#037 - Brendan Ardagh - The AI revolution in construction from Bricks And Bytes

#037 - Brendan Ardagh - The AI revolution in construction

47 minutes Posted May 5, 2023 at 7:31 am.

--> 00:01:22 Intro

--> 00:02:04 Sponsor

--> 00:04:35 - Brendan's journey from Quantity Surveyor to entrepreneur

--> 00:05:55 - Differences between the startup and technology scene in South Africa and Canada/US

--> 00:07:25 Brendan's involvement with Y Combinator and how he got in

--> 00:13:29 Innovation in construction industry and the difficulty in changing it

--> 00:16:13 Discussing Y Combinator and the value it provides to startups

--> 00:18:16 The dinosaur-like view of the construction industry and the potential advantage of being associated with Y Combinator

--> 00:30:31 Introducing Provision and discussing AI & Chat GPT

--> 00:35:30 Getting involved in using AI and where to start learning about it

--> 00:39:56 Chat GPT and how it will impact construction industry in the future

--> 00:41:47 The importance of utilising GPT effectively and jumping on opportunities presented by it

--> 00:42:55 How open is OpenAI

--> 00:46:03 Brendan’s routine

--> 00:46:53 More about Brendan

--> 00:47:10 Outro

0:00

47:10

Download MP3

Share at current time

Show notes

In this episode, we sit down with Brendan, Co-Founder of Provision, who made the jump from a traditional QS role to a technology role. He shares with us his interesting journey and how he fell in love with construction.

During the episode we dive into:

Brendan's experience with the startup world

His Journey through Y Combinator

World of AI

Machine learning

If you’re enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review! This helps us get more amazing guests to give you guys the best and most informative content on technology in the built world.

--------------------------------------

Brendan Ardagh Co-Founder of Provision

---------------------------------------

Today's Sponsor: beta - Construction and technology network platform

- connecting the tech industry with traditional partners.

Chek www.the-beta.com

---------------------------------------

Timestamps:

← See all 331 episodes of Bricks And Bytes