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Builders FirstSource, Inc. and Digs, a leading AI platform for homebuilders and homeowners, recently announced a strategic partnership to deliver AI-powered workflows and digital infrastructure for professional builders and homeowners.
Under the partnership, Builders FirstSource is the lead on Digs’ $25.3 million Series A financing and has also entered into a five-year commercial agreement with Digs. Through the commercial agreement, the companies will collaborate to strengthen Builders FirstSource’s digital ecosystem for residential homebuilders and build out new experiences for homeowners.
“Our customers are looking for seamless technology that helps them operate more efficiently and deliver a better homeowner experience,” says Peter Jackson, CEO of Builders FirstSource. “By combining Builders FirstSource’s scale, deep customer relationships, product data, and extensive digital ecosystem with Digs’ AI platform, we are advancing tools that can simplify workflows, improve productivity and create a more connected experience across the homebuilding lifecycle, enabling us to serve our customers in new ways at every stage.”
As part of the partnership, Builders FirstSource and Digs plan to enhance Builders FirstSource’s digital ecosystem with Digs’ patented AI technology to turn disconnected construction documents into a single document, connecting plans, specifications, selections, products, approvals, warranties, conversations and project history into one platform.
Integrated into Builders FirstSource’s digital ecosystem, these connected workflows will be devised to span estimating, procurement, construction and ongoing homeownership. The program will also allow homeowners to receive personalized maintenance guidance, warranty support and tailored services for their home, while giving builders a more efficient way to manage aftercare and strengthen long-term customer relationships.
“Our vision has always been beyond construction software,” says Ryan Fink, CEO and co-founder of Digs. “We’re building the AI platform that understands every home. Builders FirstSource brings national reach, industry relationships, product data and market scale. Together, we’re creating something even beyond the next generation of residential construction, we’re creating the first scalable true digital twin of the home for homeowners to power new experiences for the life of their home.”
