Hello, my nerdy, geeky, brilliantly obsessed designers — Episode Six is here. And this one is for everyone who is trying to figure out where AI fits into their actual practice.
Naman Mehta is an architect, founder of IntelliBuild Group, co-founder of StageLens AI, and one of the most active AEC educators in the world right now. He has trained over 3,000 professionals across 40 countries — and he started, like most of us, with a frustration and a lot of late nights. In this episode, Divya and Naman have the honest conversation about what it actually takes to bring an entire industry into the AI era.
In this episode:
• How Studio Lotus shaped Naman's design thinking — and why that foundation matters more now than ever
• The real story behind training 3,000 professionals across 40 countries
• Why you should start with the problem, not the tool — and how to actually do that
• StageLens AI — building cultural intelligence into a real estate staging product for India
• Why AI amplifies your skill level rather than replacing it — and what that means for how you learn
• The curriculum lag in architecture education — and who's closing the gap
• The version of the AI story that doesn't get told: amplification, not replacement
• Homework: 30 minutes, one tool, one workflow — and tell me what happens

Tools & platforms mentioned: Grasshopper, IntelliBuild, StageLens AI, Flora AI, xFigura, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion.
Find Naman at @naman.ai.aec on Instagram and on LinkedIn.
Hosted by Divya Goel | Architect & Design Technologist | @thegeeksdesignstudio
Guest: Naman Mehta | Founder, IntelliBuild Group | @naman.ai.aec