ATLANTA--(BISNOW) – Atlanta-based architecture startup cove is launching what it is billing as the first full-service architecture practice powered by artificial intelligence.

The new practice, Cove Architecture, is the result of $25M in research and development for a two-part AI framework aimed at disrupting the industry and reshaping how buildings are designed and developed.

The framework will be used to help architects design buildings that meet local zoning codes, budgets and sustainability goals while cutting out inefficiencies.

cove CEO Sandeep Ahuja told Bisnow that the tool is already in use on one project, helping to optimize costs and streamline the design process.

“What we have been able to do, as AI has continued to grow, was take that final leap and pull all of our years of work wrapped together to be able to harness the power of AI,” Ahuja said.

The architecture practice is centered around two AI components: Vitras.ai, which sifts through reams of data and processes it for critical insights, and ARK_BIM, which takes that information and translates it into 3D models, cost analyses and construction documents.