A massive industry.
With a mission to transform it.
Construction accounts for 13% of global GDP, but it’s been one of the slowest to adopt modern software. We founded Agave with a clear mission: to fix the way data moves across the construction industry, so contractors can operate more efficiently.
Our values
We think and act long term. We embrace the schlep and never say “that’s not my job”. We are relentlessly resourceful.
We default to acting, especially when decisions are reversible. We value speed and calculated risks. Done is better than perfect.
We acknowledge we might be wrong and seek feedback to test our ideas. We aim for the truth and do not compromise for social cohesion.
We work backward from customer problems to create value. We avoid doing what seems cool or interesting to us.
We’re optimistic about the future and our ability to shape it. We create definite plans and avoid relying on hope and wishful thinking to achieve them.
We prioritize physical, emotional, and intellectual fitness.
We think and act long term. We embrace the schlep and never say “that’s not my job”. We are relentlessly resourceful.
We default to acting, especially when decisions are reversible. We value speed and calculated risks. Done is better than perfect.
We acknowledge we might be wrong and seek feedback to test our ideas. We aim for the truth and do not compromise for social cohesion.
We work backward from customer problems to create value. We avoid doing what seems cool or interesting to us.
We’re optimistic about the future and our ability to shape it. We create definite plans and avoid relying on hope and wishful thinking to achieve them.
We prioritize physical, emotional, and intellectual fitness.
Founding story
2014
The beginning
Our founding team meets at Graphiq, a Santa Barbara startup built to help people make better decisions by connecting data from thousands of disparate sources.
2017
The next stop
Graphiq is acquired by Amazon to help power Alexa. The team spends years scaling search across dozens of languages and billions of queries a month.
Early days
A familiar name
One of Graphiq's first customers is a nearby startup called Procore, an early, formative look into construction.
The reset
300+ conversations
After Amazon, the team interviewed hundreds of people across construction and keeps hearing the same thing: "too many systems, and none of them talk to each other."
2021
Agave is founded
That pain point became Agave's mission, streamlining financial operations in construction.
Backed by world-class investors and industry leaders
Meet the founding team behind Agave
A tight-knit team that's been solving hard data problems together for over a decade.
Tom is co-founder/CEO of Agave.
Before Agave, Tom worked at Amazon, Barclays Investment Bank, and Graphiq (acq. by Amazon). He is a proud Delawarian.
Tom Reno
Co-founder / CEO
John is a co-founder of Agave. Before Agave, John was a Technical Program Manager at Amazon Alexa, Product Manager at Graphiq, and Equity Capital Markets Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank. John graduated from Columbia, and was born and raised in Toronto
John Zucchi
Co-founder / CPO
Pooria was a core engineer behind Graphiq, a semantic search startup in Santa Barbara, CA, later acquired by Amazon to power Alexa. At Amazon, he helped scale Graphiq Search to dozens of languages and billions of queries per month.
Pooria Azimi
Co-founder / CTO
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