About · Austin, TX · Founded 2026

See past the listing.
Ask better questions.

Permits, inspections, violations, neighborhood history - the data that matters about a property is already public. It's just scattered across city systems that nobody cross-references. Landset does. Our AI analyzes 2.3 million Austin permit records to surface patterns, flag risks, and show you whether a property is typical for its area or an outlier.

Two builders. One report. Built for buyers who want to know what they're walking into, and agents who want to show them.

The team

Founders.

Steve Freistadt
"The biggest investment of your life shouldn't come with surprises. Our AI reads the permit history so you don't have to."
Steve FreistadtAustin, TX
Co-founder · Product & Engineering

Steve.

Three months after closing - after putting down every dollar they'd saved for that 20% - the cast iron plumbing gave out. Not a small leak. A full replumb. $35,000. They'd been talked out of the hydrostatic test during inspection. "Feel free to do the test, but it's likely a waste of money."

When Steve pulled permits for the neighborhood, his stomach dropped. Replumb after replumb. The same failing cast iron, house after house, all within a few blocks. The data was public. The pattern was obvious. Nobody had looked.

The data existed. The pattern was in the public record. It just never reached the people who needed it most.

Insurance covered less than a third. The rest went on credit.

That's when frustration became Landset: AI that reads every permit in your neighborhood and tells you what the inspection won't.

Focus
Product, Data & Engineering
Before Landset
Product Management at Favor (H-E-B), CLEAR, iHeartMedia, Whole Foods Market, Bazaarvoice
Based in
Austin, TX
Currently
Wrangling kiddos and finding time to write tunes
Danny Bowen
"Every buyer deserves to walk in with the right questions."
Danny BowenChandler, AZ
Co-founder · Sales & Marketing

Danny.

Danny and Steve have been brainstorming together since 6th grade. Thirty years later, they're still the first call when either has an idea worth exploring.

When Steve told him about the replumb - and the pattern hiding in plain sight in the permit records - Danny's first question wasn't about the technology. It was: how do we get this in front of the agent before the showing, and the buyer before the inspection?

That's what he's focused on from Arizona. Taking what Landset surfaces - the permit gaps, the neighborhood patterns, the risk flags - and making sure it reaches the people who can act on it. Agents who want better intel for their clients. Buyers who want to walk in prepared.

Because when you and your best friend see a gap this big, you don't just talk about it. You build it.

Focus
Sales, Marketing & Partnerships
Before Landset
Operations & Systems Management
Based in
Chandler, AZ
Currently walking
Every neighborhood in the Phoenix metro
Get in touch

Questions? Let's talk.

Curious about what a report looks like? Have feedback? Want to explore a partnership? We're two people, not a corporation. Just send us an email.

howdy at landset dot co