Artificial intelligence dominated the conversation at Inman Connect New York, but few product announcements generated as much buzz as Breezy. The new vertical AI operating system was created by a team that included luxury real estate agent James Harris. He says it’s designed to radically simplify how agents run their businesses.
Harris, who rose to fame with Carrollwood Estates and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, officially introduced Breezy just ahead of Inman Connect New York, which had been in stealth operation since early 2024. The goal, he says, is not to add yet another point solution to an agent’s technology stack, but to replace the fragmented ecosystem that many agents rely on today.
“Real estate professionals juggle 50 different apps that each do one thing and often don’t work,” Harris told Inman. “Breezy was built by agents, for agents. It’s designed to work the way real estate agents actually think and work.”
Harris describes Breezy as a purpose-built operating system that centralizes pipeline management, reporting, note-taking, communications and asset intelligence into one interface, rather than layering AI onto existing workflows.
His ambition is simple. Breezy should be the first app your agents open and the last app they close when they start their day.
Built on agent feedback, not Silicon Valley assumptions
Along with Harris, Breezy was developed by Afterpay co-founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Aisen, and venture capitalists Khalili Brothers.
“This is incredibly exciting. We’re getting advice from Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications at OpenAI, and her perspective will be invaluable,” Harris said.
When building something ambitious, you can’t pretend to be an expert in everything, he said. “I am fortunate to be surrounded by great people at Breezy,” Harris said. “Nick Molnar is a great example. He sold his company to Square for $29 billion. Having people like that challenge and refine ideas is a huge benefit.”
To accelerate development ahead of launch, Breezy has raised an oversubscribed $10 million pre-seed round led by Ribbit Capital, a fintech-focused investment firm known for backing category-defining platforms. The round also saw participation from Fifth Wall, DST Global, Liquid 2 Ventures, OG Venture Partners, OpenAI’s Simo and Lightspark co-founder and CEO David Marcus.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Breezy plans to invest in product and data infrastructure enhancements, engineering and design enhancements, and security and market-readiness investments ahead of the brokerage-wide rollout.
The company opened a dedicated waiting list earlier this month and aims to launch broadly in the U.S. in the first half of 2026. Breezy said the platform is being built with international expansion in mind, with early opportunities identified in Canada, the UK, Australia and Dubai.
Harris says the initial concept was motivated by frustration with the industry’s technology fragmentation. After working in the real estate industry for more than 20 years, he saw an opportunity to build technology that was based on agents’ experiences rather than external assumptions.
“We have a lot of technology built by people who aren’t actually in this business,” Harris said. “We wanted to solve real problems that agents face every day.”
Early developments included a national beta group of approximately 200 agents across a variety of markets and price points. Harris helped shape the product’s usability and uncover unanticipated use cases.
One example: Breezy’s integrated AI note-taker, originally intended for meetings, automatically joined a scheduled webinar if the user was unable to attend. This effectively allowed her to be “in two places at once.”
“That kind of feedback was valuable,” Harris told Inman. “But negative feedback is even better than positive feedback because it forces you to simplify and refine.”
Ease of use was the guiding principle. Harris argues that agents have little time or patience for complex software and need tools that reduce friction, not add to it.
Turn zoning data into an agent advantage
The platform’s most ambitious feature may be its unique real estate intelligence layer called Underbuilt. Harris believes this is a tool that can change the way agents present land prices and development potential.
By entering an address, agents can generate a report outlining zoning constraints, setbacks, height limits, and other development parameters that typically require consulting local government databases or hiring a consultant.
“Why shouldn’t homeowners understand the full potential of their properties?” Harris said. “This unlocks information that was previously difficult to access.”
He likens the experience to getting a Carfax vehicle report or checking your credit score. It’s a simple interface that reveals data with real financial implications.
Harris said Underbilt is rapidly expanding and expects to cover more than 80% of U.S. jurisdictions within the next few months. Currently, this functionality is built within Breezy, but he envisions a broader consumer application that could complement agents rather than compete with them.
“Whether it’s in listing presentations, development conversations or advising buyers, this gives agents real differentiation,” he said.
AI as a workflow, not a replacement
Despite Breezy’s heavy AI backbone, Harris is quick to see the technology as an extension rather than a replacement.
“AI should not replace the human side of this business,” he said. “We need to save time so agents can maintain personal relationships.”
He believes the next wave of AI tools will move from general-purpose co-pilots to vertical, proprietary systems designed for specific industries.
“Most proptech solves one problem,” Harris says. “It’s about replacing the agent’s day-to-day operating system so that nothing leaks out.”
Harris says the majority of agents are already experimenting with AI tools for everything from email creation to media editing, but warns against complacency.
“I don’t think AI will end anyone’s business,” he says. “But agents who don’t embrace it will be left behind.”
Community-driven build
Beyond how the product works, Harris says the experience of building Breezy has changed the way he views the real estate community. Beta testers, whom he calls founding members, provided time and feedback rather than capital.
“What surprised me the most was how much the agents supported each other and wanted to be part of something bigger,” Harris said. “Yes, the competition is fierce, but at the heart of it all is a strong sense of community.”
This collaborative energy, he says, strengthens Breezy’s mission to serve agents first.
“This industry has given me everything,” Harris said. “We want to give something back that truly improves the way agents work.”
Breezy is gradually rolling out early user participation, and Harris and his team continue to improve the platform. Thousands of agents are currently on the waiting list, reflecting the strong initial interest following the release.
For Harris, the goal remains focus and execution.
“When you focus on the agent experience, everything else will follow,” he said.
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