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An anomaly detector that handles inventory planning end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at solar owner-operators, finding what the inspector would find, first.
In short: Anomaly Inventory Planner for Solar is an anomaly detector aimed at solar owner-operators, covering inventory planning. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (88) and held back by moat (46). Typical pricing is $2.3k–$41k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $5.5k–$17k.
Solar teams lose stockouts on the fast movers and cash tied up in the slow ones. In most solar businesses this job has never had software written for it. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
A narrow anomaly detector scoped to inventory planning alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is per-project, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $557M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $2.3k – $41k |
| Pricing model | Per-project |
| Time to first revenue | 55 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $5.5k – $17k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Streaming detection became practical without a dedicated data platform. Solar is growing at roughly 24% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
The incumbent is a person, and displacing a person is a change-management problem.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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