Short reflections on AI, data, automation, facility technology, and robotics. One idea at a time.
[Databricks’ October 29 Procore case study](https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-procore-powering-construction-analytics-opensharing-0) article describes how Procore evolved its construction analytics architecture to deliver curated data more frequently. One detail stood out to me: the same modeled data supports both application reporting and customer extracts.
Read the post[Google Cloud announcement, October 27, 2026](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-robotics-embodied-reasoning-2-is-now-available-on-google-cloud) puts Gemini Robotics Embodied Reasoning 2 into public preview, with capabilities for interpreting video, planning tasks, and coordinating robot tools. For me, this raises a practical question: how do we connect better robotic reasoning to better facility decisions?
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