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Kestrel Labs unveils the first AI-powered compliance platform built natively inside BIM.
Read the release[ Posted Jun 10, 2026 · 4 min read ]
At AIA 2026 in San Diego, Kestrel Labs announced the public launch of its building code compliance platform — running inside Autodesk Revit at the design stage, backed by $2.15M in pre-seed financing and a data agreement with the International Code Council.
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Short notes, longer essays, and product releases — in reverse chronological order.
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Jun 11, 2026
Architosh: a native BIM compliance platform, arriving just in time
Architosh founder & editor-in-chief Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, covered our AIA '26 launch — calling Kestrel a democratization of code compliance knowledge that has "arrived just in time for the world of architecture."
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Jun 10, 2026
Kestrel Labs unveils the first AI-powered compliance platform built natively inside BIM
Announced at AIA 2026 in San Diego: the public launch of Kestrel's building code compliance platform — running inside Autodesk Revit at the design stage, backed by $2.15M in pre-seed and a data agreement with the ICC.
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Jun 1, 2026
aec+tech: bringing code compliance inside the BIM model
aec+tech sat down with Co-Founder & CEO Marian Pulford on how Kestrel turns building codes into machine-readable logic and runs compliance checks inside the model. Read the feature.
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May 18, 2026
Sponsoring the archi+tech Social Night at AIA '26
Friday, June 12 at Carrier Johnson + Culture in San Diego, alongside the AIA 2026 Conference on Architecture & Design. Co-sponsored with Slantis.
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May 14, 2026
Kestrel at AIA '26 — live demos in the Innovation Zone
Marissa Ritchen, Austin Pulford, Brian Farber, and Marian Pulford will be demoing Kestrel live throughout the conference in the Innovation Zone.
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Apr 30, 2026
Notes from the Autodesk AECO Technology Partner Summit
A short read on what we heard from the AECO ecosystem in San Francisco — and where the partner landscape around AI and BIM-native workflows is heading next.
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Apr 21, 2026
Kestrel is sponsoring AECTechCon 2026 in St. Louis
Booth + team on the floor at AECTechCon 2026 this May. Co-sponsoring alongside KAI. Come find us if you're working on AI, BIM, or building code compliance.
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Apr 10, 2026
Brian Farber joins as strategic communications consultant
Brian led global PR for Autodesk's AEC business for nearly seven years — and was a White House appointee at the US DOT. He brings deep AEC ecosystem fluency to the team.
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Mar 27, 2026
Marissa Ritchen joins Kestrel as Chief Industry Officer
A licensed architect (AIA, RA, NCARB) with 15+ years across residential, commercial, and landmark work joins Kestrel to lead industry engagement.
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Dec 9, 2025
That's a wrap on Techstars Boston Accelerator 2025
Three months that compressed years of progress into a single quarter — paid design partners, demand from 60+ firms and jurisdictions, ecosystem partnerships with Autodesk and Trimble.
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Sep 8, 2025
Kestrel named a finalist in the Trimble 0–60 Challenge
A signal that model-based building code compliance is gaining industry adoption. Notes on the selection, the broader shift, and what it means for design teams.
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May 16, 2025
ArchiCheck AI is now Kestrel Labs
Our first news post. We updated our name to better reflect what we're building: software that brings building code compliance directly into the design process. The product, team, and direction remain the same.
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