Humance
AI that keeps complex construction projects on schedule.
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
ForemanW26Keeping contractors on the job site, not behind a desk.Shared: construction, schedulingActive
TerusamaW20We help warehouses schedule trucksShared: schedulingAcquired
BulldozairS16Construction management platformShared: constructionAcquired
TigerEyeS22AI for ConstructionShared: constructionAcquired
LadderS20Labor Marketplace for ConstructionShared: constructionAcquired
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About Humance
Humance is building an AI-powered project management tool for the construction industry, where work is highly coordinated and delays are costly. Large projects involve dozens of interdependent workstreams where a single setback can cascade unpredictably through the entire timeline. Today, most project managers track this manually — tracing dependencies by hand, updating schedules, and notifying stakeholders one by one. It's slow, error-prone, and pulls focus away from the higher-order decisions that demand real expertise. Experienced project managers carry deep knowledge — of sequencing, trade-offs, site realities, and stakeholder dynamics — that no tool can replicate. Humance is built around that expertise. By handling the mechanical work of dependency tracking and schedule coordination, it frees project managers to do what they're actually skilled at: exercising judgment, managing complexity, and keeping the big picture in view.
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Humance: questions
Which YC batch was Humance in?
Humance was in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch (W21).
Is Humance still active?
Y Combinator lists Humance as active.
Where is Humance based?
Humance lists Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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