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Point a vision model at inspection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at solar owner-operators, so the work stops following people home.
In short: Automated Inspection Assistant for Solar is a vision model aimed at solar owner-operators, covering inspection. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (90) and held back by open field (46). Typical pricing is $1.9k–$39k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $33k–$94k.
Solar teams lose inspections written up twice — once on paper, once at night. A typical solar operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A vision model that handles inspection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $514M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 26% |
| Annual contract value | $1.9k – $39k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 44 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $33k – $94k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Multimodal models now read a photo of a worksite without custom training. 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 |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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