# Rudus

[Rudus on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/rudus)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](http://rudus.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rudus)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rudusai/)

## About

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## YC company profile

AI Takeoffs for Concrete

Rudus is an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform enabling concrete contractors to win 3x more projects yearly. It automatically identifies every concrete structure like footings, walls, columns, and slabs on plans, eliminating the manual work and reducing estimation time by 70%. Concrete is the most-used material on earth after water, and demand is surging with the AI infrastructure boom.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** Real Estate and Construction
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** David Lieb

## Founders

### Rishi Pankhaniya — Founder/CEO

Co-Founder & CEO @ Rudus, Ex-Airbnb(1st new grad engineer in 2+ years), Apple. Studied CS @ UIUC.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishi-pankhaniya-b69649183/)

### Sahil Goel — Founder/CTO

Co-Founder @ Rudus. Ex-Amazon, NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman. Studied Computer Science and Construction Management at Cal Poly SLO, home to the #1 ranked undergraduate Construction Management program in the nation.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahilgoel05) · [X](https://x.com/goesahil)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rudus) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Rishi Pankhaniya](https://hacklab.so/rishi-pankhaniya) — Founder/CEO (Present)
- [Sahil Goel](https://hacklab.so/sahil-goel) — Founder/CTO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/c58a34f1-d893-51e5-9301-7e13c8be83b7) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $140K \- $160K · 0\.30% \- 1\.00% equity
- [Founding Research Scientist, Computer Vision \(PhD\)](https://hacklab.so/jobs/60354feb-70a6-5f5e-8749-53d7f9401666) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $150K \- $200K · 0\.30% \- 2\.00% equity
- [Founding Engineer](https://hacklab.so/jobs/2244da67-24cb-5053-869e-d2140ef740e9) — Full\-time · On\-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $140K \- $160K · 0\.30% \- 1\.00% equity