At a Crossroads: Innovation in Real Estate
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Klarman Hall | Breakout Session
Panel Director: Tuneer De, HBS ‘26
This panel explores the cutting edge of innovation shaping the future of real estate, development, and the built environment. From leveraging AI and advanced data platforms to reimagining construction through industrialized methods, panelists will share insights into how technology is transforming every stage of the real estate lifecycle—from investment and acquisition to construction and operations. The discussion will highlight emerging trends in proptech, fintech, and contech, and explore how venture capital and institutional players are accelerating disruption in a traditionally slow-moving industry. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges in digitizing real estate and construction, and how innovation can unlock new levels of efficiency, transparency, and impact in cities around the world.
Moderator and Panelists:
Moderator: Stamati Liapis
Cofounder & CTO | Enlaye
Dr. Liapis, who goes by Stamati, is a leading expert in the fields of AI and Computational Neuroscience and is responsible for the development of Enlaye’s technology and state-of-the-art AI platform. With over a decade of experience at the forefront of developing AI systems inspired by human cognition, Stamati is responsible for the “brain” powering Enlaye’s AI-native Risk Lifecycle Management™ platform for the Built-World. He is also an avid runner, foodie, and football fan. Stamati received his PhD in Computational Neuroscience and AI from Boston University's School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Matias Recchia
Co-Founder and CEO | Keyway
Matías Recchia is the co-founder and CEO of Keyway, an AI-driven real estate platform transforming how investors and operators analyze and transact commercial properties used by some of the largest asset managers in the world. He has led over $500 million in real estate transactions and has deep expertise in real estate investments, proptech, and fintech.
Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of IguanaFix, a leading property services marketplace in Latin America. His work at IguanaFix was featured in The Prosperity Paradox by Harvard Professor Clay Christensen,
Matías holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (Class of 2007, Section E).
Jake Fingert
Managing Partner | Camber Creek
Jake Fingert is a Managing Partner at Camber Creek. Jake coordinates all aspects of Camber Creek’s operation and portfolio management. Jake was previously a Senior Policy Advisor to President Obama on the National Economic Council at the White House. Prior to the White House, Jake was a Senior Advisor to the GSA Administrator where he served on the executive committee. Jake was a political appointee in both these roles where he helped identify new investments and manage operations for the Federal Government’s infrastructure and real estate portfolio of approximately 350 million square feet. Prior to joining the government, he was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group where he served on the management team in North America and Asia. Jake worked with leading private sector companies on technology transformation efforts. Jake currently serves on the boards of a number of Camber Creek portfolio companies, he is the Chair of the ULI Technology Council, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Jake received his MBA with honors from Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree with high honors from Emory University. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and 3 children.
Diana Kay
Investment Partner | Suffolk Technologies
Diana Kay is an Investment Partner at Suffolk Technologies, a venture firm investing in early-stage companies transforming the construction, real estate, and infrastructure industries. She began her career in enterprise tech, spending eight years across core functions including data science, sales operations, and marketing at both Fortune 50 and high-growth companies. She brought that operating expertise into venture investing when she joined Dell Technologies Capital, the venture arm of Dell Technologies that invests $200M annually. While there, she focused on enterprise software and hardware investments, helping to deploy over $120M in funding.
After DTC, she joined Suffolk Technologies and became a Partner in 2025. At Suffolk Tech, Diana focuses on next-generation solutions reshaping the $12T built environment industries, with particular interest in Vertical and Physical AI. She’s currently investing out of the firm’s $110M fund. Diana holds a BA from McGill University and an MS from Bentley University.
Apoorva Pasricha
COO | Cloud Apartments
Apoorva Pasricha is the Chief Operating Officer at Cloud Apartments, a company at the forefront of Construction 3.0. Cloud brings manufacturing efficiency to real estate development, utilizing productized designs, standardized components, and industrialized construction to de-risk multifamily development and bring housing to market quickly and cost-effectively. Cloud’s building system is currently being used in $300M of real estate developments across California.
Pasricha has worked across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, using technology and innovation to improve the built environment. As Deputy Director for the City of San Jose, she oversaw a $24M Digital Inclusion Fund and launched public-private partnerships that turned cost centers into revenue-generating programs across multiple cities. At Zoox (acquired by Amazon), she led a $100M supply chain road map for operational infrastructure and helped scale operations from R&D to commercialization.
Pasricha led smart-city and digital masterplanning initiatives at Sidewalk Labs/Intersection (portfolio companies under Google) and helped modernize government services at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services through an $800M consolidation of eight state agencies.
Pasricha holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has served as an innovation advisor to the National Science Foundation.