AI Homebuilding Startup Digs Secures $25.3M as Builders FirstSource Integrates Its Platform

What the Deal Actually Covers

The funding comes attached to a five-year integration agreement. Builders FirstSource will embed Digs’ AI platform into its existing digital ecosystem, making it available to its network of approximately 140,000 builder clients across 91 of the top 100 U.S. metropolitan markets.

The scope runs the full construction lifecycle:

• Pre-construction: estimates and blueprint collaboration
• During construction: workflow coordination and documentation
• Post-move-in: home maintenance tracking, warranty management, and homeowner data

The practical result is that a builder using Builders FirstSource for materials could, in principle, have the same platform carry structured data about that home forward to the homeowner—without the usual handoff breaking everything.

The “CarFax for the Home” Framing

Digs co-founder Ryan Fink describes the platform as a “CarFax for the home.” It’s a useful analogy. A car’s history—ownership, repairs, recalls—travels with the vehicle. A home’s history, by contrast, typically does not survive the sale, the renovation, or the contractor who moved on.

Digs replaces static PDF blueprints with an AI-powered hub that tracks a property’s materials, history, and warranty details over time. The longer-term vision, according to Fink, is building “the first scalable true digital twin of the home”—a living record that persists well past the construction phase.

The company currently has thousands of homes on its platform across all 50 states and operates on a SaaS model charging builders directly.

Why Builders FirstSource Makes Sense as a Lead Investor

This is not a typical venture capital round. Builders FirstSource is a Fortune 500 company operating roughly 565 locations across 43 states. Its involvement is strategic: the company supplies structural building products, trusses, and millwork to professional homebuilders at scale.

For Builders FirstSource, integrating Digs means adding a software layer to an existing materials and logistics relationship. For Digs, it means distribution reach that would take years to build independently.

Builders FirstSource CEO Peter Jackson framed the rationale around operational efficiency and homeowner experience—two areas where residential construction has historically lagged other industries.

Team and Growth Plans

Digs was founded in 2022 by Fink and co-founder Ty Frackiewicz, both of whom have prior exits in adjacent spaces. Fink previously founded Streem, a home-service AR startup acquired by Frontdoor in 2019. Frackiewicz brings a background in construction engineering and luxury homebuilding. The two previously collaborated on ONtheGo Platforms, an augmented reality startup acquired in 2015.

The Vancouver, Washington-based company currently employs 37 people. With the new funding, Digs plans to grow to more than 60 employees by year-end, with hiring focused primarily on engineering, design, and product.

What to Watch

The integration with Builders FirstSource gives Digs something most construction SaaS startups lack: a direct channel into an established builder relationship at national scale. The question is execution—whether embedding a software platform into a materials supply chain produces the kind of adoption that justifies the five-year commitment.

For builders evaluating AI tools in residential construction, Digs is now worth tracking not just as a standalone product but as part of a broader Builders FirstSource digital ecosystem. The platform’s value will depend heavily on how deeply that integration actually runs in practice.