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Niklas Lindgren, co-founder and CEO of Endra, joins the AEC Business Podcast to discuss why his Stockholm-based startup is rebuilding MEP design from the ground up with AI. Endra recently raised $50 million in Series A funding and counts some of the world’s largest engineering consultancies as customers.
Niklas explains why Revit’s underlying data model is too coarse to support deep automation, and why Endra built its own granular 3D data model instead of working as a plugin. He describes Endra’s “spatial AI” approach to routing conduit and ductwork without clashes, and how the platform models entire electrical systems, from receptacle to transformer, inside a single source of truth.
The conversation covers where Endra fits in the design process (through RIBA Stage 4), why engineers stay firmly in the loop rather than getting black-box answers, and why Niklas believes Revit isn’t going away but will become an orchestration layer that startups build around. He also shares Endra’s roadmap, including a September 14 launch of its electrical module in Las Vegas, and reflects on why Stockholm has become a hotbed for applied AI startups.
Connect with Niklas on LinkedIn and visit endra.ai to learn more.
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