AI real estate startup Smart Bricks has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The funding round also included participation from several venture capital firms and angel investors. The company did not disclose its valuation.
Smart Bricks was founded in 2024. It operates as an AI-focused research and development lab building autonomous systems for real estate investing. The startup is focused on applying advanced AI to automate real estate discovery, analysis, and execution.
AI Real Estate Startup Smart Bricks and Its Platform
AI real estate startup Smart Bricks is developing agentic AI infrastructure designed to manage the full lifecycle of real estate investment. The platform uses autonomous reasoning systems to identify, evaluate, and execute investment opportunities.
The system ingests large volumes of public and proprietary data. It analyzes pricing, liquidity, regulatory conditions, and risk factors across multiple global markets. The platform is designed to automate tasks such as valuation, underwriting, due diligence, and financing support.
Smart Bricks states that its technology can automate up to 99 percent of the traditional real estate investment workflow. The company aims to reduce processes that typically take months into significantly shorter timeframes.
Investors Backing AI Real Estate Startup Smart Bricks
The funding round for AI real estate startup Smart Bricks included participation from Techstars, 500 Global, Cornerstone VC, South Loop Ventures, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels, and Cento Ventures. Angel investors involved in the round have professional backgrounds at companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Airbnb, and Blackstone.
Smart Bricks is also an alumnus of several accelerator and growth programs. These include Google AI First, Microsoft GrowthX, and NVIDIA Inception.
Use of Funds and Expansion Plans
AI real estate startup Smart Bricks plans to use the new funding to accelerate product development. The company will expand its AI-driven underwriting and execution capabilities. It also plans to scale market coverage across key global real estate hubs.
The startup will continue developing its autonomous systems to support end-to-end real estate investment operations.