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One AI foundation to build the next 40 years on.
A crawl, walk, run plan to get Clayton out in front of AI — starting with pre-con — on a single system you own, engineered to actually run day to day, not just demo well.
What we heard
Your team set a 90-day goal to explore AI and get out in front of it — not react to it. You don't have one screaming pain point; you have a company built to lead, and you want the AI decision made deliberately.
Today the business runs across good, separate tools — Builder for pre-con, Procore for project management, CCIM for accounting — stitched together. That works until you want the truth in one place. And by your own read, pre-con is where AI can add the most value first.
An intern proved AI can help. That's a real signal — but a proof of concept and a system your team runs the company on are two different things. The goal from here is simple: get ahead of AI on a foundation you own, starting where it pays back fastest.
How we work with you
We're a partner, not a vendor handing you a box. Everything here is open for discussion — we expect to push on each other to land the right call.
The difference that matters isn't more AI, it's engineering discipline. Anyone can build with AI now. Building something trustworthy — with real architecture, security, and a team that maintains it for years — is a development problem. We build to fit your business, ship an MVP you actually use, and iterate together like the IT team down the hall. Because the product is client-driven, it stays ahead of the industry — and you own every line.
A prototype proves an idea. A production system runs a business.
Crawl, walk, run
Crawl
Start at pre-con — the fastest, most visible ROI. An AI-native pre-con workflow, both customer-facing and in-house.
- Branded estimator + lead capture
- Plan → takeoff + MEP narrative
- Scope → division-level budget
- Sub-bid automation
Walk
Extend into operations — the parts Procore and CCIM leave on the table — so the whole job lives in one place.
- Live project status for clients
- Daily field-report summaries
- Document & comms search
- Schedule & delay risk
Run
A full custom platform running the business — and, if you want it, a product other GCs pay to use.
- One system, owned by Clayton
- A private "Clayton AI" model
- Optional: license to other builders
- Stays ahead — it's client-driven
Pre-con, made faster
Pre-con is the beachhead, and we'd attack it on two fronts — one your future customers touch, and one your pre-con team uses in-house, with no customer in the room.
Turn interest into organized leads
- Instant budgets from a conversation or a floor plan
- Captures the full project as a brief + transcript for pre-con
- Deflects tire-kicker calls to self-serve estimates
- Becomes a marketing engine — every lead is yours
Make the team faster, quietly
- Plan → takeoff + MEP narrative in minutes, not days
- Scope of work → division-level budget draft
- Sub-bid automation: price out → approve / decline / modify
- Estimate against Clayton's own history — your edge
You're already looking at the customer-facing side, live. Open the working Clayton AI demo →
Why Centervert
We engineer, not just prompt
A 22-person team of tier 1–2 developers. We build the architecture, security, and reliability that turn a demo into a system you operate on.
We build to fit — and iterate with you
No spec handed off for a year. We embed like your IT team, and the client drives the product so it stays ahead of the industry.
You own everything
Code, data, roadmap — yours. No lock-in, no expertise that walks out the door. A durable asset for a company built to last.
A partner for the long run
Not a vendor selling a box — a partner helping Clayton lead the industry on AI, and grow because of it.
Let's build the foundation
Review & align
Walk this with your leadership team. Everything here is open — push on it.
Kick off Crawl
Scope the pre-con MVP together and get a working version in your hands.
Grow into Walk & Run
Extend across operations on the same foundation, at your pace.
