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Build

Raised $8.5M in a Seed round, announced 1 July 2026.

Round

Build raised an $8.5 million seed round to scale its AI-driven due diligence platform.

Amount: $8.5M
Stage: Seed
Announced: 1 July 2026
Lead: Index Ventures
Other investors: Pebblebed, Puzzle Ventures, Tiny.vc, Tishman Speyer, Sarah Friar, John Stecher
Checked: Amount and date matched across 3 press sources

Company

Automates infrastructure and data-centre due diligence using AI-driven analysis.

Based in: New York
Founded: 2024
Sector: AI
Website: build.ai ↗

Founders

James Stirrat-Ellisco-founder and CEOLinkedIn ↗
Ben McCluskyco-founderLinkedIn ↗

Sources and links

Sources: Build raises $8.5m seed for AI-driven infrastructure due diligence platform - AEC Magazine news.google.com
Build raises $8.5M to automate data-centre due diligence - The Next Web news.google.com
Build raises £6.4m to accelerate infrastructure projects with AI - UKTN news.google.com
Website: build.ai ↗
LinkedIn: James Stirrat-Ellis ↗, Ben McClusky ↗

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