The Home Depot adds AI capability

US home improvement retailer The Home Depot has introduced Material List Builder AI, a new capability that helps professional renovators, remodelers, builders and specialty tradespeople create actionable project material lists within minutes

Material List Builder AI leverages AI technology to interpret the project intent and generate an accurate, grouped list of materials needed for the entire job.

Before Material List Builder AI, creating a product list could take Pros hours of searching for the right SKUs, comparing prices and manually rebuilding lists across spreadsheets or multiple project management platforms.

Now, Pros will receive a draft material list organised by each project phase, they can edit before accepting. Once accepted, product recommendations will populate beneath each section, complete with the Pro's preferred pricing and inventory availability. Pros can then select and order what they need to complete the project, all through a single supplier. Saved material lists will stay within the list builder tool, so if Pros are tackling a job they do often, they can quickly pull up a past list and reorder what they need, without starting from scratch each time.

"Pros often tell us that their most valuable resource for any job is time, so we're focused on delivering solutions that empower Pros to work smarter and faster," said Mike Rowe, executive vice president of Pro for The Home Depot. "Material List Builder AI generates reliable, comprehensive job lists in a fraction of the time it would take to complete this process manually, and Pros can then spend more time focused on their customers and the job at hand."