Canibuild is an AI-native SaaS platform built to answer one question instantly and defensibly: can this be built here, and what does approval require? For building, permitting, and planning departments, that question currently consumes disproportionate staff time on repetitive pre-lodgment enquiries and incomplete or non-compliant submissions, delaying determinations and creating inconsistent guidance across counters, shifts, and channels.
Canibuild's government suite addresses both sides of that problem. FrontDesk is a government-branded, self-service resident portal: an applicant enters an address and receives an instant, parcel-specific summary of zoning allowances, applicable overlays, and eligible pre-approved plans, reducing counter calls and producing better-prepared applications before they ever reach staff. PlanCheck is the AI plan review layer behind the counter, built from three modules jurisdictions can adopt individually or together: ReadyCheck validates submission completeness, ZoneCheck checks zoning and land-use compliance, and BuildCheck flags early building-code triggers. Every finding is traceable to a specific rule and source document, with a full audit log, so reviewers can accept, override, or request clarification on any AI-generated output. PlanCheck integrates with existing systems of record (Tyler, Accela, OpenGov, and others) rather than replacing them.
The governing principle across the suite is simple: AI assists, staff decide. Canibuild does not automate approvals or replace professional judgment; it gives reviewers a faster, more consistent starting point and gives applicants clearer expectations up front.
Canibuild's underlying permissibility engine is already validated at scale across the residential construction industry, powering more than 5 million site assessments for builders and contractors across the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. That same engine underpins Canibuild's public sector deployments, including a live resident-facing rebuild portal for Los Angeles County supporting residents affected by the January 2025 wildfires, deployed alongside the County's existing permitting system with no data migration required.
For city, county, and state agencies evaluating permitting modernization, Canibuild offers a residential-specialist alternative to broad, legacy enterprise platforms: faster deployment, explainable AI output, and a modular path that lets a jurisdiction start with a single module and expand as confidence grows.