# Evan Brown

> Evan Brown is the CEO and co-founder of Rebar, a New York vertical-AI company building an operating system for the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing trades. Rebar's platform reads blueprints and spec books, pulls out tens of thousands of data points per project, and turns estimating and quoting work that once took days into a task of minutes. Brown grew up in his uncle's HVAC supplier office and later spent years as an estimator and sales engineer before starting Rebar in October 2024 with Andrew Schwartz. In March 2026 the company closed a $14M Series A led by Prudence.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Rebar
- **Organizations:** Rebar, Ambient Enterprises, Johnson Barrow / DMG Corp.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Co-founded Rebar in October 2024 and became CEO., Closed a $14M Series A led by Prudence in March 2026., Built a vertical AI platform trained on millions of HVAC blueprints.

## Career timeline

- **Early years** — Grew up spending summers in his uncle's commercial HVAC supplier office, watching estimators spend weeks on quotes.
- **5+ years** — Estimator and Sales Engineer at Johnson Barrow / DMG Corp., designing, selling and supporting HVAC systems for 100+ supplier offices.
- **2024** — Led AI implementation research at Ambient (Ambient Enterprises), exploring visual search for HVAC takeoff software.
- **2024-10** — Co-founded Rebar with Andrew Schwartz.
- **2026-03** — Closed $14M Series A led by Prudence; ARR doubled in the first six weeks of 2026.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Rebar in October 2024 and became CEO.
- Closed a $14M Series A led by Prudence in March 2026.
- Built a vertical AI platform trained on millions of HVAC blueprints.
- Grew Rebar to roughly 40 customers, seven of whom became investors.
- Doubled Rebar's annual recurring revenue in the first six weeks of 2026.
- Delivered quotes 60-70% faster than traditional methods for HVAC suppliers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Rebar closed a $14M Series A led by Prudence, with Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, Villain Capital and Optimist Ventures participating.
- **2026-01** — Rebar doubled its annual recurring revenue in the first six weeks of the year.

## Links

- Website: https://withrebar.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-norman-brown

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Last updated: 2026-07-17