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Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction

Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data gathered from permit archives across the United States.

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