The biggest cultural barriers to artificial intelligence (AI) adoption within real estate firms are often seen across investment teams, asset management and executive leadership, according to Ben Miller, CEO of Fundrise and co-founder of RealAI. Younger professionals immediately recognize the value, while older professionals often view AI as theoretical.
Miller notes senior partners are often curious but are not broadly adopting AI, even as younger analysts are already using it across much of their work. However, AI is already reshaping how work gets done inside real estate firms — often without senior leadership fully realizing it. In many cases, analysts are using AI to produce investment memorandums and streamline analysis, embedding it directly into workflows.
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