How did the complexity of the protech industry spark Diane's interest in taking on the challenges of building a company in this space? What was it like building an adtech startup during the Internet 2.0 heyday? How is the current AI boom similar to the Internet 1.0 era? Why did Diane jump from adtech to fintech? What has contributed to the technology in the mortgage space being so outdated? Why are the mortgage files created during the origination process unclean and riddled with incorrect information? How have the interest rate cycles and associated hiring/firing sprees contributed to many of the technology challenges that the mortgage industry is facing today? Why have industry regulations obsoleted certain mortgage industry technologies? Why was it important for TidalWave to be an AI-first mortgage technology company? What is the difference between an AI solution and an AI wrapper? Why is a mindset of AI support instead of AI replacement important for CIOs to have today?

Diane Yu - CEO and co-founder of TidalWave, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how her first interaction with a computer as a child was so magical and set her on a lifetime journey of working with computers.

Are there industries outside of real estate where the asset has as many lifecycles? What were some of the problems that Vikas dealt with at Amazon Robotics while working with AEC professionals when building new logistics warehouses? How did growing up in a family-owned manufacturing business influence Vikas' later career pursuits? Where did Vikas' early interest in robotics come from? Why is system design as important as the underlying R&D in robotics? What is a mobile electronics company? Why was Kiva SYstems fundamentally different from other robotics companies of its time? What realization did Amazon have that led it to the conclusion that it was a strategic imperative to purchase Kiva Systems? How was Amazon able to finally achieve same-day shipping with the integration of Kiva Systems? What insights are needed to change problems that appear to be qualitative to actually be quantitative? Why did it take Vikas 5 years to earn his master's degree from MIT? What event led to Vikas' deep introspection and the desire to work on problems reducing carbon emissions? Why did Vikas not focus on farming as an industry where he could work on decarbonization? What was Operation Breakthrough? Why is solving the missing housing issue not a mass production problem but rather requires a mass customization approach? What is different about Reframe's business model from other off-site construction companies? How is air tightness related to wildfire resiliency?

Vikas Enti - CEO and co-founder of Reframe Systems, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how his interest in space and space exploration drove his belief that in the future the most interesting work would be in automation and robotics.

In major real estate downturns, who has all the real estate business? What do real estate agents need to do differently in a real estate recession? What was the innovation that Trulia and Zillow brought to the home buying industry? Why has Zillow been detrimental to so many real estate agents? What middlemen artificially add costs to the home purchase transaction? How did Rob transition from being a vendor of Chad's to being an investor and co-founder in his technology solution? Why has professional honesty been an important cornerstone of Swyvvl's success? How was personal sacrifice necessary for Chad to be successful with its brokerage business? Why are consistent client leads so hard to come by for real estate agents? What has traditionally caused real estate agents to shy away from brokerage CRM solutions in the past? How has Swyvvl flipped the business model for real estate agents in order to create more economically beneficial outcomes?

Chad Link and Rob Brower - co-founders of Swyvvl, join Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how an early development /design oversight demonstrated the personal integrity and commitment that laid the foundation for a future co-founder relationship.