It might feel like AI is advancing at an insane rate right now, but for Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Josh.ai, everything is not what it seems. Sure, models are improving at record rates right now, but for his company, over a decade of work has gone into the platform advancements they've been developing.
Still, as…
Josh.ai has published a new Code of Conduct for Artificial Intelligence in the Home, outlining twelve principles the company says should guide how AI systems operate in private living spaces.
The Denver-based company, which develops AI-powered control systems for residential technology, says the code is intended to address a central concern as AI becomes more…
There is a difference between seeing smart home technology on a show floor and seeing it behave inside a space that feels like it could actually be lived in.
That distinction was hard to miss during our recent visit to the Savant Experience Center in New York City’s SoHo district. The expanded 8,000-square-foot space brings…
When Digs announced its new strategic partnership with Matt Risinger and The Build Show Network last week, the headline was easy to read as another AI-in-construction story. A platform company and a respected industry educator collaborate on a promise to help builders make sense of new technology. All that is certainly accurate. But what I see is another example…
Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract future topic for the connected home and design-build channel. During our recent Connected Design AI Roundtable, that point came through clearly from both the research that opened the conversation and the panelists already putting AI to work inside their companies.
The discussion built on our recent Industry Pulse Survey,…
Founder Nick Donahue is building Drafted to make custom home planning faster, more accessible, and more iterative.
Connected Design’s latest Industry Pulse Survey finds that integrators and adjacent professionals are already testing AI in proposals, research, documentation, and client-facing work, even as accuracy, time, and industry fit remain the biggest barriers.
Drafted, an AI-based platform that launched earlier this year, is a free-to-use tool that lets users dream up their ideal house plan with just a few simple prompts. Founder Nick Donahue sat down with us to talk about how the tool works, where he plans to expand its capabilities, and the role of AI in…
I'll skip the part where I tell you AI is coming for our industry. You already know that. What I want to share is what it actually looks like when you stop watching from the sidelines and start building with it.
We've been using AI at GWI for about a year now. Not as a…
We promise that this roundtable will not be hosted by AI. Connected Design will, though, have a very human conversation featuring some incredibly intelligent individuals on the topic of AI, Tuesday, June 9th at 12 p.m. ET.
The discussion will center around how brands and businesses are leveraging this ever-evolving technology to create impressive products…


