Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction

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Alder led product design for a team of 800 people building software for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, while Mather served as a senior vice president in the company’s commercial practice. Believing AI can boost productivity across the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, they set out to build Dream, a startup developing world models that automate building design and engineering. The startup calls its approach “structural cognition” because its model generates structurally precise designs that account for internal building elements like plumbing and HVAC.

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