data. This enables users to retrieve instant, validated answers to complex queries through a natural language interface. Howie also generates business intelligence insights and maintains an easily searchable knowledge hub, mitigating the impact of team turnover on institutional knowledge.
Target Audience
The primary users are AEC professionals, including architects, engineers, and construction managers, as well as real estate developers and organizations seeking to centralize and leverage their project data.
Features
- AI copilot that ingests and indexes data from diverse sources including emails, drawings, and reports.
- Natural language query interface for instant retrieval of project-specific information.
- Secure, cloud-hosted architecture with data segregation by workspace and organization.
- End-to-end data encryption utilizing AES-256 for data at rest and TLS 1.3 for data in transit.
- Proprietary cataloging mechanism that creates a business intelligence layer without data duplication.
- Automated categorization and version maintenance for project archives, forming a searchable knowledge hub.
- Open-source AI models are utilized, with a guarantee that customer data is not used for model retraining.