Today's guest is Dave DeCaprio, CTO at mbue. Founded in 2022, mbue helps Architecture, Engineering and Construction firms build better businesses by providing AI-based quality control tools. Their product is a web based application that utilizes AI to instantly review technical drawings in PDF format, which will save their customers tremendous amounts of time and money, increase their quality of services and reduce their risk exposure. It’s like “autocorrect” but for construction documents and technical drawings.

Dave is an AI expert with over 25 years experience in converting academic research into thriving enterprises. Previously the co-founder of ClosedLoop.ai, he has led multiple successful startups and cutting-edge technology teams at MIT. Dave's experience spans genome research, pharmaceutical development, health insurance, computer vision, sports analytics, speech recognition, transportation logistics, operations research, real time collaboration, robotics and financial markets.

In this episode, Dave talks about:

His journey from to MIT grad to AI expert across various industries,

AI-powered quality control for large-scale construction projects,

Early-stage with key customers, solving costly construction document errors,

Industry-focused AI problem-solving with strategic tech adoption,

Automating construction QA to let architects focus creatively,

Recruiting tech talent through impactful, unique architecture AI solutions,

Looking for talent with architecture, construction and AI expertise