# Press > Third-party coverage of Noetic. For press inquiries: . ## May 15, 2026 — KVUE (ABC, Austin) **AI tool could help make housing more affordable as Austin hits population milestone** KVUE covered Noetic's pilot with the City of Austin to speed up site plan review. The segment featured Noetic CEO Heidi Laki and Taylor Jackson, CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin, who tied permit delays directly to housing affordability. > "I think this is just the beginning in ways that we might think about applying AI to construction." > — **Heidi Laki**, Noetic CEO, to KVUE KVUE cited a February 2026 City of Austin memo stating that DSD staff had to reject 85% of recent applications. The segment connected those rejection cycles to home price increases, with Taylor Jackson noting that "for every $1,000 a home increases in price, it prices out about 1,000 people or 1,000 families." - Noetic summary: - Original segment: ## More pages - [Austin partnership](https://www.noeticbuild.com/about/md/austin-partnership) - [Customers and design partners](https://www.noeticbuild.com/about/md/customers) - [Product](https://www.noeticbuild.com/about/md/product) - [About Noetic](https://www.noeticbuild.com/about/md) --- *Last reviewed 2026-05-21.*