A Blueprints AI kiadta szoftverének második generációját, amely vázlatok vagy leírások alapján automatikusan elkészíti az épületek teljes tervdokumentációját. Rendszere az építészeti rajzok mellett a szerkezeti, gépészeti, elektromos, víz- és gázszerelési, valamint belsőépítészeti terveket is egyszerre generálja. A módosítások az egész projektben automatikusan átvezetődnek, miközben a szoftver folyamatosan ellenőrzi a helyi építési szabályoknak való megfelelést.
A cég modelljeit 8 évnyi jóváhagyott építési terven tanították be. A szoftver nem váltja ki a licence-szel rendelkező építészeket, mivel az elkészült terveket szakembernek kell átnéznie és lebélyegeznie az engedélyeztetés előtt, de a tervezők adminisztratív terheit jelentősen csökkenti.
A szoftver első verziója havi 3200 és 8500 dollár közötti előfizetői áron érhető el, míg a most frissült második verzió nyilvános hozzáférése a napokban indul. A cég már dolgozik a harmadik verzión is, amely szerkezeti analízissel bővül majd.
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Nearly two decades ago, a young college student wrote his final thesis about software capable of generating design documents for school buildings. Al Drams was studying architecture — following in the footsteps of his parents and grandfather — but it was technology that really intrigued him.
There was just one problem: the technology his idea required didn’t exist yet.
“Then ChatGPT came along,” said Drams, recalling when OpenAI released the generative AI chatbot that uses large language models (LLMs) in November 2022.
His old idea suddenly seemed a lot more possible. Within six months, he launched the concept of Blueprints AI, a startup that uses AI to produce code-compliant and permit-ready architectural construction blueprints in minutes from a 2D sketch or PDF.
Blueprints AI, which Drams officially incorporated in 2025 in Santa Monica with co-founder Coco Cao, was selected for the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, a cohort of promising early-stage startups that have earned a spot to exhibit at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, taking place this week from October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.
During that 20-year lead-up to Blueprints AI, Drams earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Tehran and completed two years of Ph.D. coursework on digital design at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. He moved to the United States and opened an architecture firm in 2018 called Drams Architects. Then, after obtaining a general contractor’s license, he added a construction business in 2021.
Drams should have been satisfied. He wasn’t.
“I was saying, okay, maybe I can build new projects that change people’s life in that area, but it wouldn’t be a big impact,” he said. “What makes me very excited about technology is the impact, the hours saved, the energy saved of people doing the same thing over and over and over.”
Blueprints AI will unveil a more capable second-generation version of its software at Disrupt. Drams and Cao say it will make a big impact because it takes over the repetitive drafting work that fills most of an architect’s day.
“It will make better spaces for people because now architects have the time to design,” said Drams. He said architects spend about 80% of their time on drafting and only 20% on design. “I want to flip that to be 20-80.”
Drams and Cao met at an AI conference several years ago and combined their skills to build the company. Cao, a data scientist from Hong Kong, handles sales and go-to-market strategy as chief commercial officer.
The pair trained their models using eight years of approved drawing sets from Drams’ design and construction firm, which is still in business.
Its first-generation software produces architectural construction documents and costs between $3,200 to $8,500 a month, depending on the plan. Custom pricing for enterprises is also available.
The startup’s second-generation software will deliver a considerable upgrade. Customers can start with a description or sketch of a project and create blueprints for every aspect of a building at once, including architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and interior design. Version 2 allows users to design and make changes to the project, an upgrade over the first iteration. Importantly, one design change updates the entire project and is checked against local building codes.
Early customers are already using the second version, and Drams said it will become publicly available this week. The startup is already working on a third version of its software that will add in structural analysis and electrical panel design.
The technology doesn’t replace licensed architects, according to the co-founders. Licensed professionals still review the documents and affix their seal before s
