Helonic
YC F25San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
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Helonic builds AI software that analyzes 2D construction drawings to identify issues such as coordination conflicts, code compliance problems, and missing information before they reach the field. The platform integrates with Procore and Autodesk to flag drawing issues that typically go undetected in manual plan review, helping construction teams reduce costly rework.
Also known as Articulate
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTechArtificial IntelligenceConstructionB2BWorkflow AutomationArchitectureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F25)
Helonic was founded in 2025 by Milind Sagaram and Manas Gandhi.
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Milind SagaraminCo-FounderMilind Sagaram is a co-founder at Articulate and previously worked in engineering roles at SpaceX, BMW, and Northrop Grumman. He holds a degree from the University of Illinois.
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Manas GandhiinCo-founder & CTOManas Gandhi studied electrical and computer engineering and computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is co-founder and CTO of Helonic, an AI platform that analyzes construction drawings to detect coordination conflicts, code compliance issues, and missing information.
Investors · 1
The YC application· Fall 2025 batch
Alumni Q&A
- What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
- The founders address errors and inconsistencies in construction drawings that lead to rework, delays, and cost overruns, often only caught once building is underway and adding hundreds of thousands to several million dollars per project, part of an estimated $177 billion lost annually in the US to rework and coordination errors. Co-founder Blake grew up in a small town in Minnesota where many friends work in construction and heard about these problems for years.
- What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
- The founders aim to build a system that automatically generates buildable, code-compliant building designs by learning from millions of construction drawings, reducing pre-construction from months to minutes. Their goal is to let someone describe a building in natural language and receive a complete design for a specific site.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
Competitors · 3
by search overlapAutodesk521 shared keywordsAutodesk is a publicly traded developer of design, engineering, and entertainment software, best known for AutoCAD.
UpCodes425 shared keywordsUpCodes provides a searchable database of building codes across U.S. jurisdictions to architects, engineers, and construction professionals, using natural language processing to connect regulations with product specifications. The platform also helps building product manufacturers display code-compliant products to design professionals during the specification phase.
Procore293 shared keywordsProcore provides cloud-based construction management software that unifies project planning, financials, bidding, BIM, resource tracking, and invoicing on a single platform. It serves construction firms by connecting field and office teams for real-time project visibility.
Companies competing with Helonic for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Helonic do?
- Helonic builds AI software that analyzes 2D construction drawings to identify issues such as coordination conflicts, code compliance problems, and missing information before they reach the field. The platform integrates with Procore and Autodesk to flag drawing issues that typically go undetected in manual plan review, helping construction teams reduce costly rework.
- Who founded Helonic?
- Helonic was founded by Milind Sagaram, Manas Gandhi in 2025.
- Who are Helonic's investors?
- Helonic's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Helonic headquartered?
- Helonic is headquartered in San Francisco, US.