Indian Startup Inkers Built an AI That Catches Construction Delays Before They Happen

Inkers Technology has built Kyle, a construction intelligence platform that works overnight to process fragmented project data and present project managers with a precise status update, required actions, and a detailed weekly schedule every Monday morning, targeting the $1.6 trillion in construction revenue that is lost globally each year to poor or late decisions in a $13 trillion industry where 80 percent of large projects finish over budget or behind schedule. ✅ Cypher 2026: Join 5,000+ AI leaders. Book now → https://cypher.analyticsindiamag.com/... ✅ Chess League: Test your skills → https://chess.analyticsindiamag.com/ In this episode of Front Page, Antara Gupta sits down with Argenio Antao, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Inkers Technology, and Rohan Shravan, Co-Founder and CTO, Inkers Technology, to break down why a $13 trillion global construction industry that has resisted technology adoption for decades is now confronting an AI-driven intelligence layer, why Kyle functions as a predictive platform rather than a reporting dashboard by integrating planning, cost, quality, design, and procurement data into a single decision-making view, and why Rohan Shravan believes the hardest challenge in construction AI is not the model itself but the agentic system that links inference to real decisions in the orderly chaos of a live construction site. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Argenio Antao and Rohan Shravan on Building Construction Intelligence 1:50 A 40-Year Construction Career Meets Machine Learning 3:24 Why the $13 Trillion Industry Has Resisted Technology 5:14 The $1.6 Trillion Information Problem in Construction 8:38 Predictive vs Reporting: Why Kyle Is Not Just a Dashboard 10:14 How Kyle Works Overnight to Flag Delays Before Monday 12:44 Early Warning: Catching 5% Avoidable Overruns in Advance 15:01 3-4 Hours Saved Daily and Where That Time Actually Goes 18:37 One Year of Experience Becoming 15 Years with Kyle 23:22 The 80% Overrun Problem and What AI Can Actually Solve 30:42 Explainable AI: Drilling Into Kyle's 12% Cost Overrun Warning 37:13 The Future of Construction: Humanoids, AI, and Human Oversight #ConstructionAI #ArtificialIntelligence #PropTech #ConstructionTech #AIMNetwork #FrontPage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📌 ABOUT FRONT PAGE Front Page is a daily live news briefing covering AI, enterprise tech, semiconductors, and India’s role in the global technology economy. Built for people who make decisions, not just consume headlines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 👋 ABOUT AIM NETWORK AIM Network is India's leading voice on the intersection of AI, Technology, and Business. We bring you sharp analysis, breaking news, and original perspectives on everything from Generative AI breakthroughs to geopolitical market shifts. 🔔 Subscribe for daily insights:    / @aimmediahouse   📺 WATCH OUR POPULAR SERIES: Front Page (Daily Tech News):    • Front Page   Tech Talks (Podcast):    • Tech Talk   -Simulated Reality (Podcast) -    • Simulated Reality Podcast   📰 STAY UPDATED: Website: https://analyticsindiamag.com/ LinkedIn:   / analytics-india-magazine   Twitter/X: https://x.com/Analyticsindiam Instagram:   / aim.media.house   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------