Hardline AI, a voice-first construction technology company, announced a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Mucker Capital to build what it describes as “VoiceOps” infrastructure for the construction industry. The company said the funding will support product development, integrations with construction software platforms, and go-to-market expansion across the commercial and residential construction sectors.
Founded by Alena Tuttle and Karly Heffernan, Hardline transforms jobsite phone calls and verbal conversations into structured project documentation, including daily logs, RFIs, punch lists, change orders, and task assignments. The company’s platform integrates with software platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Forma, and Hilti Fieldwire.
According to the company, the construction industry loses approximately $31 billion annually due to rework tied to miscommunication and poor documentation. Hardline’s platform is designed to capture information directly from calls and on-site conversations without requiring changes to existing workflows for field crews.
The company also announced the appointment of Kimball Hill as chief technology officer. Hill previously worked at Klarity, where he developed production multi-agent AI systems for enterprise customers. Hardline said Hill will help expand the company’s multi-agent AI and machine learning capabilities.
Hardline participated in the Suffolk Technologies BOOST Accelerator in 2025 and was named to BuiltWorlds’ “40 AI-Driven Solutions to Watch in 2026.” The company was also selected as a finalist for Best Business Technology at the 2026 International Builders’ Show hosted by the National Association of Home Builders.
The company said its primary target market includes contractors with 30 to 100 employees, particularly firms managing high call volumes with lean administrative teams. Hardline currently supports English and Spanish natively and has active deployments across 10 states and two countries.
Hardline is backed by investors including StandUp Ventures, Suffolk Technologies, Nirman Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.
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“One of the consistent challenges we see in the field is that the most important project information doesn’t always make it into systems of record. It lives in calls, conversations, and quick decisions on-site. We believe the voice layer of the jobsite is one of the last untapped, proprietary data sets in construction. Through BOOST, we were able to connect Hardline with our network of Operating Partners to pressure-test their solution in real environments. What’s compelling about Hardline is how their product sits naturally within current workflows, capturing critical data at the source without adding friction for field teams.”
Parker Mundt, Partner And Head Of Platform, Suffolk Technologies
“Alena and Karly are precisely the kind of founders we love to invest in, creative, committed to excellence, and using their industry insider know-how to be first to market with a novel and entirely modern solution that is seamless for its users.”
Michelle McBane, Managing Director, StandUp Ventures
“Nirman began backing Hardline early last year, and we increased our commitment this round. The administrative burden on field managers is real, expensive, and getting worse as back-office headcount shrinks and field users often skip daily reports simply because the flow of work doesn’t stop. A voice-first tool that slots into the platforms builders already use, without a learning curve, is exactly the future we see for field input. Hardline is pulling that future forward.”
Gregg Wallace, General Partner, Nirman Ventures
“I grew up on construction sites. The problem has never been that supers and PMs don’t know what’s happening on their jobs, it’s that they spend half their day documenting it after the fact, hunched over a laptop in a job trailer. Hardline closes that gap at the point of contact, the moment a call ends, before anyone has to open a spreadsheet.”
Karly Heffernan, Cofounder, Hardline
“We are not asking field crews to change anything. We meet them where they already are, on the phone. The voice layer of construction has been invisible to project management software until now.”
Alena Tuttle, Cofounder, Hardline
