Trunk Tools Launches Cortex to Tackle Construction’s Hardest AI Problem

Trunk Tools unveils Cortex — a new AI intelligence layer built specifically as the “brain” of construction. Developed over four years from live construction projects with some of the largest and most respected U.S. general contractors, Cortex is designed to read, interpret and structure data from construction drawings: a capability that until now has been a fundamental barrier to AI adoption in the industry. Cortex is also designed to function as a unified intelligence layer across project documentation beyond blueprints.

With Cortex, teams can interpret drawing data against the full corpus of project documentation: specs, RFIs, submittals, schedule and change orders. The platform is designed to provide all associated data and documentation when clicking on an object or symbol in a drawing, making it possible to visually browse and navigate the connections and impacts across the corpus of project documents. Additionally, it can identify changes in revision bulletins, including those that fall outside revision clouds, a common source of missed changes and downstream rework.