Wired & Hammered

Wired & Hammered cuts through the hype. We talk shop with founders, execs, PMs, estimators, foremen, and operators building real systems in heavy civil, mining, and vertical construction.

Wired & Hammered is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Wired & Hammered, a technology show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  E09: Dr. Ibrahim Odeh, Columbia University

  Jun 2, 202641 minS0

  <p>Ibrahim Odeh is the Chair of Construction Engineering and Management at Columbia University and founding director of GLCM, a program that has grown to 5,000 industry members globally and over a million learners on Coursera. He's spent the last academic year embedded with major AEC firms studying real-world generative AI adoption, with three white papers landing imminently.</p><p>This is a conversation grounded in research. Ibrahim introduces a framework that cuts through a lot of the noise: the gap between theoretical benefit and observed benefit, what AI could do for your organisation versus what it's actually delivering today. Most...

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  Episode #8

  E08: Cibby Pulikkaseril, Founder of Zabidou

  Feb 12, 202632 minS0

  <p>Cibby Pulikkaseril is bringing laser vision tech to construction manufacturing through his new company Zabidou. He's taking laboratory-grade sensing and delivering it at 1/10th the cost and 10 times faster to install and commission by building a cheaper, fit-for-purpose sensor stack that's good enough — and using AI to build way more efficiently while stripping out all the platform bloat, cloud fees, and licensing fees.</p><p>We talk about how he's targeting precast concrete plants, why construction manufacturing can't be outsourced (everything's too heavy), what makes dirty industrial environments different from clean rooms, and why he's deliberately designing with low co...

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  Episode #6

  E06: Noel Brady, COO @ ProjectMark, the CRM for Construction

  Feb 2, 202632 minS0

  <p><b>Noel Brady - ProjectMark</b></p><p>Noel Brady is co-founder and COO of ProjectMark, a construction-specific CRM. He spent 10 years as a project manager across Irish, UK, and US markets, most recently with Tishman Construction on a $2 billion project in downtown San Francisco.</p><p>The company started because Noel kept seeing contractors lose work despite being qualified. "Death by a thousand cuts" - messy BD processes, uncoordinated proposals, disjointed procurement. He and his co-founders knew these companies could deliver on site, but they were getting knocked out in the selection process.</p><p>The bigger problem: 47...

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  Episode #7

  E07: Doug Vincent, CEO @ Mastt, AI assisted Project Management Software

  Feb 2, 202636 minS0

  <p><b>Doug Vincent - Mastt</b></p><p>Doug Vincent is co-founder and CEO of Mastt, a construction project management platform focused on cost tracking and financial controls. They've got customers managing billions in projects across 10 countries.</p><p>Doug's been deploying AI in the product for a while now, so we talked about what that actually looks like in practice:</p>AI agents read through contracts, invoices, and progress claims (even 500-page documents) and auto-populate the cost trackerTakes work that used to require 30 minutes to an hour down to about 15 secondsThe AI reviews payments against contract terms and...

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  Episode #5

  E05: Inside Trimble Ventures: How Corporate VCs Are Reshaping Construction Tech

  Jan 8, 202623 minS0

  <p><b>In this episode of Wired & Hammered, we explore corporate venture capital with Eliot Jones, Principal at Trimble Ventures. As part of the global technology leader's investment arm, Eliot shares insights on how established corporations are partnering with emerging construction tech companies to drive industry innovation.</b></p><p><b>Key topics covered:</b></p><b>Trimble's investment sweet spot: Why Series A startups are the focus</b><b>The shocking reality: Construction represents 14% of global GDP but gets only 1% of VC funding</b><b>How the Construction Startup Competition sources 500+ companies annually</b><b>Building two-sided partnerships between...

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