GreenLite Secures $49.5M Series B to Deliver Permits in Days with AI Plan Review

GreenLite Raises $49.5M Series B To Accelerate AI-Driven Construction Permitting

GreenLite has secured $49.5 million in Series B financing led by Insight Partners, with participation from Energize Capital and existing investors Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures, and Chicago Ventures.

The company builds AI-enabled Private Plan Review (PPR) solutions that help move projects through permitting faster. With permitting delays mounting across local jurisdictions, the funding targets scaling a proven approach at national reach.

Why this matters

Building departments are dealing with labor shortages, manual workflows, and growing backlogs. That slows down starts, ties up capital, and inflates carrying costs.

PPR is gaining traction as a practical fix. Qualified third parties review plans for code compliance so projects don't stall while city desks are underwater. Over the past three years, nearly a quarter of U.S. states have adopted PPR-friendly legislation. For background on code review standards, see the International Code Council's guidance on plan review.

What GreenLite offers

GreenLite says it's the only U.S. company pairing deep regulatory expertise with AI to deliver Private Plan Review at national scale. Its flagship product, LiteTable, ingests large plan sets, flags likely compliance issues, and cites relevant code sections.

The system leverages a growing library of jurisdiction-specific comments and guidance, improving consistency and speeding up iteration between design teams and reviewers.

Adoption and impact

Nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies already use GreenLite, including retailers, REITs, QSRs, industrial developers, and large home builders. Teams report faster plan cycles and shorter time-to-permit, helping projects break ground sooner.

Where the funding goes

• Expansion into lodging, logistics, and multifamily housing
• Broader coverage for industrial, clean energy infrastructure, and residential development
• Further development of the AI platform to improve speed, accuracy, and predictability in plan review

Practical takeaways for owners, developers, and GCs

• Check whether PPR is permitted in your project jurisdictions and bake it into precon timelines.
• Standardize plan templates and code annotations to reduce rework during third-party review.
• Track permit cycle time, resubmittal counts, and first-pass yield to quantify gains from PPR.
• Train teams on AI-enabled review workflows. For structured upskilling, see role-based options at Complete AI Training.

Company snapshot

Founded in 2022 by James Gallagher and Ben Allen, GreenLite has grown to 50 full-time employees and is hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations, and executive roles.

Key quotes

James Gallagher, Co-Founder and CEO of GreenLite: "The permitting backlog is holding back America's ability to build at the scale and speed we need. By combining a growing database of proprietary compliance comments with advanced automation, we're catching violations faster and providing builders, developers, and jurisdictions with the predictability and transparency they need to move projects forward, dramatically transforming the plan review and construction code compliance process."

Jeff Horing, Co-founder and Managing Director at Insight Partners: "GreenLite's full-stack Private Plan Review approach delivers building permits in days, not months, and is driving growth in America's local communities and economies. We're thrilled to back GreenLite as it continues to partner with the commercial sector and local governments to power the future of construction permitting."