Karmen GTM brain

Karmen helps construction teams build and update project schedules from drawings, specifications and historical schedules.

category

AI construction scheduling

market profile

  • text: Construction schedules require ongoing revisions as project scope changes and delay impacts need explaining.
  • text: Project managers also face substantial coordination overhead from subcontractor correspondence and construction systems.

personas

  • title: Scheduling director
    pains:
    • Building bid schedules from large document sets takes scarce planner capacity.
    • Maintaining consistent CPM logic and explaining revisions requires careful review.
  • title: Construction project manager
    pains:
    • Scope changes require schedule updates and defensible delay narratives.
    • Project information is scattered across documents and communications.
  • title: General superintendent
    pains:
    • Missing details in drawings can produce unreliable sequencing and field surprises.

icp

  • text: General contractors and specialty subcontractors responsible for planning complex construction work.
  • text: Larger project teams processing extensive drawings and specifications and using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.

message pillars

  • text: Apply AI to construction schedule preparation.
  • text: Position the product as a scheduling co-pilot for project teams.
  • text: Specialize in the construction industry.

objections

  • objection: AI may miss scope or produce weak logic.
    response: Review generated schedules against source documents and existing project standards; the team retains decisions.
  • objection: We cannot replace our scheduling system.
    response: Karmen says schedules export to Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
  • objection: Project drawings are sensitive.
    response: Request security and data-use documentation during procurement.

competitors

  • name: ALICE Technologies
    why: Construction scheduling and optimization overlap.
  • name: nPlan
    why: AI construction schedule generation and risk analysis.
  • name: Procore
    why: Construction management platform competes for project workflow.

keywords

  • construction scheduling software
  • AI construction scheduler
  • Primavera P6 schedule automation
  • construction baseline schedule
  • construction time impact analysis
  • CPM schedule generation

voice

  • practical and construction-specific
  • time-saving and direct
  • human-in-control

signals

  • text: Hiring schedulers or pursuing document-heavy construction bids suggests schedule production pressure.
  • text: Frequent scope changes and time-impact analyses create a recurring update use case.

stack

  • Primavera P6
  • Microsoft Project

pricing

model: contact_sales

motion

sales_led

channels

  • YC directory
  • demo requests
  • construction software directories

confidence

medium

Founders

  • name: Jonas Ebrahimi
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: My parents were general contractors, and during university, I gained experience working at JLL. After graduating, I joined IXM and was the youngest commodity trader in their history, primarily working with the European aluminum team. In this role, I managed the delivery of over $1 billion worth of refined aluminum annually, sourced from industrial projects around the globe.
  • name: Naman Wahi
    title: Founder/CTO
    role: CTO
    bio: I hold a Master’s degree specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from Imperial College London. Previously, I was a software engineer at nPlan, a startup focused on delivering AI solutions for large-scale construction projects with clients such as Shell, ExxonMobil, and Skanska. Drawing on my experience in construction tech, I’m now building Karmen, an AI Assistant for Construction Project Managers.

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