How Rental Tech Finally Caught Up to Uber with Kyle Clements

Update: 2025-11-12

Description

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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