AI for Commercial Real Estate
​🧠About the Event
Commercial real estate is transforming—and AI is just getting started.
​This evening brings together brokers, operators, and Proptech founders for a focused conversation on how AI is already shaping the industry.
​We’ll kick off with a concise panel of brokers sharing their career journeys, how they’re approaching AI, and where they see the biggest opportunities. After that, we’ll spotlight a few startups building AI-powered tools for CRE with rapid-fire pitches.
​Expect real insights, candid stories, and a room full of people actually building and doing—no sprawling conference vibes, just focused conversation.
​👤 Panelists Include:
​Wes Powell – Executive Managing Director, JLL
​Wes co-leads JLL’s Agency Leasing team in San Francisco, where he’s helped lease over 9 million square feet of office space. With deep experience working with landlords like Morgan Stanley and Invesco, and a front-row seat to how the downtown market has shifted over the past 15 years, Wes brings a practical, long-term view on how brokers and owners are adapting to AI and new tech.
​Matt Brasler – Managing Principal & Co-Founder, Finlay Pacific
​Matt brings an owner’s mindset to every deal, shaped by decades in Bay Area real estate and time spent running a $200M development portfolio. With over $1B in sales and 1M SF leased, he blends street-level insight with institutional experience to help clients navigate complex investments and repositioning.
​Pierce Neinken – Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Resource Commercial Real Estate
As Managing Partner at Resource, Pierce brings a global perspective to local real estate strategy, shaped by 400+ transactions across 30+ cities during his time at Airbnb and CBRE. A founder of CRETech, he combines deep industry insight with a passion for innovation to help companies like Google, Cisco, and Chevron create high-impact, future-ready spaces.
​🧩 What We’ll Cover:
​Where brokers see real potential with AI
​What’s actually working (and not) in the field
​Gaps founders can build into today
​Real-world experiences, takeaways, and bold predictions from industry pros
​🚀 Startup Lightning Pitches
​Bryckel
Bryckel AI is an AI-powered document automation platform purpose-built for commercial real estate (CRE).
CRE teams are buried under thousands of unstructured leases, contracts, and agreements — relying on outdated tools that fail to eliminate manual, repetitive work. We ingest unstructured complex real estate documents to accurately extract and analyze data, create insights, and generate deliverables. We serve CRE brokers, property and asset managers, and lease administrationÂ
teams on both landlord and tenant sides.
​Wilson Engineering
Wilson Engineering Technologies is building an AI-operated control platform for hotels, fitness centers, and spa facilities. It optimizes energy usage across A/C, heating, pools, and laundry systems. Traditional systems waste energy and increase maintenance costs. Our AI agents harvest real-time data, redistribute energy intelligently, and adapt to user behavior. The result is up to 50% energy savings, reduced maintenance, and a smarter, more reliable guest experience.
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Building something for brokers, landlords, or CRE investors?
​We’ve got slots for a few 3–5 minute pitches from founders building AI-driven tools for the industry.
Want to pitch? Apply here->
​https://www.justgravitate.com/events/ai-cre-sf-2025/pitch
​🥂 What to Expect
​A sharp panel + real discussion
​Startup demos
​Drinks, snacks, and great company
​🕒 Agenda
​6:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Arrival & Networking
Grab a drink, meet a few folks, settle in.
​6:30 PM – 7:10 PM – Broker Panel
Career journeys, how they’re thinking about AI, and what opportunities they see ahead.
​7:10 PM – 7:30 PM – Startup Lightning Pitches
Quick demos (3–5 mins each) from founders building AI-powered tools for CRE.
​7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Open Networking
Stick around, connect, and keep the conversations going.
​This event is organized by Gravitate