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Build

AI-native site diligence, feasibility and development services for the built environment.

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AI-native service
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Architecture, engineering & construction
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AI-native site diligence, feasibility and development services for the built environment.

What Build does

Build carries out development work for real-estate and infrastructure projects, from site selection and diligence through feasibility and design. It combines development specialists with AI and geospatial information to produce project-specific analysis and recommendations.

Its work examines constraints such as zoning, utilities, environmental conditions and the program a site can support. Teams can compare configurations and prepare authority-specific submissions using the relevant requirements and source data.

The company’s offering is a development-services engagement rather than a map viewer or a general design assistant. Developers use the work to assess a site, remove uncertainty earlier and carry a viable concept toward acquisition, planning and delivery.

  • Site selection
  • Development diligence
  • Feasibility
  • Geospatial analysis
  • Planning submissions
  • Real-estate development

Company details

Build was founded by James Stirrat-Ellis and Ben McClusky and lists teams in New York and London. It brings human development expertise together with agentic AI for built-world projects.

The company focuses on investors, developers and operators delivering data centers, energy and power, industrial and telecommunications projects. Its company page describes a model organized around automating mission-critical development services.

Founders & leadership

James Stirrat-EllisCo-founder
Ben McCluskyCo-founder

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Build carries out development work for real-estate and infrastructure projects, from site selection and diligence through feasibility and design. It combines development specialists with AI and geospatial information to produce project-specific analysis and recommendations.

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Last reviewed October 21, 2026. Prices and availability may change; inclusion is not an endorsement.