Ex-Palantir duo raises $17 million for AI construction startup Dream

Former Palantir executives Andy Elder and Arjun Mathur have launched Dream, a startup building AI world models for construction, backed by $17 million from a16z. The model is grounded in real physics and building standards, and trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data from US permit archives. The founders aim to tackle rising development costs that have slowed US construction.