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title: "Podcast | Can AI Help Developers Break Ground Faster ft. Pulley COO Andreas Rotenberg"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8251c47b-3a77-43bd-97ff-9d4a898196d4
source: "Commercial Observer"
original_url: https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/podcast-can-ai-help-developers-break-ground-faster-ft-pulley-coo-andreas-rotenberg/
author: "Ecohen"
category: "Real Estate"
topics: ["Technology","People"]
published: 2026-06-16T19:28:37.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:17:49.924Z
image: https://commercialobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/square_logo-1.png?w=1200
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# Podcast | Can AI Help Developers Break Ground Faster ft. Pulley COO Andreas Rotenberg

**TL;DR:** Andreas Rotenberg, Co-founder and COO of Pulley, discusses how AI can help developers break ground faster on projects. Pulley is an AI-powered permitting platform that has supported over $15 billion in projects approved across the U.S.

*By Ecohen, originally published in Commercial Observer on 2026-06-16. [Read the original](https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/podcast-can-ai-help-developers-break-ground-faster-ft-pulley-coo-andreas-rotenberg/).*

## Story

Andreas Rotenberg is Co-founder and COO of Pulley, an AI-powered permitting platform helping developers, operators and commercial teams move projects through approvals faster. Before Pulley, he was part of the team at Honest Buildings through its acquisition, then served as Chief of Staff at Procore through its IPO. Pulley has supported over $15 billion in projects approved across the U.S. Live from ICSC+Proptech in Las Vegas.

(0:00) – First ever ICSC+Proptech live podcast (1:47) – Why Permitting Is a Growing Bottleneck (2:41) – What’s Happening During Permitting Timelines (4:13) – Jurisdictional Complexity Across the U.S. (5:08) – What CRE Teams Underestimate About Permitting (7:35) – Why Pulley (8:18) – The Origin Story (10:53) – Combining Technology with Local Expertise (14:26) – Where AI Creates Real Value in Permitting (17:36) – Trust, Hallucinations & Accuracy (19:07) – Municipalities & Public Sector Modernization (20:40) – Second & Third Order Effects of Faster Permitting (22:41) – Collaboration Superpower: Vaclav Smil

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Keywords: A+I, Andreas Rotenberg, artificial intelligence, commercial real estate, construction, development, permitting, Podcasts, proptech, tangent, Zoning, Honest Buildings, Procore, Pulley

## Entities

- Real Estate (sector)
- Commercial Observer (publication)
- ai technology (topic)
- commercial real estate (topic)
- proptech (topic)
- ICSC+Proptech (location)
- Procore (company)
- permitting process (topic)
- Pulley (company)
- Andreas Rotenberg (person)
- Honest Buildings (company)
- construction development (topic)

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Originally reported by Ecohen, Commercial Observer (https://commercialobserver.com/2026/06/podcast-can-ai-help-developers-break-ground-faster-ft-pulley-coo-andreas-rotenberg/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8251c47b-3a77-43bd-97ff-9d4a898196d4).