Digs raises $25.3M as Builders FirstSource signs five-year deal

Digs, a Vancouver, Washington software maker founded by Ryan Fink, raised $25.3 million in a Series A round led by Builders FirstSource, which also signed a five-year commercial agreement to integrate Digs' AI-powered homebuilding tools into its 565-location network. The partnership gives Digs access to Builders FirstSource's 140,000 customers and includes joint product development and AI features for residential builders.

Digs raises $25.3M as Builders FirstSource signs five-year deal Ryan Fink's third startup pairs a Series A led by Builders FirstSource with a five-year commercial agreement for AI-powered homebuilding tools. By RuntimeWire Staff /author/runtimewire-staff · Published Primary source: Business Wire https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260825859281/en/Builders-FirstSource-and-Digs-Announce-Strategic-Partnership-to-Deliver-the-Next-Generation-of-AI-Powered-Homebuilding Why it matters Digs secured something harder to buy than capital: a long-term product relationship with a supplier that already sits inside builders' purchasing and project workflows. Ryan Fink @rynfnk https://x.com/rynfnk?ref=runtimewire has raised $25.3 million for Digs https://digs.com/?ref=runtimewire , pairing the Series A with a five-year commercial agreement that could give the Vancouver, Washington software maker access to Builders FirstSource's 565-location network. Builders FirstSource https://www.bldr.com/?ref=runtimewire is the sole lead investor in the round, according to the joint announcement published Tuesday https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260825859281/en/Builders-FirstSource-and-Digs-Announce-Strategic-Partnership-to-Deliver-the-Next-Generation-of-AI-Powered-Homebuilding?ref=runtimewire . The publicly traded building-materials supplier will also work with Digs on product development, integrations and AI features for residential builders. Builders FirstSource says it operates approximately 565 locations across 43 states and serves more than 140,000 customers. The commercial contract carries as much weight as the check. Builders FirstSource is buying equity while placing Digs inside a digital strategy that already spans home design, material purchasing, scheduling and construction management. That gives Digs a potential route to customers that would take years for a young enterprise software vendor to assemble independently. It also puts Fink back on familiar ground. Before starting Digs with Ty Frackiewicz https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyfrack?ref=runtimewire , Fink built computer-vision and augmented-reality products intended to make physical spaces easier for software to understand. Atheer acquired his gesture-recognition startup ONtheGO Platforms https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/02/ar-company-atheer-acquires-onthego-for-its-gesture-recognition-system/?ref=runtimewire in 2015. Frontdoor later acquired Streem, which used computer vision to help home-service professionals inspect and diagnose problems remotely, in 2019. Digs is the third expression of that thesis, applied earlier in the life of a home and carried through ownership. The house becomes the database Fink started working on Digs after building a custom home for his family and running into the fragmented records that follow a construction project. Frackiewicz brought the other side of the problem: he had worked as a homebuilder before becoming vice president of product at Streem. The pair founded Digs in 2022 around a straightforward premise. Builders already produce plans, specifications, selections, change orders, photos, approvals and warranty documents. The useful information is scattered across PDFs, spreadsheets, email threads and software products that rarely share context. Digs turns those records into connected project data. Its products include AI-assisted file management, plan collaboration and homeowner handoff tools. Digs says its software can read standard construction documents and create a spatially organized digital record of a home, allowing builders, trades and homeowners to search information and attach decisions to the relevant room or component. Fink described the long-term goal more plainly in the announcement: "We're building the AI platform that understands every home." That ambition extends beyond reducing administrative work during construction. Digs wants the resulting digital twin to remain with the homeowner, carrying product details, warranties, maintenance records and project history after move-in. The same data could support future repair, retail and home-service transactions, a market Fink began pursuing at Streem. The Builders FirstSource agreement is designed to connect that record to estimating, procurement, construction and homeowner support. Planned functions include AI chat, e-signatures, tasks, QR codes, finish selections, visual coordination and warranty management. Those are planned capabilities, and neither side has published an integration schedule, an initial deployment size or measured productivity results. Builders FirstSource already has software Digs is entering an established digital operation rather than filling an empty product shelf. Builders FirstSource markets myBLDR https://www.bldr.com/digital-tools/mybldr?ref=runtimewire as a project-management platform connecting design, document storage, homebuyer selections, schedules, budgets, material quotes, orders and deliveries. Its broader digital product suite https://www.bldr.com/digital-solutions?ref=runtimewire covers community planning, 3D home models, buyer selections and construction workflows. That overlap makes the partnership consequential for Digs and creates the main execution test. Digs has to add an AI and homeowner-data layer to Builders FirstSource's existing products without asking builders to adopt another disconnected workspace, the problem both sides say they are trying to remove. Builders FirstSource CEO Peter Jackson has made digital products part of the supplier's growth strategy. Before becoming CEO, Jackson was chief financial officer and oversaw capital allocation, acquisitions and digital transformation. Builders FirstSource also created a president of technology and digital solutions role in 2025, putting Gayatri Narayan in charge of digital products and the Paradigm software subsidiary. The Digs investment gives that strategy an external development team with specialized construction-document AI. The five-year term suggests Builders FirstSource expects a longer product cycle than a pilot, although the announcement does not specify purchasing commitments or guaranteed revenue for Digs. Strategic investors are becoming the distribution strategy The round takes Digs' announced financing to roughly $45 million, based on its earlier funding disclosures. Digs reported nearly $20 million in pre-Series A capital https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digs-tops-off-nearly-20-million-pre-series-a-funding-to-solidify-position-as-leading-ai-platform-for-home-builders-302606693.html?ref=runtimewire in November 2025, when it said nearly 10,000 homes were on the platform and its builder customers represented more than $12 billion in annual home construction. Those traction figures were supplied by Digs and have not been independently audited. Digs did not disclose its Series A valuation or identify additional participants. Earlier backers have included SPLY Capital, Oregon Venture Fund, Fuse, Flying Fish, Legacy Capital Ventures, Portland Seed Fund and Deepwater Asset Management. The Builders FirstSource agreement follows a similar pairing elsewhere in residential construction. In June, home-design software maker Higharc raised a $95 million Series C and announced an AI estimating partnership with US LBM https://www.higharc.com/newsroom/higharc-95m-series-c-for-homebuilding-ai?ref=runtimewire , another major building-materials distributor. The two deals show how distribution is shaping the construction AI market. Builders buy materials and software through longstanding supplier relationships, making a strategic investor's customer access potentially more valuable than another venture firm's introductions. Suppliers gain software that can influence specifications, estimates and purchasing decisions upstream, before materials are ordered. For Fink and Frackiewicz, Builders FirstSource offers the industrial reach needed to test whether Digs can move from custom-builder collaboration software to infrastructure used across a national supply chain. The round pays for the attempt. The five-year agreement is what makes the bet credible.