Genia Designs
Los Angeles, US · Founded 2023 · 7 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Genia offers an AI co-pilot for structural engineers that converts DWG architectural drawings into interactive models, generates and validates multiple structural design options against a rule-based analysis engine, and exports construction-ready drawings and calculation sheets. It serves structural engineering professionals from solo practitioners to firms, and also connects architects and developers with engineering firms in its network for design and stamping services.
Also known as Genia · Genia Engineering, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Genia Designs was founded in 2023 by Zhihao Zhao, Robin, Houtao, and Peter.
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Genia (Genia Engineering, Inc.) develops an AI system for structural design that takes architectural drawings and produces permit-ready structural deliverables. Users upload drawings in CAD or BIM formats, and the software identifies architectural elements such as walls, windows, doors, openings and stairs, with editing tools available to correct parsing errors. The system then generates hundreds of candidate structural layout options, each checked through structural calculations against applicable building codes, and surfaces a short list of three to five recommended options balancing cost and performance.
Users can adjust design parameters, modify layouts, rerun analysis, and export structural drawings in CAD or BIM formats accompanied by calculation sheets and material take-offs. Additional product capabilities include an architecture parser, structural analysis, integration with the ASCE API for environmental design factors, material optimization intended to reduce overdesign, and collaboration features covering editing, review and stamping. The company publishes technical case studies, including a comparison of its lateral force resisting system output against a SEAOC canonical example and walkthroughs of generated drawings and calculation sheets.
Business model
Software-as-a-service sold on a credit-based, outcome-linked model in which customers consume credits when they create a design project. Tiers span a free plan with 100 one-time credits, a Professional plan at $99 per month (or $949 per year) with 500 monthly credits, a Team plan at $299 per month (or $2,869 per year) with 2,000 monthly credits plus organization setup, collaborative editing and design review, and a custom-priced Enterprise tier adding API integration and private deployment of the AI model.
Recurring subscription revenue across monthly and annual plans, with usage metered in credits, extra credits purchasable on business tiers, and custom contracts for enterprise customers.
Traction
The company reports more than 200 structural engineering firms using the product, and cites customer-stated results including permit-ready structural drawings produced in a couple of hours and a developer client cutting 15% of structural material spending.
Latest developments
In October 2025 the company published technical case studies covering lateral system design, a structural drawing and calculation sheet walkthrough, and a validation of its lateral force resisting system output against a SEAOC canonical example.
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Market position
Positions itself as an end-to-end structural design tool augmented by generative AI, claiming adoption by more than 200 structural engineering firms and benchmarking its generated designs against canonical engineering references such as a SEAOC example.
Combines automated drawing parsing, large-scale generative exploration of layout options and code-compliance calculations in one workflow, with outputs presented as permit-ready drawings and calculation sheets, and pricing charged by design outcome rather than seats alone.
Technology
Generative AI applied to structural engineering: automated recognition of architectural elements from CAD and BIM files, generative exploration of hundreds of structural layout options, physics-based structural calculations that validate options against building codes, integration with the ASCE API for up-to-date environmental factors, material optimization against force requirements, and export of CAD/BIM drawings with calculation sheets and material take-offs.
Go-to-market
Self-serve product sign-up with a free tier and paid individual and team plans, complemented by a sales-led enterprise motion, published customer testimonials from practicing engineers, and technical case studies and benchmark reports used as content marketing.
Structural engineering firms and architecture/engineering teams, including principal engineers, licensed PEs and SEs, and directors working on new-build and retrofit structural projects; enterprise buyers requiring API access or private model deployment.
Geography
US headquarters at 145 S. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California, and an office at 160 Robinson Road, SBF Center, Singapore.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Genia Designs do?
- Genia is an AI agent that turns architectural CAD or BIM drawings into permit-ready, code-validated structural designs.
- Who founded Genia Designs?
- Genia Designs was founded by Zhihao Zhao, Robin, Houtao, Peter in 2023.
- Who are Genia Designs's investors?
- Genia Designs's investors include Amplify.LA, Dorm Room, Pi Labs, Suffolk Technologies.
- Where is Genia Designs headquartered?
- Genia Designs is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.