Vishal Mane

Head of Manufacturing, Ops & Supply Chain @coverbuild

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

We got a comment on a fire rebuild that just says PC-1. We emailed the plan checker and got a response 3 weeks later telling us to "check the portal".

After a trip in person and talking to multiple people - the issue was a software bug and their solution was to "email IT".

Lotta talk about AI streamlining permits. How about getting the basics right first?

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@coverbuild 💪

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@cisco_raio Good idea!

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Sherman Oaks, day 2. Ground panels locked. Walls incoming. We’re not just building homes faster, we’re rewriting what homebuilding looks like.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Naval hits the point on this. Again!

[Naval @naval]

New podcast on AI (full episode). Links below.

A Motorcycle for the Mind

0:00 If you want to learn, do

2:13 Vibe coding is the new product management

6:49 Training models is the new coding

10:13 Is traditional software engineering dead?

13:07 There is no demand for average

14:12 The hottest new programming language is English

18:36 AI is adapting to us faster than we are adapting to it

22:56 No entrepreneur is worried about AI taking their job

26:46 The goal is not to have a job

29:49 AIs are not alive

32:55 AI fails the only true test of intelligence

36:49 Early adopters of AI have an enormous edge

39:37 AI meets you exactly where you are

43:02 Always leverage the best intelligence

44:37 If you can't define it, you can't program it

49:37 The solution to AI anxiety is action

[Claude @claudeai]

🥇CrossBeam by Mike Brown

California builders lose months navigating permit corrections.

CrossBeam speeds up California's permitting process by giving builders and municipalities faster tools for code compliance and plan review.

[Aaron Slodov @aphysicist]

this startup is beating out everyone rebuilding in the palisades, nice work cover team

[Erick Miller @erick_miller]

🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Very First Palisades Fire Home Rebuilt in Only 6-8 months!!

The fires in LA one year ago were absolutely devastating.

This time one year ago, we were evacuated. Scared. Not sure what was happening next. We will remember it forever.

But today, Los Angeles is healing. Rebuilding. Flourishing.

Yesterday marks the day the first home has been officially rebuilt in Pacific Palisades -- and yes, it happened in only 6-8 months! Wow!

Make no mistake -- this is not because of our politicians -- this is because of the incredible hard-work and innovations of our startups and private industry.

This phenomenal accomplishment was made possible by an amazing startup, Cover @coverbuild run by their fantastic CEO @alexisxrivas - they build end-to-end absolutely beautiful homes and backyard studios.

Expect to see many more homes stood up by Cover like this across Los Angeles! What an incredible story. What a beautiful home.

Hyperspeed @hyperspeedvc (my fund) was fortunate enough to invest in Cover during their seed stage back in 2015 after my friend @bonatsos recommended I check them out. Amazing work by the Cover team, you should all be incredibly proud.

https://t.co/nRL4KbI1Lb

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Great customer experiences come from great integrated Ops. It's been a pleasure building for Sue and her family.

[Cover @coverbuild]

We completed the first ground-up homeowner fire rebuild in Pacific Palisades for Sue Labella and her family.

Permits submitted: May
Foundation: July
Completed: December
Certificate of Occupancy: Jan 7th, 2026

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@MayorOfLA how’s this fair to any fire victims? And top of it, your inspectors are no call no show on pre planned inspection today despite hours spent calling the inspector.

This needs to be fixed and people need to be hold accountable.

[Alexis Rivas @alexisxrivas]

It’s been a year since the Palisades fires. LA City Council still hasn’t voted to waive rebuild fees.

One homeowner rebuilding the same-size home has already paid ~$20k in city permit and related department fees.

This is what “support” looks like.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Very productive 2025!
Happy new year everyone!

[Cover @coverbuild]

2025 marked a big step forward for Cover.

We expanded from backyard homes into ground-up main homes.

We delivered the fastest detached ADU in LA City's history.

We completed the first custom fire rebuild in the Pacific Palisades, with a second underway and our first Altadena rebuild in the final stage.

Projects are now underway across 8 Southern California cities.

We ramped deliveries over 3×.

And today, we received our first permit for a 2-story Cover home.

Onward to 2026!

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Pouring while it’s pouring 🌧️

[Cover @coverbuild]

A little rain isn’t going to stop us from getting our foundations in on our next Palisades build.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@narendramodi Wow!

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Permit submittal to occupancy in 104 days!!!

[Cover @coverbuild]

From 6 bedrooms to a backyard home.
Permitted and built in 3.5 months.

Los Angeles Times.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

Stay tuned for more!

[Cover @coverbuild]

Just a glimpse.

[Cover @coverbuild]

Just a glimpse.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@alexisxrivas We need DOPE!

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@rileymeik @PalmerLuckey No I don’t. I focus on building homes for the victims who actually lost their homes in fire.

[Vishal Mane @Jaaldhur]

@rileymeik @PalmerLuckey LA times wouldn’t post this without reviewing with TJH. They are equally responsible for lying. If TJH had little bit of moral compass, they would have corrected LA times editor themselves.