Blueprints AI launches software that generates permit-ready construction documents from sketches in minutes
Blueprints AI’s second-generation platform updates an entire project after one design change and checks it against local building codes. The Santa Monica startup trained its models on eight years of approved drawing sets and will publicly release the software this week.
A Santa Monica startup called Blueprints AI is unveiling its second-generation software this week that can produce code-compliant, permit-ready architectural blueprints from a description, sketch, or PDF — covering architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and interior design simultaneously.
The company, incorporated in 2025 by co-founders Al Drams and Coco Cao, is showcasing the new software at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, running October 13–15, 2026, where it was selected for the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort.
The second-generation platform marks a significant upgrade over its predecessor. Users can make a single design change that automatically updates the entire project and checks it against local building codes. Early customers are already using the software, with a public release set for this week. A third version, adding structural analysis and electrical panel design, is already in development.
Drams, who holds architecture degrees from the University of Tehran and completed Ph.D. coursework at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, ran his own architecture and construction firm before founding Blueprints AI. He and Cao trained the company’s models using eight years of approved drawing sets from that firm, which remains in operation. Cao, a data scientist from Hong Kong, serves as chief commercial officer.
The startup’s first-generation software is priced between $3,200 and $8,500 per month depending on the plan, with custom enterprise pricing available. A flat-fee option for single projects may be added.
Drams says architects currently spend roughly 80% of their time on drafting and only 20% on design — a ratio he wants to reverse. The software does not replace licensed architects, according to the co-founders; professionals still review documents and apply their seal before permit submission.
Blueprints AI is targeting two customer groups: professional architecture, engineering, and design firms, and real estate developers and property owners.