GreenLite Secures $49.5M Series B to Speed Construction Permits with AI Private Plan Review

GreenLite Secures $49.5M Series B To Speed Up Construction Permitting With AI

GreenLite raised $49.5 million in a Series B led by Insight Partners, with participation from Energize Capital and existing investors Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures, and Chicago Ventures. The company builds AI-driven Private Plan Review (PPR) tools that help builders secure permits in days instead of months.

For product leaders, this is a clear signal: vertical AI plus regulatory expertise is creating real outcomes where legacy processes slow growth. Policy momentum is also on their side-nearly a quarter of U.S. states have passed PPR-friendly legislation over the last three years.

What GreenLite Does

GreenLite combines regulatory experts with AI to deliver Private Plan Review at national scale. Its flagship product, LiteTable, analyzes large plan sets, flags likely code issues, and surfaces the exact code references that matter.

• AI-assisted plan checks with human-quality control.
• Comment and guidance library specific to each jurisdiction.
• Faster, more consistent reviews that reduce resubmits and idle time.

Why This Matters For Product Development

• Vertical data moat: Proprietary compliance comments + jurisdiction-specific rules create defensibility and better model performance.
• Human-in-the-loop done right: Experts tighten feedback loops, improving accuracy and trust for regulated workflows.
• Outcome-first UX: "Permits in days" is a business outcome, not a feature. Anchor roadmaps to time-to-value and predictability.
• Policy tailwinds as GTM lever: Track PPR legislation and align expansion with states that enable third-party reviews.
• Integrations matter: Meet customers where they work (plan management, permitting portals) to reduce switching costs.
• Measure what moves revenue: Time-to-permit, resubmit rate, approval predictability, and backlog reduction.

Traction

GreenLite is used by nearly one hundred Fortune 500 customers across retail, industrial development, quick service restaurants, large home builders, and REITs. Teams report faster project starts and lower permitting delays, which lowers carrying costs and improves launch timelines.

Funding And Expansion

The new capital will expand GreenLite's footprint into lodging, industrial and logistics, clean energy infrastructure, and residential development. The company will also keep advancing its AI platform and hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations, and leadership.

What To Watch Next

• Deeper AI explainability for compliance decisions and audit trails.
• Broader jurisdiction coverage and standardized integrations with local government systems.
• Expansion into multifamily and other high-volume permit categories.

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."

If You're Building AI Products In Regulated Spaces

• Pair domain experts with models from day one; ship explainability and auditability.
• Target bottlenecks where delays have a direct cost (permits, compliance, approvals).
• Invest in localized rule sets; accuracy beats generic capabilities in regulated workflows.

Resources

• International Code Council (ICC) for building code standards and updates.
• AI courses by job role to upskill product and engineering teams on applied AI.