PermitFlow

Construction's AI Platform

permitflow.com

HQ: New York, NY, USA

51-200

Real Estate and Construction

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

PermitFlow is a privately held construction-technology company founded in 2021 that uses AI and workflow automation to make pre-construction and permitting faster, more predictable, and less administrative. Its platform operates across thousands of authorities having jurisdiction and has supported more than $20 billion in construction value, according to company claims.

Primary product

An AI-powered construction permitting and pre-construction platform covering jurisdiction research, application preparation, document submission, municipal follow-up, approval tracking, inspections, closeouts, and license/registration management. The company describes five core agents: Intake, Research, Submission, Coordination, and Issuance.

Founded

2021

Headquarters

New York City, New York, United States; listed corporate address: 60 West 38th Street, Floor 2, New York, NY 10018.

Team size

100-150 (public company/profile estimates range from approximately 125 to 135; YC previously listed about 80)

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Construction technology / permitting software / vertical AI / ConTech

Offices

New York City, New York, United States

Milpitas, California, United States

Business model

B2B SaaS subscription

Usage- and project-volume-based permitting software

Enterprise software and implementation services

Paid integrations with construction-management platforms

Permit-related pass-through costs billed to customers

Funding

Stage

Series B / venture-backed growth stage

Total raised

$90.5M

Latest round

Series B · Dec 2025

Latest amount

$54M

Series B

Dec 2025 · Accel

$54M

Series A

Feb 2024 · Kleiner Perkins

$31M

Seed

May 2023 · Initialized Capital

$5.5M

YC / pre-seed

Mar 2022 · Y Combinator

$500K

People & investors

Leadership

Francis Thumpasery

Co-Founder and CEO

Samuel K. Lam

Co-Founder and CTO

Joel Graber

Chief Operating Officer

VP of Engineering

Head of People

Head of Marketing

Director, Strategic Initiatives

Aoife O'Sullivan

Head of Operations

Danny Gothelf

Vice President of Sales

Investors

Work & culture

The company emphasizes Customers First, Team Player, Ownership, Urgency, and Thriving on Change. Recruiting materials describe a customer-focused, autonomous, collaborative, fast-moving environment solving a real-world construction bottleneck; the company also says its team includes alumni of Meta, Google, Uber, Lyft, Stripe, Canva, and other technology companies.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public job postings show meaningful equity and role-specific salary bands; a Staff Software Engineer posting listed $200,000-$275,000 plus equity. Benefits are unusually specific for a private startup, but company-wide compensation data is not public.

Benefits

100% company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision coverage

Healthcare FSA

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Paid family leave

Equity

Company laptop

Home-office and equipment stipend

Daily in-office lunch and dinner

Commuter benefits

Team-building events

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily quote-based B2B subscription pricing. Fees depend on project type, permit type, jurisdiction, scope, and volume; the company offers tiered discounts and bills permit-application pass-through costs separately. Public list pricing was not found.

Differentiators

—End-to-end permitting lifecycle rather than only document management
—Proprietary dataset of more than 12 million municipal/AHJ data points
—Coverage across more than 7,000 jurisdictions
—AI agents for research, submission, coordination, issuance, inspections, and licensing
—Nationwide municipal workflow and localized requirements knowledge
—Embedded integrations with Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud
—Claims of up to 60% shorter timelines, 90% lower administrative workload, and 5x ROI

Technology

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Postgres

Python

OpenAI / LLM-based automation

Hugging Face

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Elasticsearch

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

Salesforce

Procore integration

Autodesk Construction Cloud integration

Customers

Amazon

Lennar

Service Experts

IKEA

Toll Brothers

Dick's Sporting Goods

Red Tail

Urban Moment

Wright Construction

Competitors

Permit expediter firms

OpenGov

GreenLite

ConCntric

Raken

Document Crunch

OpenCounter

Accela

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M-$10M annually; one third-party company profile estimates approximately $9M, while the company has disclosed growth percentages rather than audited revenue.

Estimated monthly visits

43.9K

Traffic estimate as of Aug 2026

info@permitflow.com

Latest news

PermitFlow Welcomes Fiorella Bariani and Brooks Crichlow to Leadership

PermitFlow on LinkedIn · May 2026

PermitFlow announced Fiorella Bariani as Head of People and Brooks Crichlow as Head of Marketing as it expanded from a permitting product toward a broader construction platform.

PermitFlow & Procore Integration: Manage Permits in Procore

PermitFlow · Mar 2026

PermitFlow announced an embedded integration with Procore so project teams can research, submit, track, and manage permits from within Procore.

PermitFlow & Autodesk Integration: Manage Permits in Autodesk

PermitFlow · Mar 2026

PermitFlow announced integrations with Autodesk Construction Cloud, including Autodesk Build Insight and BIM 360 Project Home, extending permit workflows into existing construction-management dashboards.

PermitFlow Raises $54 Million Series B to Build Construction's AI Workforce

PermitFlow · Mar 2026

PermitFlow announced a $54M Series B led by Accel, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Felicis, Initialized Capital, Altos Ventures, Y Combinator, and existing investors; it cited 10x revenue growth since Series A and new agents for inspections and license management.

PermitFlow Raises $54 Million to Solve Construction's Biggest Bottlenecks With AI

Business Wire · Dec 2025

Wire coverage of the Series B financing, adding that PermitFlow is headquartered in New York City and backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins, Felicis, Initialized Capital, Altos Ventures, Y Combinator, and others.

Jobs and careers at PermitFlow

45 jobs at PermitFlow

Operations Assistant (International)

Remote

Virtual Admin

Remote; United States

4d ago

Remote

Full-time