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PROJECTS
Coastal Villa — Algarve
Office Tower — Munich
Retail Fit-out — Milan
SAVED
Equitone [tectiva]
Fiber Cement97%
Cembrit Patina
Fiber Cement91%
Swisspearl Largo
GFRC Panel84%
AI Material AssistantGPT-4o · 2.1M materials
AR
I need a facade cladding for a coastal residential project. Requirements: salt-resistant, low maintenance, natural appearance.
Based on coastal exposure and your criteria, I've identified 3 material families worth evaluating. Fiber cement with mineral coating leads on durability-to-cost ratio. Let me surface the full technical comparison.
AR
Show me fiber cement options with sustainability certifications.
Found 14 certified fiber cement systems. 6 carry EPD declarations, 3 have Cradle to Cradle Silver. Top match: Equitone [tectiva] — salt spray tested to EN ISO 9227, available in 42 textures, FSC-certified wood pulp.
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Material Intel
Equitone [tectiva]97%
Fiber Cement · Etex Group
StandardEN 12467
Salt sprayEN ISO 9227
Fire classA2-s1,d0
Thickness8�?2 mm
Warranty25 years
APPLICATIONS
FacadeCladdingCoastalResidential
ALTERNATIVES
Cembrit Patina
Swisspearl Largo

The Problem

Building material knowledge
is catastrophically fragmented.

An architect specifying exterior cladding must consult dozens of siloed sources — manufacturer PDFs, standards bodies, distributor catalogues, project references — before reaching a defensible decision. This takes days. It should take minutes.

FindingMat organises global material knowledge into a single intelligent decision system, trained on technical documents, standards, and real project context.

PDF Catalogs
Thousands of static PDFs, unsearchable and outdated
Manufacturer Websites
Siloed brand portals with no cross-comparison
Technical Standards
EN, ISO, ASTM — expert knowledge locked in documents
Project Case Studies
Usage context buried in reference project archives
Supplier Networks
Local distributors, availability and lead times — opaque
EPD & Sustainability Data
Environmental declarations fragmented across registries
FindingMat unifies all of this

How it works

From question to specification.
In minutes, not days.

01
Discover

Search millions of materials, brands and systems.

A unified index across manufacturers, product families, material types and regional availability. Filter by standard, application, sustainability certification, climate zone, or performance class.

2.1M materials180+ countriesReal-time data
02
Understand

AI analyses technical data, standards and project requirements.

Natural language queries over technical documents. Ask about fire classifications, thermal performance, acoustic ratings, or environmental impact. The AI surfaces the right data from the right sources.

EN / ISO / ASTMEPD dataAI reasoning
03
Decide

Get intelligent recommendations based on project context.

Comparative analysis across shortlisted materials, ranked by fit to your project brief. Export spec sheets, generate substitution reports, or share the decision rationale directly with clients.

Spec exportRisk scoringAudit trail

Built for

Every role in the
material decision chain.

ARCHITECTS

Find suitable materials faster.

Specify with confidence. Search by performance criteria, climate zone, or regulatory requirement and get defensible recommendations with full technical backing — not a catalogue scroll.

3.2× faster specification
INTERIOR DESIGNERS

Explore finishes and alternatives.

Discover materials across texture, tone, tactility and embodied carbon. Compare finishes side by side, find substitutes when a preferred product is unavailable, and build curated material palettes.

14,000+ finish families
DEVELOPERS & CONTRACTORS

Reduce material selection risks.

Evaluate cost, lead time, regional availability, and performance risk before committing to a specification. Track substitution history and maintain an auditable decision trail for each project.

–38% specification errors
MANUFACTURERS

Increase product visibility.

Get your products discovered by the right specifiers at the right project stage. Verified technical data, up-to-date EPD declarations, and structured product information that feeds directly into design decisions.

180k+ active specifiers

The Knowledge Layer

Intelligence built from
the industry up.

FindingMat ingests and continuously updates technical documentation, EPD registries, standards bodies, manufacturer data sheets and real project specifications to build a living knowledge graph of the built world.

Every query is answered against structured, verified data — not web-scraped summaries. The AI knows when a standard was last revised, which brands carry a given certification, and which materials have been specified in comparable projects.

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2.1M+
indexed materials
180+
countries covered
40k+
EPD declarations
< 2s
avg. query response

From practitioners

"We used to spend two full days compiling material options for a facade package. With FindingMat we have a defensible shortlist with technical data in under an hour. The AI understands context — it knows what coastal exposure means for a spec."

MO
Marta Oliveira
Principal Architect, Atelier MO — Lisbon

"FindingMat changed how our team handles material substitutions. When a product is unavailable, the AI surfaces alternatives ranked by how closely they match the original specification — including certification equivalence. That's unprecedented."

TK
Tobias Kern
Specification Lead, HPP Architekten — Düsseldorf

"As a manufacturer, we see qualified enquiries from specifiers who already understand our products before contacting us. The technical data they're working with is accurate and current. FindingMat brings us the right conversations."

YT
Yuki Tanaka
Head of Specification, Asahi Glass Europe

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starting today.

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