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by Praveen Ghanta

Praveen Ghanta, founder of Fraction, on hiring, building, and shipping software — and why most of the standard playbook doesn't hold up under founder math.

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AI Strategy

AI Features in Construction Management Software: What's Worth Building and What's a Distraction

Your Procore or Autodesk Build instance isn't the bottleneck. The two AI features that actually move your margin are a thin layer on top of what you already run. You don't need to migrate to get them.

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AI in Construction Scheduling: What It Can Actually Do and What It Still Can't

AI scheduling tools are only as good as the data feeding them and the system they plug into. Bolt a predictive layer onto the scheduler your crews already run. Don't force a new tool on the people keeping the job on track.

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Generative AI in Construction: Kill the Document Tax Before You Chase the Flashy Stuff

The ROI in construction isn't a flashy model. It's the document and coordination tax that quietly burns margin on every project. Generative AI is finally good enough to kill most of it.

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AI in Construction Estimating: Where It Helps, Where It Doesn't, and What to Build

The pitch is that AI will transform your estimates. The reality is narrower and more useful: it compresses takeoffs, surfaces patterns in your own historical cost data, and hands the judgment calls back to you.

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AI in Construction Safety: The Integrations That Actually Reduce Risk

The job site demos look impressive. The tools that actually move your incident rate are the ones nobody's pitching, the ones quietly wired into the systems your crews already use.

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AI Consulting for Small Businesses: What Is Realistic for Your Budget
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AI Consulting for Small Businesses: What Is Realistic for Your Budget

AI consulting was never only for Fortune 500 companies — the right-sized version exists, and knowing what to ask for changes everything about the outcome.

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AI Leadership Blind Spots: 5 Mistakes Executives Make with AI Investment
AI Strategy

AI Leadership Blind Spots: 5 Mistakes Executives Make with AI Investment

Most AI project failures trace back to a leadership decision, not a technical limitation — and the same five patterns appear across every industry and company size.

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AI Automation Consulting: Which Business Processes to Automate First
AI Strategy

AI Automation Consulting: Which Business Processes to Automate First

Most companies evaluate dozens of AI automation options and ship none — because they skip the one decision that determines everything: which process to automate first.

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AI Opportunity Assessment: How to Pick the Right First AI Project
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AI Opportunity Assessment: How to Pick the Right First AI Project

The most expensive AI mistake is not building the wrong thing — it is building the right thing in the wrong order, and skipping the assessment that would have told you the difference.

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Building Agentic AI with a Problem-First Approach
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Building Agentic AI with a Problem-First Approach

Most teams building agentic AI start with the framework — and that is exactly why most agents never make it to production.

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AI Strategy for Non-Technical Founders: Where to Start When You Don't Write Code
AI Strategy

AI Strategy for Non-Technical Founders: Where to Start When You Don't Write Code

You don't need to understand AI to invest in it wisely — you need to understand your business problem, your data, and your budget.

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How Much Does AI Development Cost in 2026? A Complete Pricing Breakdown
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How Much Does AI Development Cost in 2026? A Complete Pricing Breakdown

The range you'll find online — $5,000 to $500,000 — is technically accurate and completely useless without knowing which type of AI project you're actually building.

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