Dimitris Pagonakis is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at PLAN0 AI, a YC-backed preconstruction cost intelligence platform transforming how real estate developers, general contractors, and investors underwrite and benchmark construction projects.

Dimitris grew up in Crete, Greece, and went on to earn a double major in Theoretical Mathematics and Civil Engineering at MIT, followed by a Master of Engineering in High Performance Structures, with an energy studies minor and research at the MIT Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship.

A former captain of the Greek Math International Olympiad Team, Dimitris brings a rare combination of elite quantitative rigor and deep financial markets expertise to the construction technology space.

Prior to PLAN0 AI, Dimitris held senior roles at Point72 as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, and previously served as Associate Portfolio Manager at Citadel, Investment and Trading Analyst at Bracebridge Capital, and Quantitative Analyst at Ergoteles Capital focusing on algorithmic long/short equity strategies.

PLAN0 AI uses quant finance-inspired deep neural networks and computer vision to generate detailed construction cost estimates in 30 minutes versus 2-plus weeks traditionally, with forecasting capabilities up to 24 months out, aiming to become the Bloomberg of construction.