# Acelab | Material Hub

> Acelab is a New York-based AEC technology company building an AI-powered Material Hub for the architecture and construction industry. The platform helps architects, designers, and building owners research, compare, specify, and document building products from a database of more than 250,000 products across 10,000+ brands, with native Revit integration and tools that keep a single material selection synced across every project document. Founded in 2019 by Harvard and MIT architecture graduates, Acelab is used by over 20,000 firms, including more than half of the top 100 global architecture practices.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Vardhan Mehta (Co-Founder & CEO), Dries Carmeliet (Co-Founder), Andrew Setiawan (Co-Founder), Carly McQueen (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** approximately 92 employees
- **Products:** Material Hub, Firm Library, Revit Integration, Specification & Documentation Automation
- **Notable:** Built a database of 250,000+ building products across 10,000+ brands, Adopted by 20,000+ firms including over half the top 100 global architecture firms, Raised $13.5M Series A in October 2025, bringing total funding past $25M

## Products & services

- **Material Hub** — AI-powered platform to discover, evaluate, compare, and specify building products from a database of 250,000+ products and 10,000+ brands using natural-language search across aesthetics, performance, and sustainability.
- **Firm Library** — A continuously evolving knowledge base that captures and digitizes a firm's accumulated material expertise and project history, making it instantly accessible across the whole practice.
- **Revit Integration** — A plugin that connects material selections directly to the Revit/BIM model so picked products flow into drawings and documentation automatically.
- **Specification & Documentation Automation** — Tools that keep one material selection synchronized across specs, submittals, RFIs, and as-built records - 'one selection, every document, always in sync.'

## Achievements

- Built a database of 250,000+ building products across 10,000+ brands
- Adopted by 20,000+ firms including over half the top 100 global architecture firms
- Raised $13.5M Series A in October 2025, bringing total funding past $25M
- Launched AI-powered Materials Hub in March 2025, offered free to all architecture and design firms
- Tracks 2,000+ certifications, 30+ building & energy codes, and 200+ performance metrics

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Raised $13.5M Series A led by Navitas Capital with JLL Spark and DivcoWest, total funding past $25M.
- **2025-03** — Launched the AI-powered Materials Hub, free to all architecture and design firms.

## Links

- Website: https://acelabusa.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acelab
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClBM3_Zt_LebOX6UTwL1Pgg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_acelab/

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Last updated: 2026-06-07