# Reza Keshavarzi

> Reza Keshavarzi is the Founder and CEO of Vendoroo, a San Francisco-based AI startup that automates maintenance coordination for property managers. A Harvard-trained engineer who previously built WipeHero and Tulu, Reza turned a childhood memory of watching his father struggle with property maintenance costs into a mission to put AI in charge of the front desk. Vendoroo now processes millions of maintenance workflows, cutting work order backlogs by 42% for its clients.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Vendoroo
- **Organizations:** Vendoroo, Tulu, WipeHero
- **Nationality:** Iranian-Australian (based in United States)
- **Education:** PhD, Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Master's, Mechanical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Bachelor's, Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University
- **Known for:** Built a $100M business prior to Vendoroo, Won $100,000 grant from New South Wales government for WipeHero, Finalist at Demo's 'The World Pitch' competition in China

## Career timeline

- **~2015-2016** — Founded WipeHero in Australia - a patented waterless car wash platform using polymer technology, expanding internationally and winning $100K NSW government grant
- **2020** — Co-founded Tulu with Farid Mirmohseni - a workforce management platform for remote supervision of cleaning and essential workers
- **2023-2024** — Founded Vendoroo (evolved from Tulu) - AI-powered maintenance coordination platform for property managers, headquartered in San Francisco
- **2025** — Vendoroo reaches 2 million maintenance audits processed, 500+ AI workflow implementations, and 90 employees

## Achievements

- Built a $100M business prior to Vendoroo
- Won $100,000 grant from New South Wales government for WipeHero
- Finalist at Demo's 'The World Pitch' competition in China
- Vendoroo achieves 42% reduction in open work orders for clients
- Vendoroo achieves 98% resident satisfaction rating
- Scaled Vendoroo to 90 employees and 2+ million maintenance audits processed
- One property manager used Vendoroo to manage 70 units with no staff other than AI

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Featured on Property Management Frame Breakers podcast Episode 1, discussing agentic AI and the future of property management
- **2025-04** — Vendoroo continues to scale, with 500+ AI workflow implementations and 2 million maintenance audits processed
- **2026-04** — Active on LinkedIn posting about AI and property management; Vendoroo remains at 90 employees in San Francisco

## Links

- Website: https://vendoroo.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkesh/

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Last updated: 2026-05-06