Nirman Ventures backed Citian as its first institutional investor when the company was at roughly $60,000 in ARR. As Citian approaches its three-year anniversary, it is nearing $10 million in ARR — demonstrating the potential of AI to transform transportation infrastructure and roadway safety.

Nirman Managing Partner Nikhil Choudhary examines the industrial chokepoints beneath the robotics stack — and why Physical AI leadership will depend on far more than software alone.

How could generative AI change the way buildings are designed and constructed? Nirman Ventures’ Mahadev Raman explores what ChatGPT gets right — and wrong — about the future of 3D printing in construction.