Kaustubh Pandya is a venture capital investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures who worked as a structural engineer and AEC strategist before moving into VC, and co-authored influential early research at McKinsey that helped define the construction technology ecosystem. He serves on boards of companies like SafeAI, Wingtra, Advanced Navigation, and ZeroKey—all focused on autonomy, robotics, and spatial intelligence for industrial jobsites—and is frequently quoted on skilled-labor shortages and workforce productivity challenges in construction.