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BigMachine AI delivers projects faster and safer by using AI in the complicated processes and documentation required in engineering, procurement and construction. 

The company helps turn drawings into data and makes them searchable, helping everyone involved in a project. 

The Titan system is designed to eliminate bottlenecks that are common in a process that is now mostly manual and involves a lot of documents.   

“We’re really focused on helping that entire design-build-operate lifecycle of an asset,” said Charles Connell, Co-Founder and CEO of BigMachine AI. “Today, there’s a lot of manual steps involved, where a domain expert has to open an engineering drawing, review a spreadsheet, build the context in their head to make a decision, and move the project forward.”

He said that not only causes bottlenecks but also projects don't get finished on time, running over budget.

Connell said speed is essential today based on the amount of infrastructure demand across the country. 

“On the operation side, the plants can operate below their capacity, and generally the risks just accumulate,” he said. “You can imagine with some of these facilities, there’s so many documents, so many drawings that you can’t physically look at everything, even if you wanted to.” 

BigMachine AI takes all that information and applies AI to automate a lot of those steps. 

“Which today is particularly important if you think about the demand for infrastructure.,” he said.

Houston-based BigMachine AI was one of four startup companies selected from a competitive pool of 86 global applicnts to be awarded $100,000 by Rose Rock Bridge, the funding arm of Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL).  

The non-dilutive funding helps establish a presence in Tulsa, partner directly with major energy operators and support the creation of jobs. 

Learn more at bigmachineai.com.