Disrupting a $25B Industry: The Future of AI in Fire Protection Engineering

MSN featured FireDesign.ai CEO Jason Tielve and Think Big Technology CEO and Founder Omar Hafez in a segment on how AI is reshaping the $25 billion fire protection engineering industry.

The conversation focuses on a sector under pressure from rising project demand, increasing code complexity, and a shortage of qualified designers and engineers. FireDesign.ai is positioned as a response to those constraints: a patent-pending platform that automates time-intensive sprinkler design tasks while preserving the safety, compliance, and engineering standards required for life-safety systems.

The feature highlights the practical value of AI in modernizing a workflow that has remained largely manual for decades. By reducing repetitive drafting and layout work, FireDesign.ai allows professionals to spend more time on review, validation, and engineering judgment.

The broader takeaway is that AI's role in fire protection is not to replace expertise, but to extend it. With structured validation, code-based constraints, and professional oversight, FireDesign.ai and Think Big Technology are helping bring speed, consistency, and scalability to one of construction's most critical disciplines.