Ben McClusky is Co-Founder and CTO at Build.inc, the AI-native operating partner for the built world that pairs agentic AI with domain experts to accelerate commercial real estate development from concept to completion.

A Chemical Engineer turned Machine Learning Engineer, Ben researched Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning at Imperial College London before co-founding Build.

Ben brings rare depth in applied AI, with his academic thesis focused on applying reinforcement learning to large-scale distributed multi-agent systems, directly underpinning Build's agentic technology stack.

Prior to Build, Ben scaled Europe's fastest-growing unicorn at Gorillas within their Special Projects team, where he developed geospatial ML models and redefined order forecasting methodology during a period of hypergrowth.

Build raised $8.5M in seed funding led by Index Ventures, counts the UK government among its clients, and has been recognized by Index Ventures partner Martin Mignot for combining deep technical capability with real operational understanding of critical infrastructure.