Rudus
<!-- hacklab:yc-profile -- YC company profile AI Takeoffs for Concrete Rudus is an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform enabling concrete contractors to win 3x more projec…
About Rudus
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.
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.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.
- Forward Deployed EngineerFull-time · On-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $140K - $160K · 0.30% - 1.00% equity
- Founding Research Scientist, Computer Vision (PhD)Full-time · On-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $150K - $200K · 0.30% - 2.00% equity
- Founding EngineerFull-time · On-site · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US · $140K - $160K · 0.30% - 1.00% equity