Our talented team has over 25 years of experience in the AEC industry and AI & machine learning.
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Jean-Pierre Trou
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Founding Principal at Runa Workshop. Award winning Architect and Interior Designer. Over 20 years experience in the AEC industry. Born and raised in Peru, with strong ties to Latin America.
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Dave DeCaprio
CTO
Artificial Intelligence expert with over 25 years experience in converting academic research into thriving enterprises. Led multiple successful startups and cutting-edge technology teams at MIT. Co-founder of ClosedLoop.ai
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Ron Green
CINO & CO-FOUNDER
Artificial Intelligence expert. Over 25 years experience in AI and Machine Learning. Serial tech entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. Experience leading SaaS Companies.
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Matt Tyler
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Talented full stack software developer with over 15 years of experience in software development. Former software engineer at Indeed and Bite Squad.
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Reese Green
MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER
Well rounded MLE with experience in building production systems in computer vision, natural language processing, and predictive analytics.
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Andi Straus
MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER
Software Engineer with a background in application and video game development. Computer vision and natural language processing experience.
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Stephen Straus
ADVISOR & CO-FOUNDER
Managing Director at KUNGFU.AI. Serial tech entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. Former General Partner at Austin Ventures.
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Aaron Vollmer
ADVISOR & CO-FOUNDER
Founding Principal at Runa Workshop. Award winning Architect with over 25 years of experience in the AEC industry.
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Doug Wick
ADVISOR
Deep expertise in SaaS and B2B software, and in agile, product-led growth models. Broad generalist skill set with successful turns as a VP of Product, Sales, VP Marketing, and Software Architect.
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Michael Wharton
AI/ML ADVISOR
Computer vision expert. Former senior engineer at SpaceX. BS Aerospace Engineering with a certificate in Scientific Computing from UT Austin.
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Zhangzhang (ZZ) Si
AI/ML ADVISOR
Computer Vision expert. Co-authored a paper in ICCV which won Marr Prize Honorable Mention. Ph.D. in Statistics from UCLA.
A world built better with fewer errors.
Our Story.
Jean Pierre Trou and Aaron Vollmer have known each other for more than 15 years. They co-founded Runa Workshop, an award-winning architecture firm in Austin, TX. Jean Pierre came up with the idea when discussing with his wife - the Director of Marketing at KUNGFU.AI, an AI service company - how Runa can remain competitive in the future when AI will completely disrupt the AEC industry. He realized most of the focus of AI in architecture is oriented towards generative design. Then he had the aha moment. He identified not only an overlooked area in the industry, but a challenge he and every AEC company faces daily, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC).
“I realized that if we optimize the review process, from internal quality control, consultant coordination to code review, we can save tremendous amounts of time & money, increase our quality of services and reduce our risk exposure. Instead of spending a week reviewing a complete set of drawings, I can schedule more meetings with potential clients, dedicate more time to projects and creative design work, and provide more value to the firm and our clients,” he said.
He then reached out to two of the co-founders of KUNGFU.AI, Stephen Straus and Ron Green, an AI expert with 30 years of experience. He pitched the idea to them and to Aaron, and when Ron confirmed the idea was feasible, mbue was born.