An interview with Mani Golparvar, co-founder and CTO of Reconstruct, a software platform for construction project management. Mani discusses how Reconstruct uses AI and computer vision to generate 3D models from images and video captured on construction sites. This allows stakeholders to remotely monitor progress and compare as-built reality to design models. Benefits include reducing travel costs, improving project visibility, and verifying installed work. Mani also shares his experience as a professor researching AI for construction at the University of Illinois. He provides insights on construction vs design workflows for AI, challenges acquiring training data, and emerging techniques like synthetic data. Overall, the interview explores AI's transformative potential in construction through Mani's dual lenses as an academic researcher and technology entrepreneur.