#037 - Brendan Ardagh - The AI revolution in construction

In this episode, we sit down with Brendan, Co-Founder of Provision, who made the jump from a traditional QS role to a technology role. He shares with us his interesting journey and how he fell in love with construction. During the episode we dive into:  Brendan's experience with the startup world  His Journey through Y Combinator  World of AI  Machine learning  If you’re enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review! This helps us get more amazing guests to give you guys the best and most informative content on technology in the built world. -------------------------------------- Brendan Ardagh  Co-Founder of Provision --------------------------------------- Today's Sponsor: beta - Construction and technology network platform - connecting the tech industry with traditional partners. Chek www.the-beta.com --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 --> 00:01:22 - Intro 00:01:22 --> 00:02:04 - Sponsor 00:02:04 --> 00:04:35 -  Brendan's journey from Quantity Surveyor to entrepreneur 00:04:35 --> 00:05:55 -  Differences between the startup and technology scene in South Africa and Canada/US 00:05:55 --> 00:07:25 - Brendan's involvement with Y Combinator and how he got in 00:07:25 --> 00:13:29 - Innovation in construction industry and the difficulty in changing it  00:13:29 --> 00:16:13 - Discussing Y Combinator and the value it provides to startups 00:16:13 --> 00:18:16 - The dinosaur-like view of the construction industry and the potential advantage of being associated with Y Combinator  00:18:16 --> 00:30:31 - Introducing Provision and discussing AI & Chat GPT  00:30:11 --> 00:35:30 - Getting involved in using AI and where to start learning about it  00:35:30 --> 00:39:56 - Chat GPT and how it will impact construction industry in the future  00:39:56 --> 00:41:47 - The importance of utilising GPT effectively and jumping on opportunities presented by it 00:41:47 --> 00:42:55 - How open is OpenAI 00:42:55 --> 00:46:03 - Brendan’s routine  00:46:03 --> 00:46:53 - More about Brendan 00:46:53 --> 00:47:10 - Outro