Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu's NavigateAI, which is building an expert AI coach for construction workers, raised a $25M seed led by Elad Gil at a $225M valuation (Anna Tong/Forbes)

<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/05/26/opendoor-co-founder-eric-wu-launches-ai-for-construction-venture/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260527/i32.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260527/p32#a260527p32" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Anna Tong / <a href="http://www.forbes.com/">Forbes</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/05/26/opendoor-co-founder-eric-wu-launches-ai-for-construction-venture/">Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu's NavigateAI, which is building an expert AI coach for construction workers, raised a $25M seed led by Elad Gil at a $225M valuation</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; After pioneering automated home buying, the serial real estate tech entrepreneur is shifting focus from buying physical assets to empowering the workers who build them.</p>