Planera is a construction scheduling software company founded in 2021, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company provides a collaborative online platform for planning and managing construction projects, combining traditional Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling with modern interfaces and real-time collaboration features.
The company's core product, the Planera Platform, merges scheduling tools with whiteboard-style interfaces for building and optimizing project schedules. The platform also includes an AI-powered scheduling assistant called Manny. According to the company, over 25 million days have been scheduled on their platform, with usage growing tenfold from the beginning of 2024.
In 2024, Planera raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round. The company maintains SOC 2 Type II compliance, a standard for data security and availability. Planera's technical work focuses on construction scheduling, CPM-based methodologies, real-time collaboration tools, and AI-powered scheduling assistance.
