Krishiv Thakuria

krishivthakuria[at]berkeley.edu

I'm studying EECS at UC Berkeley M.E.T. on a full-ride scholarship from SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, and run Buildcycles, a company dedicated to accelerating physical infrastructure development.

Buildcycles

Our first product, used by construction managers across North America, deploys a suite of AI agents that automate complex workflows across the construction lifecycle. Global physical infrastructure is a $4T market; my ultimate goal is to build the intelligence layer for the entire industry.

Past builds

Before starting Buildcycles, I made my first $100 in middle school writing a viral article investigating Apple's undercover patents, spent middle school finding other random ways to make money (e.g. building websites for business owners), launched one of the first GPT-era AI tutors in 2023 with millions of views on TikTok and thousands of users, built talking teddy bears for early education (NVIDIA Inception, Founders Inc), and an SAT prep platform.

Where I've worked

After Grade 9, I quit every club in high school to spend most of my free time building. Apart from my own projects, I was deeply fortunate to spend my years in high school working with incredible people at startups backed by leading investors. I was recruited to BenchSci's (world-leader in AI for preclinical R&D) ML team at 15, was the first AI hire at Simple Ventures ($15M venture studio backed by Shopify co-founder) at 16, and led multiple AI product experiences for Recess (alternative education system, $5.5M+ raised) the summer after high school before leaving for Berkeley. I also spent a year working with Professor Manolis Kellis (MIT) on agents and was a Co-Creator and Instructor for MIT 6.S189 (Foundations and Frontiers of Generative AI), MIT's first AI agents class.

My core belief is that agency is a prerequisite for a life that is truly your own.