Alexei, Jeremy Eastwood
## Key Points
- DroneDeploy doubling down on construction, specifically progress tracking
- Looking at competitors and validating that detailed progress tracking is what customers actually want
- Rebuilding a GC solution: walk/take pictures, update room progress in stages based on schedule (e.g., "drywall is done")
- High-end robotics only target largest jobs (hospitals, data centers) — those already have BIM models
- Annual planning for 2026 underway
## Pain Points Mentioned
- Progress tracking setup takes multiple weeks — they can get a superintendent on the phone once, but getting them to come back weeks later often loses the sale
- If room extraction could happen on the spot in a couple minutes (even if not 100% accurate), it would help conversion dramatically
- Tried ChatGPT for room extraction — got bad results
## Product Feedback
- Need: rooms extracted from 2D drawings — geometry of room, room name/type, associated trades (from schedule)
- Would want an API where drawings go in and room geometries/types come out reliably
- Also wants schedule connection
- Chat #2 (in person): thinks Gemini can do it (showed example of room coloring), but admits he doesn't know if it works every time
- Excited to stay in touch and experiment with what gets built