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In this episode of The Group CRE, Taylor Avakian sits down with Luke Morris — Co-Founder of CREXi and Founder of Capitalize.io — to break down how AI is transforming commercial real estate from the inside out. Luke shares the early days of CREXi, how he helped reshape CRE workflow at scale, and why he’s now focused on the next evolution of AI-powered tools for brokers, operators, and investors.

From automating research to accelerating deal flow, Luke explains the problems he saw firsthand while building CREXi — and the AI solutions modern CRE professionals will rely on in the next decade.

If you want to understand the future of real estate tech, the next wave of automation, and the mindset of a founder who helped build one of the most impactful CRE platforms ever created, this episode is a must-watch.

You’ll learn:
How Luke co-founded CREXi and changed CRE deal flow forever
The biggest inefficiencies he discovered while building a marketplace
Where AI is already outperforming traditional CRE workflows
How automation supports brokers, researchers, and analysts
Why PropTech adoption is accelerating faster than ever
What the next generation of CRE software will look like
How founders think about scaling tools for a legacy industry

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Microchapters:
0:00 – Intro: Who is Luke Morris? Co-Founder of CREXi
3:10 – The origin story: How CREXi was created
6:00 – The inefficiencies CREXi set out to eliminate
9:20 – Lessons from scaling a national CRE marketplace
12:35 – The gaps Luke still sees in CRE workflows
15:10 – Why AI is the next evolution after CREXi
18:25 – Automating research, prospecting & comp analysis
21:50 – How AI changes underwriting and deal packaging
25:10 – The PropTech mindset vs. operator mindset
28:20 – Making software brokers will actually use
31:40 – Scaling tech teams and building CRE products
35:00 – Data, integrations, and the real bottlenecks
38:25 – Where AI will take CRE in the next 3–5 years
41:45 – What founders must understand about CRE users
45:30 – Luke’s next chapter: building the next wave of tools
48:20 – Advice for future PropTech founders
51:15 – Taylor’s closing thoughts

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