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An alum builds a new home for a hard problem

A Waterloo e Co-op alum raised $5 million to transform home appraisals with AI.

Reported by University of Waterloo newsroom

E Co-op alum raises $5 million to transform home appraisals with AI
EntrepreneurshipE Co-op alum raises $5 million to transform home appraisals with AIPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

The company is applying AI to a process that affects how homes are understood and valued.

The story connects a Waterloo path to a summer question about place: how can a new tool make a familiar civic process clearer without making it feel remote?

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  1. Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca
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