Kantiv, formerly Joist AI, is a pursuit intelligence software company serving architecture, engineering and construction firms. Its platform connects institutional knowledge across past proposals, project data, employee expertise, images and client history so marketing and business development teams can make better pursuit decisions and produce stronger proposals. Kantiv has expanded from proposal generation into an agentic platform covering knowledge management, proposal workflows, image intelligence and AI agents. The company says it works with more than 200 AEC customers, including one in five of the ENR Top 50 design firms.
Kantiv offers the chance to work on applied AI for a specialized, high-value AEC workflow rather than a generic productivity use case. The company has reported more than 200 AEC customers, including one in five ENR Top 50 design firms, and raised a $4 million seed round co-led by Building Ventures and SignalFire. Its product scope is expanding into AI agents, image intelligence and end-to-end pursuit workflows, creating technical problems across enterprise data, AI and integrations. Kantiv has also achieved SOC 2 and multiple ISO compliance standards, indicating investment in enterprise-grade infrastructure and security. Public employee commentary additionally points to a family-first culture and meaningful flexibility.
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Co-founder and CEO of Kantiv. Jawali previously worked at Hensel Phelps in construction engineering, innovation and virtual design and construction, giving him direct experience with AEC workflows. He studied at Texas A&M University and founded Kantiv to improve how AEC firms use institutional knowledge and manage pursuits.
Co-founder and CTO of Kantiv. Almeida has nearly two decades of experience across enterprise AI, data systems, software engineering and data science. He studied at Georgia Institute of Technology, including work in databases, AI, search and machine learning, and leads Kantiv's technology development as the company builds its AI-native AEC platform.
Chief Revenue Officer at Kantiv. Marinovich is a SaaS revenue executive with extensive experience in construction technology and focuses on scaling Kantiv's commercial organization and adoption across AEC firms.
Head of Marketing & Growth at Kantiv. Seele has more than 15 years of marketing experience and previously worked at Hensel Phelps. She leads brand, marketing and growth efforts as Kantiv expands its presence with AEC marketing and business development teams.
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Kantiv introduced purpose-built AI agents that operate on a firm's own projects, people, clients and pursuit history, automating knowledge maintenance and pursuit tasks so AEC marketing teams can spend more time on strategy.
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Kantiv launched a customer community where AEC marketing professionals can exchange workflows and practices, learn from peers and access support from the Kantiv team.
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Kantiv announced general availability of Workspaces and Image Intelligence, bringing proposal content, project information and image intelligence together within its pursuit workflow platform.
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Joist AI rebranded as Kantiv to reflect its expansion from proposal generation into a broader pursuit intelligence platform. The company said it had grown to more than 200 AEC customers, including one in five ENR Top 50 design firms.
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