How Rental Tech Finally Caught Up to Uber with Kyle Clements
November 12, 2025
Despite having no background in construction or rental, Kyle Clements, Founder and CEO of Quipli, brings a fresh, tech-first perspective, and it’s paying off. In this episode of Beyond the Build: Innovation in Construction, Kyle joins hosts Scott Lowman and JP Scott to discuss how equipment rental is being radically transformed by modern software and AI.
Despite having no background in construction or rental, Kyle Clements, Founder and CEO of Quipli, brings a fresh, tech-first perspective, and it’s paying off. In this episode of Beyond the Build: Innovation in Construction, Kyle joins hosts Scott Lowman and JP Scott to discuss how equipment rental is being radically transformed by modern software and AI.
What You’ll Learn:
- How legacy ERP systems are holding rental companies back
- Why a beginner’s mindset can be a superpower in industries resistant to change
- How AI is transforming rental workflows
- What makes a rental software intuitive, adoptable, and scalable
- Why equipment rental is more relationship-based than people realize
- How modern software helps younger workers onboard faster
Kyle Clements is the Founder and CEO of Quipli, a software platform transforming how equipment rental businesses operate. With a background in automotive tech and startup experience at companies like Uber and Clutch, Kyle brings a fresh, tech-native perspective to an industry long dominated by legacy systems. Despite not coming from a construction or rental background, his beginner’s mindset helped him spot a massive gap in digital experiences for rental companies, which led to the creation of Quipli. Kyle’s obsession with user experience, speed of innovation, and relentless customer focus is setting a new standard for what rental software can be.
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