# Ari Baranian

> Ari Baranian is the co-founder and CEO of Pirros (YC W23), a Los Angeles startup building a detail management platform for architects and structural engineers. A structural engineer turned software builder, he created Pirros to solve a problem he lived daily at his old firm: engineers constantly recreating the same construction details from scratch. Pirros integrates with Revit, automatically extracts and catalogs details with their metadata, and makes a firm's institutional knowledge searchable and reusable. The company is profitable, reached roughly $6M ARR with 300+ firms on the platform, and closed a Series A reported around $15-17M in 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Pirros
- **Organizations:** Pirros, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Modec Designs, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.S. Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Michigan
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Pirros, a Revit detail management platform used by 300+ design firms., Grew Pirros to roughly $6M ARR with reported 10% month-over-month revenue growth and 120% net revenue retention., Took Pirros through Y Combinator (W23).

## Career timeline

- **before 2020** — Founded Modec Designs, an e-commerce business he scaled to $100k in revenue within ten months.
- **2020** — Joined KPFF Consulting Engineers as a structural project engineer; founded the firm's Software Development Group.
- **2022** — Co-founded Pirros with Peter Johann and became CEO.
- **2023** — Pirros went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023 batch) and raised a $2M seed round.
- **2025** — Pirros reached profitability, ~$6M ARR and 300+ firms; closed a Series A reported around $15-17M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Pirros, a Revit detail management platform used by 300+ design firms.
- Grew Pirros to roughly $6M ARR with reported 10% month-over-month revenue growth and 120% net revenue retention.
- Took Pirros through Y Combinator (W23).
- Built a software development group at KPFF Consulting Engineers as a practicing structural engineer.
- Bootstrapped an e-commerce business (Modec Designs) to $100k revenue in ten months.

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Pirros reported reaching profitability, roughly $6M ARR, 300+ firms, and closing a Series A reported around $15-17M.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pirros.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-baranian/

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Last updated: 2026-06-25