Yikai QiaoAI Product Builder
AI product builder with a background in architecture, BIM, and construction management. Independently took AlphaBid from product definition and design through development and company-wide adoption. Combines firsthand AEC expertise with AI-assisted development to turn complex construction workflows into practical software.
01Product Development
AlphaBid
Independently owned zero-to-one product development: identifying needs, defining requirements, designing interfaces, building the application, and rolling it out across the company.
Centralized construction budgets, signed agreements, and change orders across dozens of projects.
Supported payment review across dozens of projects and detailed construction scheduling across multiple active projects.
Designed and built a Claude-powered bid-comparison workflow around subcontractor scope-review requirements.
Additional products
Frama: Designed framing takeoff workflows linking drawing analysis, opening schedules, wall geometry, and source review to 3D previews, material quantities, and bills of materials.
Taurus: Designed and built a data center takeoff workspace connecting MEP drawings, quantities, and 3D reconstruction, with linked 2D/3D selection and human review of source evidence.
ArchPDF: Designed and built a construction drawing workspace for PDF review, dimensioning, markup, revisions, collaborative review, and simple takeoff.
02Professional Experience
Alpha X RE Capital
Independently defined, designed, developed, and rolled out AlphaBid, the company’s AI-enabled construction operations platform, alongside my construction project-management responsibilities.
Manage drawing review, RFIs, takeoffs, subcontractor bidding, and field support for Bay Area residential projects; coordinate architects, engineers, and contractors to define trade scopes.
FormX
Full-time through Nov 2025; part-time since Dec 2025
Developed Revit models and construction documents for 10+ ADU and residential projects, connecting design documentation to prefab takeoffs and material planning.
Applied framing logic through Dynamo/Python automation for studs, plates, headers, and stock-length breakdowns, converting BIM geometry into structured bills of materials.
Richard Turlington Architects
Led BIM modeling and documentation for a three-story residence; coordinated architectural, structural, and MEP information in Revit and Navisworks.
Neri&Hu
Developed a commercial store from schematic design through construction drawings and coordinated custom details.