Kestrel Labs has launched the first compliance platform built natively inside the Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow, putting jurisdiction-specific code requirements inside Autodesk Revit, before drawings reach plan review. Revit is a BIM software that allows architects, engineers and construction professionals to design in 3D. Kestrel raised $2.15 million in pre-seed financing from New Stack Ventures, FirstMile Ventures, Denver Ventures and Avesta Fund.
The Kestrel Platform includes three features:
- Kestrel Compliance Analysis – One click inside Revit runs a full compliance check in about 30 seconds, with every result tied to the specific model element and cited to the exact code section.
- Kestrel Compliance Chat – An AI building code assistant and thought partner that answers project-specific compliance questions in plain language, cited to the exact code section. It is available inside Revit and in the browser.
- Kestrel Portal – A web-based compliance dashboard for project managers and firm leadership with no BIM file required.
Kestrel’s compliance checks draw from a data agreement with the International Code Council (ICC).
“No permit delay, no redesign, no late-stage surprise is random. They most often start in the design phase, when the right information wasn’t there at the right moment,” said Marian Pulford, co-founder and CEO, Kestrel Labs. “Kestrel puts the code right inside the BIM workflow, at the moment it can still make a difference. Every architect we talked to had lived this story. Kestrel is for them.”
The platform is an annual firm-wide license, with no per-seat fees.
