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Founder · Current
CarAid
CarAid uses AI-assisted analysis and expert knowledge to help car owners understand vehicle damage and likely repair costs from photos.
Serving car owners nationwide.
Founder · Software Engineer · Company Builder
Ardavan Metghalchi
I build software-led companies around complex, real-world problems.
Now building CarAid. Previously, I co-founded Common Energy and spent eight years helping build it from day one into a profitable community solar company.
Selected Work
Companies built from the problem outward.
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Co-founder · Eight years
Common Energy
I co-founded Common Energy and spent eight years leading its software and technology as we built the company from day one into a profitable community solar business.
Profitable and operating today.
About
I work where product, software, and business meet.
I'm drawn to problems that are operationally complex but meaningful to solve. My work is turning those problems into clear products, reliable systems, and businesses that can scale.
Today, that work is CarAid. Before that, I co-founded Common Energy and led its software engineering and technology development for eight years.
Outside of work, I'm a husband and father. I'm also rarely far from a new idea worth testing.