Niosha Afsharikia

CEO - TectoAI (YC S25)

Role
Co-founder & CEO at Tectoai
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
General Business & ManagementView LinkedIn profile

About Niosha Afsharikia

Dr. Afsharikia, brings extensive experience in navigating highly regulated environments. She developed and launched AI-enabled tools for US federal research programs, gaining firsthand experience with the rigorous scrutiny that comes with adopting AI solutions. Additionally, during her PhD program, Niosha scaled a hardware technology to replace nuclear gauge testing in the construction industry—an innovation that saved state DOTs millions of dollars. This project required navigation of compliance challenges, resulting in successfully publishing an ASTM international standard.

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CEO

    Tectoai

    Jul 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

  • University of Maryland

    Master of Science - MSc

    2013 — 2017

  • Sharif University of Technology

    Bachelor of Science - BS

    2009 — 2013

  • University of Maryland

    Doctorate of Philosophy - PhD

    2017 — 2019

Skills

  • Civil Engineering
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Experimentation
  • Soilvision Svflux, Svheat
  • Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Microsoft Word
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Photography
  • Autocad
  • Microsoft Office
  • Latex
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Ansys
  • Unsat-H
  • Matlab
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Environmental Awareness
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Mathcad
  • Research
  • Mathematica
  • Hydrus 1-D
  • Modeling
  • Geostudio Seep/W

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