Why Field Materials' CEO Left Big Tech to Fix Construction's Most Expensive, Least Talked Problem

Eldar Sadikov shares how construction procurement is being transformed through AI-powered automation and agentic workflows. Coming from a construction family background and combining experience from AI research at Google and Microsoft, he explains how Field Materials is replacing manual spreadsheets, paper forms, and repetitive data entry with intelligent procurement systems. The conversation explores how AI agents can automate purchasing, invoice processing, delivery tracking, and material management across large-scale construction projects, especially as infrastructure and data center…