Maket is a Montreal-based startup using generative AI to simplify residential architecture and floor planning, a domain that has historically required specialized CAD skills, professional architects, and long iteration cycles. The company's platform lets users describe what they want, set constraints such as room counts and dimensions, and instantly generate floor plan options, dramatically lowering the barrier to early-stage home design. This text-driven approach has earned Maket the nickname ChatGPT for architecture.
The platform is aimed at a broad audience that includes homeowners planning renovations, builders and contractors evaluating layouts, and design professionals seeking faster ideation. Beyond floor plan generation, Maket has expanded toward owning more of the architectural stack, helping users move from initial layouts toward fuller home design and renovation planning. By automating the generation of compliant, varied layout options, it shortens the gap between an idea and a workable plan.
Since launching in 2023, Maket has grown to more than one million registered users with a small, focused team. The company secured $3.4 million CAD in seed funding led by Amiral Ventures, with support from Blitzscaling Ventures, BY Venture Partners, and Hidden Layers, raising more than $4 million CAD in total. The capital supports expansion of its AI architecture and floor planning capabilities.
Maket sits within the fast-growing market for AI applied to architecture and interior design, a category where venture investment has accelerated sharply. Its consumer-accessible, prompt-driven design generation differentiates it from professional CAD incumbents and from rendering-focused tools, positioning Maket as an on-ramp for anyone who wants to explore home layouts without architectural training while still serving professionals who need rapid options.