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She’s flipping the priorities on homebuilding; this founder wants buyer stress out of the blueprints
“It’s one of the biggest emotional, financial investments you’re going to make in your life,” the founder of Olathe-based buildNest explained, tapping into her own homebuilding experience.
High-profile Digital Sandbox KC funding program gets new leader: a veteran Austin tech founder
Kansas City already has all the ingredients a startup needs to grow, said Jeff Zhao, expressing excitement about combining his expertise in technology commercialization with existing local resources.
Block and Mortar: KC-built real estate development platform boosts projects’ speed to market
An emerging Kansas City startup is aiming to simplify one of real estate’s most complex phases, bringing key players onto a single platform to speed up early-stage decision-making.
Shifting how work gets done: AI is an accelerant, but keep stop signs ready, C3KC panelists say
“There’s still a lot of noise around what AI actually means,” said Anthony Tackett of Hill’s Pet Nutrition. “Most people are really talking about generative AI right now, but that gets mixed up with automation and other tools.”
Nature gets a human boost as experts restore KC’s forgotten heart-shaped forest ahead of World Cup
A hidden gem near Kansas City International Airport is being rediscovered and restored — just in time to welcome World Cup visitors flying overhead to the heartland.








