There's something about the summer that loosens the grip on our schedules, with longer days, children out of school and out of routine, travel (not just for work,) that allows everyone to relax. Throw a massive residential conference in the mix — Inman Connect San Diego — and we saw dozens of GEM members showing up in San Diego as lighter, authentic versions of themselves. What I loved hearing most from members, especially in an environment where the hustle is real:

With GEM, the conversations are authentic instead of transactional. I don't have to sell anything, and everyone is genuinely curious and supportive of the journey. I can take off my mask.

The result is relationships that feel decades old despite meeting in person for the first time, introductions that only happen founder to founder, and invaluable knowledge sharing to propel individuals on their journey. Thats the magic of the GEM community.

If you're a woman, we'd love to see you at the next iteration of GEM's Women in Proptech Roundtable virtual session, where we will chat more about how GEM is becoming the container for this group and the plans we have for upcoming events like Blueprint and CRETech to support women leaders. You can see an overview of our last virtual session over on LinkedIn.

It's earning season, again. ProCore and CoStar earnings for Q2 dropped already, plus other business insights are linked below.

Without further ado, on to regular scheduled programming below...

— Jesse Wright

EVENTS

• Sign up for GEM Primer, which gives you access to our app to view all upcoming GEM events.

NEW MEMBERS

• Evan Howard of Second Nature
• Kyle Collier of Neobanc

MEMBER NEWS

• Compaire launched a new way for agents to find the right brokerage — Jesse Garcia
• Infinityy was featured on the Doorify MLS podcast discussing AI in the home searching process, with Lisa Nickerson: Watch/Listen here
• Second Century Ventures partnered with AMPI to accelerate innovation across Mexico — Dave Garland, Tyler Thompson
• Steel-IQ is expanding to California to offer stronger and wild-fire resistant framing materials to homes in Altadena rebuilding after the Eaton fires. — Anthony Tworek
• Metaprop invested in Uniti's $12M Series A, building the agentic AI operating layer for real estate operators. — Aaron Block
• Imagine MLS expanded its subscriber benefits with CubiCasa floor plans — Jeff Allen, Kenon Chen, and Amanda Governale
• Realtor.com brings on Joe Schneider as head of Industry Relations — Joe Schneider
• FirstTeam announced a joint partnership with Purlin, the AI-operating layer for real estate. — Tim Quirk
• East Tennessee REALTORS® joins SourceRE Data Marketplace to modernize how its MLS data is distributed, licensed, and protected across the industry — Chris Siebarth
• Introducing the Buyer Listing Service, for MIBOR agents — Dan Cooper
• How AI is transforming eXp Realty, watch the interview clip with Seth Siegler.

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ indicate exclusive GEM content. If you would like to have access to all links or attend our curated gatherings, please consider GEM membership.

TRANSMISSION RECAP
Most recently, Drew Meyers explored whether privacy-first home automation is enough of a value proposition by itself to garner mainstream adoption. Prior was a two part Transmission. In Part I, Pierre Calzadilla unpacked pricing models when selling to brokerages (we posted an AI written counter take over on the blog, that is SURE to make you laugh). In Part II, Drew Meyers discussed ❇️hotels on the moon❇️.

BIZ INTEL

PROPTECH INDEX WEEKLY - AS OF 7/31/2026
Consisting of 26 stocks, the GEM Proptech Index had a combined market cap of $231.566B, an increase of 4.55% from the previous week.

PROPTECH Q2 EARNINGS SUMMARIES

Last week, Procore and CoStar released earnings for Q2 2026. Full summaries are available in the online portal for GEM members: ❇️Procore Q2 summary❇️ and ❇️CoStar Q2 summary❇️. Full text will be shared for Crystal subscribers once all ten companies we summarize are completed.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

DEMAND FOR THE AI INTEGRATOR OPPORTUNITY
By: Drew Meyers

Mark Cuban is among those who believes there to be huge opportunity in selling AI agents to small businesses. That'll require knowing literally everything about how a specific type of business operates.

Interesting in building a company with that opportunity in mind?