# Ivan Panushev

> Ivan Panushev is the CEO and founder of TwinKnowledge, a New York startup building AI agents that read the mountains of paperwork behind every building - submittals, RFIs, specs, drawings - and flag the conflicts before they reach the field. A Harvard-trained Doctor of Design, he co-founded Horizontal Systems (acquired by Autodesk in 2011 to seed BIM 360), led construction and real estate technology at AWS, and helped write the National BIM Standard. In 2025 TwinKnowledge raised a $3.7M seed led by Camber Creek, with clients including the U.S. Space Force, Toll Brothers, SHoP Architects, and Sound Transit.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at TwinKnowledge
- **Organizations:** TwinKnowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Amazon Web Services, Autodesk (BIM 360), Horizontal Systems, MakerBot, Inpher Inc., Building Works, Inc., Georgia Tech Digital Building Laboratory, National Institute of Building Sciences
- **Education:** A.B. (Bachelor of Arts), Harvard College, Master in Design Studies (MDes), Harvard Graduate School of Design, Doctor of Design (DDes), Harvard Graduate School of Design
- **Known for:** Co-founded Horizontal Systems, acquired by Autodesk in 2011 to become the foundation of BIM 360, Autodesk's fastest-growing cloud offering, Founded TwinKnowledge and raised a $3.7M Series Seed in 2025 led by Camber Creek with Great Wave Ventures, Co-authored sections of the National BIM Standard during postdoctoral work at Georgia Tech

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Earns Doctor of Design (DDes) from Harvard Graduate School of Design
- **2009** — Postdoctoral research scientist at Georgia Tech's Digital Building Laboratory; co-authors sections of the National BIM Standard
- **2011** — Horizontal Systems, which he co-founded and served as CTO, is acquired by Autodesk and becomes the foundation for BIM 360
- **2011** — Becomes Senior Platform Manager at Autodesk's BIM 360 product group
- **2020** — Co-founds and serves on the board of Inpher Inc., directing privacy-preserving machine learning product development; earlier led strategic partnerships at MakerBot
- **2021** — Serves as Principal Partner Solutions Architect for Engineering, Construction and Real Estate at Amazon Web Services
- **2023** — Founds TwinKnowledge in New York
- **2025** — TwinKnowledge raises $3.7M seed led by Camber Creek; Jim Lynch joins the board

## Achievements

- Co-founded Horizontal Systems, acquired by Autodesk in 2011 to become the foundation of BIM 360, Autodesk's fastest-growing cloud offering
- Founded TwinKnowledge and raised a $3.7M Series Seed in 2025 led by Camber Creek with Great Wave Ventures
- Co-authored sections of the National BIM Standard during postdoctoral work at Georgia Tech
- Published two books on building technologies via McGraw-Hill
- Member of the U.S. National BIM Program Steering Committee at the National Institute of Building Sciences
- Faculty member at Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Won clients including the U.S. Space Force, Toll Brothers, SHoP Architects, and Sound Transit

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — TwinKnowledge closed a $3.7M Series Seed led by Camber Creek with participation from Great Wave Ventures, and added former Autodesk Construction GM Jim Lynch to its board.

## Links

- Website: https://twinknowledge.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/panushev/

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Last updated: 2026-06-24