Zero RFI

What Zero RFI does

Zero RFI is an AI-native platform company serving the construction industry, founded in March 2026 by KP Reddy and headquartered in Atlanta with additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Denver. The company targets enterprise building owners and developers — including healthcare systems, universities, government agencies, data center operators, and commercial and industrial developers — providing Owner's Representation, Construction & Project Management, and Building Lifecycle Services. It positions itself as the owner's advocate, replacing fragmented, ad-hoc project management with a structured framework intended to reduce the construction industry's chronic pattern of missed deadlines and blown budgets.

The company's core technology is Foundation Zero, an AI-native intelligence layer embedded inside project management teams that unifies thousands of project documents, drawings, and decisions into a single live picture, flags risks early, and provides contextual decision support. Foundation Zero is supported by a portfolio of three acquired, wholly-owned service brands that provide the operating substrate: Brookwood Group (owner's representative services since 1989), BuildingWorks (building lifecycle closeout documentation), and KP Reddy Co. (AEC innovation advisory using its proprietary DIAL framework). The intended outcome is a platform where AI-augmented service delivery increases productivity without proportional headcount growth, targeting a tripling of revenue and profitability within three years.

Zero RFI generates revenue through professional-services engagements — Owner's Representation, Construction & Project Management, and Building Lifecycle Services — typically structured as project-based or retainer contracts tied to construction project delivery outcomes. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based, varying by project scope, size, and complexity. Distribution is entirely direct enterprise field sales to building owners and developers, with no self-serve, marketplace, or channel-reseller component. The company was capitalized with a $13.8 million seed round led by General Catalyst and employs 11–50 people across its five US locations.

Name

Zero RFI

Website

https://zero-rfi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zero RFI is an AI-native platform company that delivers owner's representation, construction project management, and building lifecycle services to enterprise building owners and developers across healthcare, higher education, commercial, government, data center, and industrial verticals, powered by its proprietary Foundation Zero AI intelligence layer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Owner's Representation & Project Management Services: Fees charged to building owners and developers for Owner's Representation services (acting as an owner's advocate throughout construction projects), Construction & Project Management, and Building Lifecycle services. Revenue is earned through professional services engagements, likely project-based or retainer contracts, tied to construction project delivery outcomes.
2. Platform / AI-Augmented Services: As the company scales its portfolio of acquired firms and deploys Foundation Zero across more projects, AI-augmented service delivery becomes a scalable revenue layer — increasing margins by amplifying the productivity of existing service delivery teams rather than requiring proportional headcount growth.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Zero RFI is an AI-native platform company that provides Owner's Representation, Construction & Project Management, and Building Lifecycle Services to building owners and developers. Its proprietary Foundation Zero platform is an AI-native intelligence layer that embeds into project teams to unify documents, drawings, and decisions, flag risks early, and provide contextual decision support across the full construction lifecycle.

Product overview

Zero RFI is an AI-native platform company for the construction industry that combines enterprise-ready AI technology with portfolio companies to serve building owners and developers. The platform is built around Foundation Zero, an AI intelligence layer that embeds predictive capabilities into project management teams. The integrated offering includes Owner's Representation, Construction & Project Management, and Building Lifecycle Services, supported by portfolio companies Brookwood Group (owner's representative services), BuildingWorks (closeout documentation), and KP Reddy Co. (innovation advisory with DIAL framework). The company targets the $10 trillion annual construction market to address declining productivity over four decades.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Owner's Representation
• Construction & Project Management
• Building Lifecycle Services
• Brookwood Group (Acquired Brand)
• BuildingWorks (Acquired Brand)
• KP Reddy Co. (Acquired Brand)

Quantifiable outcome

• Targeting tripling of revenue and profitability within three years without increasing headcount, by deploying AI agents across acquired construction service firms.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Construction and Engineering: Oracle Construction and Engineering (including Primavera P6, Unifier, and Textura) provides enterprise project controls, contract management, and payment automation for capital project owners. It is broadly comparable as an incumbent technology vendor that large owners standardize on for project lifecycle management.
• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Autodesk Construction Cloud (including BIM 360, PlanGrid, and Assemble) provides BIM-based design, planning, and project management for AEC owners and project teams. It is broadly comparable as an incumbent platform owner used across the same healthcare, higher education, and commercial verticals Zero RFI targets.
• Procore Technologies: Procore is the leading SaaS platform for construction project management, serving owners, GCs, and specialty contractors with field operations, project management, and financial tools. It is directly comparable as the dominant incumbent that Zero RFI's Foundation Zero would either integrate with or compete against for owner-level project intelligence.
• Trimble Viewpoint Vista: Trimble's Viewpoint (Vista) ERP and project management suite serves owners and contractors in construction and heavy civil with financial, project, and operational workflows. It is broadly comparable as an incumbent technology stack that competes with Zero RFI's owner-facing platform layer.

Emerging players

• ALICE Technologies: ALICE Technologies provides AI-driven construction project scheduling and what-if scenario planning for owners and contractors on complex capital projects. It is comparable as an emerging AI-for-construction peer targeting the same project risk and predictability pain points Zero RFI addresses.
• Buildots: Buildots applies AI and computer vision to track construction progress, flag deviations from BIM plans, and deliver predictive project analytics. It is an emerging AI-for-construction peer overlapping Foundation Zero's risk-flagging and predictive analytics value proposition.
• OpenSpace: OpenSpace uses AI and computer vision to capture construction site progress from 360° imagery, automatically generating as-built documentation and analytics. It overlaps Zero RFI's AI-driven documentation and building lifecycle capabilities and competes for owner and GC technology budgets.

Direct peers

• Hill International: Hill International specializes in construction management, project management, and owner's representation services for complex infrastructure, transportation, and building projects globally. It is directly comparable as a competing owner's rep and program management firm targeting similar high-stakes owner engagements.
• JLL Project & Development Services: JLL's Project & Development Services division provides owner's representation, project management, and construction consulting to commercial real estate, healthcare, higher education, and government owners globally. It is directly comparable as a competing owner's rep practice competing for the same enterprise deals.
• CBRE Project Management: CBRE's Project Management practice serves building owners and developers with owner's representation, program management, and construction management across global commercial real estate. It directly competes with Zero RFI's owner's representation and construction management services for the same enterprise owner client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zero-rfi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A3 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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