# McCarthy and Palantir use an AI agent to save preconstruction time

> Original title: One AI agent could give McCarthy’s teams back 30,000 hours.

- Source: NVIDIA AI
- Published: 2026-11-06T01:13:24.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/zy032vch9jaqmm1towxry34zw
- Original: https://x.com/NVIDIAAI/status/2118512038221934853

## Summary

McCarthy says one AI agent could return 30,000 hours to its teams, according to an NVIDIA AI post. The post says McCarthy and Palantir are using AI to save preconstruction time and flag job-site changes that could affect costs and schedules.

## Post

One AI agent could give McCarthy’s teams back 30,000 hours.

Hear how McCarthy and @PalantirTech are using AI to save time in preconstruction and spot changes on job sites that could affect costs and schedules.

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