Why We Only Work With Strata
We get asked this a lot. "Why just strata? You could build AI for anyone."
And yeah, we could. But we won't. Here's why.
Generic AI is a race to the bottom
Every second agency out there is selling "AI solutions for your business." They'll build you a chatbot, connect some APIs, and move on to the next client. The problem is they don't actually understand your business. They understand software.
When you're building AI agents that need to make decisions, context matters. An email from a tenant about a water leak is not the same as an email from an owner about their levy. The urgency is different. The routing is different. The response is different.
If you don't understand strata, you build something generic. Generic doesn't work.
Strata is 80% admin
This is the thing that got us excited. Strata management is overwhelmingly administrative. Emails, maintenance requests, levy notices, meeting minutes, compliance tracking. Most of it follows patterns. Patterns are exactly what AI agents are good at.
We looked at a dozen industries before picking one. Strata had the clearest signal. High volume, repetitive tasks, and teams stretched thin. That combination means AI agents can deliver real, measurable value fast.
Deep knowledge compounds
Every strata client we work with makes us better for the next one. We learn the edge cases. We understand the software ecosystem. We know what a by-law infringement looks like versus a maintenance request that got miscategorised.
A general agency starts from scratch every time. We don't.
The bet
We're betting that going deep on one industry beats going wide across many. It means we say no to work that doesn't fit. That's hard when you're building a company. But every time we take on a strata client, we prove the thesis. The agents work better because we built them with real domain knowledge.
That's the whole strategy. Go deep. Stay focused. Build the best AI agents in strata.
Want to talk about AI for your strata business?
30 minutes. No pitch, no obligation. We'll size the problem and tell you exactly what we'd build.
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Founder, Bloc
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