https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/from-cloud-computing-to-proptech-digital-ocean-co-founders-raise-29m-for-welcome-homes/

When Alec Hartman first decided he wanted a house after his first child was born several years ago, he was surprised by the lack of options.

“I didn’t like anything I saw, and I wanted a new house and I couldn’t get one,” he recalls. “And like every crazy tech person, you have to ask questions like, ‘Why can’t I go online and get a house? Why is this so difficult?’ ”