SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zero RFI, the AI-native owner’s representative firm purpose-built for modernizing the construction industry, and PRIVV, the capital project management platform created for owner’s representatives and building owners, today announced a strategic partnership. The partnership gives PRIVV’s customers direct access to Zero RFI’s Project Delivery Services and the Foundation Zero platform they run on — a unified intelligence layer that ties every drawing, document, and decision into one living picture of the project — without changing the platform they already run their projects on.
Owners and owner’s reps running capital programs on PRIVV already have a live view of their budgets, schedules, and procurement. What they don’t always have is the expert capacity to act on everything that data reveals, such as a stakeholder misalignment that shows up at kickoff, a coordination gap buried in a 400-page spec book, a contentious email thread that’s about to become a claim, a closeout package that’s still a box of PDFs six months after substantial completion. Those are people problems as much as data problems, and they’re where projects lose the most money.
The partnership closes that gap. Zero RFI’s Project Delivery Services now work directly inside PRIVV engagements, running on Foundation Zero. Foundation Zero is an AI-native intelligence layer that ties thousands of documents, drawings, and decisions into one living picture of the project, flags risk early with full context instead of after it shows up as a change order, and stays scoped to that project alone. PRIVV customers get all of it without switching platforms. The PM works inside the data PRIVV already has.
Foundation Zero: The Infrastructure Behind the Partnership
Foundation Zero is not a bolt-on feature built for this announcement. It is the core proprietary infrastructure behind every engagement Zero RFI runs, for architects, engineers, contractors, and owners alike. The same unified intelligence layer that Zero RFI’s Project Managers rely on across the full building lifecycle is what PRIVV customers now get access to. That matters because it means PRIVV customers aren’t getting an experiment; they’re getting infrastructure that’s already proven across hundreds of engagements, applied to the projects they’re already running.
“PRIVV changed how our team manages capital projects. Having budgets, documents, and approvals in one platform built for owner’s reps has made us faster and more accountable. We’re excited about what the Zero RFI partnership means for the platform’s future.”
— Athena Mulvey, P.E., Partner, Pure Project Management
The move follows a broader shift already underway across the industry: established AEC and construction firms are increasingly choosing to partner with specialized, proven AI platforms rather than build proprietary systems from scratch. Zero RFI and PRIVV are extending that same logic to the owner’s side of the business, putting a platform owners already trust directly in the hands of expert people, instead of building something new.
“What we’re seeing across the industry is that the winning move isn’t building your own AI platform. It’s putting the right one directly in front of the people who need it, with an expert who knows how to use it. That’s what this partnership does for every owner running a project on PRIVV.”
— KP Reddy, CEO and Founder, Zero RFI
“We built PRIVV so owners could see their own projects clearly. Adding Zero RFI’s Project Managers and Foundation Zero on top of that means our customers don’t just see a problem sooner, they have someone who can act on it immediately.”
— Chris Nations, Founder, PRIVV
Zero RFI’s PM services are available to PRIVV customers starting now. Owners and owner’s reps who want to bring a Zero RFI Project Manager onto an active or upcoming engagement can request one through their PRIVV account team.
About PRIVV
PRIVV is a capital project management platform built for owner’s representatives and building owners. Founded in 2023 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, PRIVV has managed more than $4 billion in capital projects for institutions including Penn State and Florida State, and for CM/PM advisory firms nationwide. For more information, visit www.privv.ai.
About Zero RFI
Zero RFI is the AI-native owner’s representative — an operating system for how the built world gets made. Zero RFI acquires and transforms owner’s representative and construction management firms, deploying its proprietary Foundation Zero platform across the firms it owns and operates. Working exclusively for the owner — independent of the general contractor and design team — Zero RFI holds the project thread from first dollar to final closeout across owner’s representation, project delivery, project lifecycle coverage, and organizational transformation. Backed by General Catalyst, Zero RFI operates out of Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Denver. For more information, visit www.zero-rfi.com.
Media Contacts: Harold Reid · harold@zero-rfi.com — Zero RFI James Erway · james.erway@privv.co — PRIVV
