FORMAS.AI Raises US$3.98 Million in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round to Build the AI-Native Design Workspace for Architecture

Singapore, 29 April 2026: FORMAS.AI, the AI-native creative and design workspace for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), has raised US$3.98 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. The round also saw participation from UntroD Capital, Hustle Fund, Big Sky Capital, and Orvel Ventures, alongside angel investors including enterprise SaaS unicorn founder, Jeffrey Tiong, Co-founder of Patsnap; the founding team of Zopim (acquired by Zendesk); Antonio Rami, Co-founder of Kantox (acquired by BNP Paribas); and Bradley Tabone, Co-founder of Hammertech, a construction technology platform.

The capital will be deployed towards team expansion, product development, and to scale go-to-market efforts globally, with the US and Europe as primary markets and Asia and Latin America as fast-emerging growth regions. Since its public beta launch in November 2025, FORMAS.AI users have generated over 500,000 designs across 135 countries, entirely through organic inbound demand.

Commenting on the fundraise, Yiping Goh, Co-founder and CEO of FORMAS.AI, said: “The AEC industry is one of the largest and most underdigitised sectors in the world. The current design-tech stack has steep technical learning curves. We want to reimagine what a great design platform looks like when built AI-native, not bolted onto legacy tools - and the global demand we’re seeing confirms that architects and designers are ready for that.”

Professor Carlos Bañón, Co-founder, Chief Product & AI Officer of FORMAS.AI, added: “For decades, architects have adapted their creativity to fit the constraints of their tools. FORMAS.AI flips that relationship. We’re building the workspace where AI amplifies the designer’s intent - not one that replaces it with generic outputs.”

Jessica Koh, Senior Executive Director, Investment at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, commented: “As AI evolves from fragmented point solutions to integrated platforms, FORMAS.AI is well-positioned in this emerging category - combining orchestration, fine-tuning, and proprietary tools to power design workflows at scale. We’re excited to partner with the team on this journey.”

AEC has traditionally been slower to adopt new technology, but the latest advances in AI, particularly in spatial understanding, image generation, and multimodal reasoning, are creating new possibilities for how architects and designers work. Today, most creative workflows remain spread across multiple disconnected tools, and while AI has accelerated rendering, the opportunity to rethink how designers actually work remains largely untapped. The AEC software market is projected to reach US$13 to 15 billion by 2030, as firms increasingly adopt AI-driven design automation across the project lifecycle.

FORMAS.AI is designed for this moment  - an AI-native workspace where architects and designers can sketch, render, iterate, and present within a single intuitive environment, working with AI as a creative collaborator rather than just a rendering engine. By orchestrating more than 60 specialist AI models within one unified platform, FORMAS.AI preserves the designer’s creative intent at every step, delivering speed, accuracy, and consistency without sacrificing control.

About FORMAS.AI

FORMAS.AI is the AI-native creative and design workspace for architecture, engineering, and construction. The company was co-founded by Yiping Goh, a seasoned founder-operator, exited entrepreneur, and former Partner at McKinsey & Company, and Professor Carlos Bañón, a globally recognised architect, a leading voice in AI and design, Singapore President’s Design Award & International Awards laureate, and pioneer in architectural intelligence. Headquartered in Singapore with expansion plans in the US, Europe & Japan, FORMAS.AI serves a fast-growing global community of architects, interior designers, product designers, and real estate teams. The company launched its public beta in November 2025 and is building in public.

Website: https://www.formas.ai

About Vertex Ventures SEA & India

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India is a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on partnering with high-growth startups across Southeast Asia and India. With a strong network and strategic expertise, they have invested in successful companies such as Grab, FirstCry, Nium, Licious, Kuku FM, and PatSnap, driving innovation and scaling businesses across various sectors.

Website: https://www.vertexventures.sg

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