Katy Reynolds, Co-Founder & CEO of Shibusa Systems – Rethinking How We Build Attainable, Resilient Homes | TiE Women’s Program Silicon Valley 2026
At the TiE Women’s Program – Silicon Valley Finals, we spotlight women founders who are rethinking the systems that shape our communities. Katy Reynolds, Co-Founder & CEO of Shibusa Systems, is tackling one of the most fundamental challenges facing communities today: how to build high-quality, attainable homes more efficiently and at scale.
Through its intelligent housing production platform, Shibusa Systems is transforming the traditional design-build process into a more coordinated, predictable, and data-driven system.
The Problem
Building a home is often a highly fragmented process involving architects, engineers, developers, builders, suppliers, permitting agencies, and many other participants.
Traditional construction can be slowed by disconnected workflows, labor shortages, material and supply-chain challenges, unpredictable costs, and inefficiencies across the design-build process.
At the same time, communities need more attainable, healthy, sustainable, and resilient housing.
Shibusa Systems believes that solving the housing challenge requires more than simply building faster. It requires rethinking the entire system of how homes are designed, coordinated, and delivered.
Shibusa Systems’ Solution
Shibusa Systems is an intelligent housing production platform designed to streamline the entire process from concept to completion.
Its integrated system coordinates participants, workflows, materials, and construction activities to create a more predictable path from design to finished home.
The platform combines digital tools with Shibusa’s Precision Component On-site Assembly™ process, turning construction into a more streamlined assembly process. Builders can configure homes through Shibusa’s online portal, generate construction documents and bills of materials, coordinate procurement, and use digital tools to track progress on site.
What sets Shibusa apart:
- End-to-end coordination from concept to completion
- Data-driven design and construction workflows
- Configurable housing models
- Integrated materials procurement
- Precision component assembly on site
- Digital tools for field management and continuous improvement
- A focus on attainable, healthy, and resilient homes
Why This Matters
Housing affordability is not simply a question of how many homes are built — it is also about how efficiently and sustainably they can be produced.
Shibusa was founded around the idea of creating high-performance homes that are faster and more economical to build, particularly for the communities often described as the “Missing Middle.” Its approach aims to address cost pressures, production constraints, labor challenges, and environmental impact through a more systemized approach to homebuilding.
According to Shibusa, its current system can reduce time from concept to completion by 50%, while its approach is designed to reduce construction waste and improve resilience and performance.
The result is a vision for housing that is:
- More attainable
- More efficient to build
- Healthier for residents
- More resilient to environmental conditions
- More sustainable
- More predictable for builders and developers
From Construction to Housing Production
Shibusa is not simply looking to improve one step in the construction process. Its vision is to create a unified housing production system.
By connecting design, permitting, procurement, construction, and field management through an integrated platform, Shibusa is working to reduce the fragmentation that has historically characterized residential construction.
Its broader vision is to make high-performance, attainable homes easier to build in more communities — while creating opportunities for local builders and a more scalable workforce.
About the Founder
Katy Reynolds, Co-Founder & CEO of Shibusa Systems, is an entrepreneur focused on creating resource-efficient solutions for building resilient communities.
Katy brings more than 35 years of executive experience spanning investment banking, corporate strategy, and operational management. Earlier in her career, she spent nearly 15 years with Merrill Lynch in international investment banking and corporate strategy before moving into private equity. She later served as CFO of publicly traded Lighting Science while at Pegasus Capital Advisors.
At Shibusa, she is applying that experience to one of the most fundamental challenges facing communities: creating better housing that is more attainable, sustainable, and resilient.
Her leadership reflects what the TiE Women’s Program champions — women founders bringing experience, innovation, and entrepreneurial vision to complex challenges.
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The TiE Women’s Program supports women founders through:
- Expert-led masterclasses
- 1:1 mentorship
- Access to investors and industry networks
- Pitch preparation and opportunities
- Local and global connections
Through the program, founders gain the knowledge, connections, and platform to strengthen their businesses, refine their stories, and share their vision with a broader entrepreneurial community.
Because when women founders build solutions to the challenges shaping our communities, the impact goes far beyond their companies.
Watch Katy Reynolds’ Pitch
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Learn more about Shibusa Systems:
https://www.shibusasystems.com/