LPT Aperture Holdings acquires Speculo AI platform

LPT Aperture Holdings, parent company of LPT Realty and Aperture Global Real Estate, acquired Speculo, an AI-powered database engagement and intent-detection platform built for real estate professionals, the company announced. Speculo, founded in 2024 by Riley VanderKaay and Bobby Moats, will keep its own brand and remain brokerage agnostic while expanding its reach across the U.S. and Canada, according to the announcement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition fits LPT Aperture Holdings’ (LPTA) strategy of investing in independent, industry-facing growth platforms that can support a range of residential real estate businesses, from solo agents to teams and larger enterprises. Speculo joins other brokerage-agnostic offerings in LPTA’s portfolio, including Reside and AI tools like dezzy.ai. Speculo’s core product is Remi, an AI “teammate” that works inside a brokerage or team’s existing database to engage clients, detect changes in consumer intent and flag when human outreach is most likely to create value. The company says it has worked with more than 300 real estate organizations and supported millions of consumer conversations since launching two years a...