January 15, 2026 – OpenAsset, the leading digital asset management platform for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms, today announced two powerful updates to Shred.ai, its AI-powered proposal writing tool. The new Proposal Studio and AI Chat with OA Data features are now available to Shred.ai customers, providing AEC marketers and proposal writers with an integrated workspace that dramatically accelerates proposal development while maintaining the accuracy and compliance standards the industry demands.

Proposal Studio: From blank page to first draft

Proposal Studio transforms how AEC firms respond to RFPs by turning proposal criteria into structured, ready-to-edit drafts in a fraction of the time. The new feature allows marketers to pull relevant content from past successful proposals and attach relevant OpenAsset assets—including employees, projects, files, and boilerplate text—directly within their draft workspace.

"RFP responses in AEC often require rebuilding composite answers from multiple past proposals, tracking down the right project examples, and coordinating with busy subject matter experts who dread starting from a blank page," said Eric Liou, Chief Product Officer at OpenAsset. "Proposal Studio eliminates the hours spent hunting through folders and past submissions so marketers can build strong first drafts in one place, with the right content and assets connected from the start."

Key capabilities of Proposal Studio include:

• Accelerated content aggregation: Surface relevant snippets from past proposals and build composite responses in one workspace, reducing multi-hour searches to minutes
• Curated asset integration: Insert relevant projects, employees, and files directly into response sections, eliminating version control issues
• Structured compound question breakdown: Break complex, multi-part RFP requirements into clear sub-sections that ensure nothing gets missed
• SME-ready draft exports: Deliver clean, structured drafts that technical experts can refine instead of recreating, shortening review cycles and improving collaboration

AI Chat with OA Data: Instant access to verified firm intelligence

The second major update, AI Chat with OA Data, provides conversational access to the wealth of project, people, and asset information stored in a firm's OpenAsset DAM, all within Shred.ai. Marketers can now ask questions and get fast, reliable answers to support their proposal development and decision-making.

Need to know how many airport projects the firm has completed? Which team members worked together on a comparable project? The verified square footage or construction cost for a reference project? AI Chat with OA Data delivers instant, accurate answers drawn directly from a firm’s unique OpenAsset data.

"We're connecting the dots between proposal development and the single source of truth that AEC firms already maintain in OpenAsset," said Liou. "AI Chat with OA Data means marketers can quickly validate project details, identify the strongest portfolio examples, and build narratives pulled from their own firm experiences, not generic AI responses."

Core use cases for AI Chat with OA Data include:

• Portfolio metrics and experience evidence: Quantify firm capabilities and compile experience narratives for pursuit planning
• Team experience verification: Identify shared project experience, roles, and certifications to strengthen staffing matrices
• Project data validation: Confirm accurate, up-to-date project information to eliminate conflicting numbers across proposals
• Scope alignment: Quickly identify the best-fit reference projects and team members for targeted RFP responses

Built for AEC, backed by your DAM

Together, Proposal Studio and AI Chat with OA Data represent a fundamental shift in how AEC firms approach proposal development. Unlike generic AI writing tools, Shred.ai is purpose-built for AEC workflows and grounded in each firm's real proposal history and verified OpenAsset data.

"What sets these features apart is that they're designed for the way AEC firms actually work. Proposal Studio creates the draft structure. AI Chat with OA Data fills in the facts. Both are connected to your DAM, ensuring accurate proposals, built on a foundation of trust."

Both features are available to Shred.ai customers beginning January 16, 2026.

For more information, visit openasset.com/shred.