Venture West 2025: HardTech and the Future of Construction

The tides of built environment venture funding have shifted in favor of advanced equipment, materials, robotics, sensors, energy systems and modular construction startups. This is partially due to the advancements made in AI and underlying software operating systems. This panel of experts from the 2025 Venture West Conference discussed why strategics are interested in HardTech and the measured industry-wide impact of fundamentally changing how we build.