Vancouver-based AI homebuilding platform Digs closed a $25.3 million Series A led solely by Builders FirstSource, paired with a five year commercial deal to embed its digital twin technology into the materials giant’s ecosystem for more than 140,000 builders.
Digs’ $25.3 million Series A funding is a strategic investment and commercial partnership led solely by Builders FirstSource (NYSE: BLDR), the largest U.S. supplier of building materials and value added services for residential construction. The round brings Digs’ total capital raised to more than $47 million. This follows earlier seed funding (including a ~$7 million seed and later rounds totaling roughly $13–20 million pre Series A by late 2025, with a $5 million top-up led by SPLY Capital). Prior backers included regional and sector focused firms such as Fuse, Flying Fish, Oregon Venture Fund, Cascade Seed Fund, Portland Seed Fund, and others, plus a customer investment from Lanthorne Homes.
What is Digs?
Digs is a Vancouver, Washington-based AI software company founded in 2022 by Ryan Fink (CEO) and Ty Frackiewicz (Chief Product Officer). The founders previously collaborated on AR/tech ventures (including ONtheGo Platforms, acquired; Fink later founded Streem, acquired by Frontdoor). Frackiewicz has a construction engineering and luxury homebuilding background.
The platform uses patented AI to convert fragmented construction documents (PDFs of plans, selections, change orders, emails, etc.) into a structured, searchable single source of truth. Key capabilities include:
- AI powered takeoffs, diagramming, measurements, and collaboration tools (chat, files, e-signatures, tasks, comments, QR codes).
- Generation of 3D digital twins and photorealistic elements from simple PDFs (no CAD/BIM required).
- Homeowner portals for transparency during builds, self service answers via AI (“AskDigs”), and “post move in” support.
- DigsCare for warranty management, aftercare, maintenance guidance, and reduced service tickets.
It operates on a SaaS model charged to builders (per seat); trades, vendors, designers, and homeowners access free. Digs describes itself as creating a “CarFax/Homefax for the home”, a living digital record of materials, systems, warranties, and history that persists beyond construction.
As of the announcement, Digs had ~37 employees (planning to more than double to 60+ by year end, primarily in engineering, design, product, plus sales/marketing), thousands of homes on the platform across all 50 U.S. states (and Canada), and builder customers representing significant annual construction volume (previously cited at >$12 billion). It has earned industry recognition, including Fast Company Innovation by Design honors and Inc. Power Partner status.
The Partnership and Use of Proceeds
Builders FirstSource is both the sole lead investor and a five year commercial partner. BFS operates ~565 locations across 43 states, serving more than 140,000 builder customers and covering 48 of the top 50 and 91 of the top 100 Core Based Statistical Areas. It manufactures and supplies structural components (trusses, wall panels, windows, millwork, engineered wood), distributes materials, and offers installation/turnkey services. BFS has been expanding its digital capabilities (including prior tech acquisitions like Paradigm) to move beyond pure distribution into integrated workflows.
Under the agreement, Digs’ AI engine will integrate into BFS’s digital ecosystem. The combined platform aims to create one intelligent system connecting plans, specifications, selections, products, approvals, warranties, conversations, and project history. Planned joint innovations include:
- Unified project workspaces for estimating, procurement, construction, design, sales, and care.
- AI assisted diagramming, finish selections, and visual coordination among builders, designers, trades, and clients.
- Consumer grade homeowner interfaces for transparency during construction with reduced team interruptions.
- Extended post move in digital twins enabling personalized maintenance guidance, warranty support, and ongoing services.
BFS CEO Peter Jackson highlighted the combination of BFS scale, customer relationships, product data, and digital tools with Digs’ AI to simplify workflows, boost productivity, and deliver better homeowner experiences across the full lifecycle. Digs CEO Ryan Fink emphasized the partnership as advancing “the first scalable true digital twin of the home” that powers experiences long after move-in, leveraging BFS national reach and product data.
The capital supports product development, deeper platform integration, go to market expansion, and team growth. The companies have already collaborated for roughly a year prior to the formal announcement, with broader rollout expected relatively soon.
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U.S. residential construction remains highly fragmented and document heavy, with persistent pain points in cycle times, rework, information silos, labor productivity, and post close service costs. Builders face margin pressure from land, labor, materials, interest rates, and affordability constraints. Suppliers like BFS are competing not only on product availability and price but on the ability to remove friction, accelerate builds, and embed more deeply into customers’ operations.
Digs addresses the “unstructured data” problem at the core of homebuilding workflows. AI takeoffs that can process hundreds of estimates in the time of one manual one, automated organization of selections and plans, and continuous digital records directly target cycle time reduction, error reduction, and better client experiences. The digital twin and aftercare layer creates sticky, long duration engagement and potential new recurring revenue streams (maintenance insights, warranty efficiency, future services).
For Digs, the BFS partnership provides distribution scale, product data richness, and credibility that pure venture backed growth would struggle to match quickly. For BFS, it accelerates its shift from materials provider toward an indispensable operating partner with AI enabled end to end tools, aligning with broader industry moves toward digital twins, prefabrication, and productivity tech.
Market timing is favorable for adoption: builders are actively seeking efficiency tools amid slower absorption and cost pressures, while AI maturity enables practical automation of previously manual tasks without requiring full BIM/CAD overhauls.
The Series A and BFS alliance position Digs for accelerated enterprise penetration across BFS’s large customer base and beyond. Success hinges on seamless integration, measurable builder ROI (faster takeoffs, fewer change orders/rework, lower warranty costs), homeowner adoption of the digital twin, and effective scaling of the team and product. If the “scalable true digital twin” vision materializes, Digs could establish a durable data and engagement layer spanning the full home lifecycle, creating competitive moats around structured home data and ongoing services.
This is one of the more significant recent strategic bets in residential construction tech, pairing a specialized AI platform with the industry’s largest materials player to tackle longstanding operational inefficiencies.
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