# Parham Aghdasi

> Parham Aghdasi is the founder and CEO of AICrete, a Richmond, California climate-tech company that uses artificial intelligence to optimize concrete recipes in real time, cutting both cost and carbon. A structural materials engineer with a PhD from UC Berkeley, he spent a decade developing concrete composites for earthquake-resistant structures and ultra-high-speed train tunnels before turning his attention to one of the planet's dirtiest materials. Born in Iran and barred from higher education for his Baha'i faith, he studied at an underground university, came to the US with $6,000, and built a company that has raised over $9 million to give concrete producers, in his words, 'sustainable concrete superpowers.'

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at AICrete Corp.
- **Organizations:** AICrete Corp., UC Berkeley (former), University of Texas at Arlington (former), BIHE (alumnus)
- **From:** Iran
- **Nationality:** Iranian-American
- **Education:** BS, Civil Engineering, Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), Master's, University of Texas at Arlington, PhD, Structural Materials, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Built AICrete, raising over $9 million in seed funding, AICreteOS reduced 36,852 tons of CO2 per year across 40 projects, Technology cuts concrete cost by over $3 per cubic yard and CO2 by up to 35%

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Earns BS in Civil Engineering from BIHE, Iran's Baha'i-run underground university
- **2014-2020** — Graduate researcher and postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley, developing concrete composites for facades, tunnels, and earthquake-resistant systems
- **2020** — Founds AICrete Corp.
- **2022** — AICrete announces $4M seed funding led by CLEAR Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures
- **2024** — AICrete launches a sustainable concrete mobile app (AICreteOS) and secures additional $5M, bringing total funding above $9M

## Achievements

- Built AICrete, raising over $9 million in seed funding
- AICreteOS reduced 36,852 tons of CO2 per year across 40 projects
- Technology cuts concrete cost by over $3 per cubic yard and CO2 by up to 35%
- Earned a PhD in structural materials from UC Berkeley without incurring debt, via scholarships and assistantships
- First F-1 student from BIHE to go directly from the underground university to the US

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — AICrete secured $5M in additional funding, bringing total to over $9M, to expand AICreteOS and build an AI-powered hardware sensor.
- **2024-06** — AICrete launched a sustainable concrete mobile app letting customers cut CO2 and improve margins from anywhere.

## Links

- Website: https://aicrete.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/parham-aghdasi-3727732b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/parhamaghdasi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AICRETE/

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Last updated: 2026-06-21