Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to infrastructure boom
Dili, an AI compliance startup, raised $21.7M ($6.7M seed + $15M Series A led by Khosla Ventures) to help construction projects, especially federally funded ones, navigate complex regulations like Davis-Bacon and PWA rules. The company uses LLMs only to process unstructured documents into structured data, then applies deterministic rules to ensure accuracy. Already deployed on ~700 projects, Dili offers both in-house software and outsourced compliance services.
Dili, a new AI compliance company, announced $15 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Brick and Mortar Ventures' Darren Bechtel, and Y Combinator's Garry Tan. Combined with a $6.7 million seed round, total funding reaches $21.7 million. Dili focuses on AI compliance for construction projects, particularly those receiving federal funding, addressing overlapping regulations such as Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rules and PWA (prevailing wage and apprenticeship) rules for clean energy projects under the IRA, plus OSHA and EPA requirements. Co-founder and CEO Anand Chaturvedi emphasizes that non-compliance can lead to millions in fines. Dili uses LLMs only in the data layer to convert unstructured documents into structured data; then a deterministic system applies compliance rules, reducing tasks from a full day to minutes. The software is already used on approximately 700 projects, including manufacturing facilities and data centers. Roughly half of projects use Dili as in-house software, while the other half outsource compliance entirely; Chaturvedi expects a shift toward the software model as AI matures.
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- PWA = Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship — преобладающая заработная плата и ученичество
- IRA = Inflation Reduction Act — Закон о снижении инфляции
- OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration — Управление по охране труда
- EPA = Environmental Protection Agency — Агентство по охране окружающей среды
- LLM = Large Language Model — большая языковая модель
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