Vardhan Mehta

Vardhan Mehta is a second-generation architect and co-founder of Acelab, an AI-powered platform transforming how the AEC industry makes material decisions. After working as an architect designing U.S. embassies and institutional projects for MIT and Yale, he recognized the critical inefficiencies in how architects, owners, manufacturers, and contractors communicate about building products.

He co–founded Acelab while at Harvard Graduate School of Design to solve this problem by creating a new universal language for material decision-making. The platform helps design teams evaluate and select materials based on real performance data, costs, lead times, and sustainability metrics. Acelab was recognized on Forbes' 30 Under 30 2025 for digital transformation in AEC industry.