{"id":85372,"title":"Karmen: The AI Assistant for Construction Project Managers","tagline":"Spend less time in your inbox.","body":"### \n\n### **TL;DR**\n\nKarmen is an **AI assistant** for **construction project managers**, helping them save time by automating admin tasks like **invoice approvals, RFI management,** and **change order tracking**. By linking directly to emails and texts, Karmen captures and organizes project updates, letting owners and general contractors automate time-consuming documentation tasks. Project managers can **save around 3 hours per day** from searching through 100s of emails and uploading to multiple construction management tools such as Procore.\n\n### **The Problem: Project Managers Spend Hours on their Emails**\n\nConstruction project managers receive hundreds of emails daily, many from subcontractors. These emails often include:\n\n* **Invoices**: Billing for completed work or materials.\n* **RFIs (Requests for Information)**: Requests for clarification on project details or specifications.\n* **Change Orders**: Requests for modifications that impact project scope, schedule, or cost.\n\nSubcontractors often send emails or texts and are reluctant to adopt construction management software to submit these requests. As a result, project managers spend hours reading emails and entering data into platforms such as Procore.\n\n### **The Solution: Automate these Tedious Tasks with AI**\n\nKarmen lets project managers link their emails and construction management software (e.g. Procore) to do the following:\n\n* **Data Entry**: Automating the manual process of entering details from correspondence, such as invoices.\n* **Project Matching**: Match emails to the relevant project and subcontractor.\n* **Real-time Updates**: Notify project managers of subcontractor updates that may affect the project schedule scope. i.e. a potential change order.\n\n### **Demo**\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/YtrQeMM5Yps\u003e\n\n### **About Us**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=85372\u0026key=user_uploads/2190507/ccc2d86b-7c9a-4c1e-9af4-00f660cc63c4)\n\nJonas managed logistics as a **commodity trader at IXM**. Also, growing up, he worked for his parents, who were general contractors in London.\\\n\\\nNaman built AI-powered construction software for companies like **Shell, ExxonMobil, and Suffolk** as a **software engineer at nPlan**. He also holds a Master’s Degree with a specialization in Machine Learning \u0026 Artificial Intelligence.\n\n### **Asks**\n\nIf you (or someone you know) are a project manager, [book a demo](https://calendly.com/jonasebrahimi-karmenai) or reach out to [jonas@karmenai.com](https://jonas@karmenai.com) or [naman@karmenai.com](https://naman@karmenai.com).\\\n\\\nThanks for reading!\\\nCo-founders at Karmen\\\nJonas \u0026 Naman","slug":"MCy-karmen-the-ai-assistant-for-construction-project-managers","created_at":"2024-11-08T01:04:59.553Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:50:38.523Z","total_vote_count":18,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MCy-karmen-the-ai-assistant-for-construction-project-managers","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=85372\u0026key=user_uploads/2190507/ccc2d86b-7c9a-4c1e-9af4-00f660cc63c4","company":{"id":30062,"name":"Karmen","slug":"karmen","url":"https://www.karmenai.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/fa668d5cbf2cf7fdadb1d8847e54392cbd356305.png","batch":"Fall 2024","industry":"Real Estate and Construction","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30062"}}