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Point a voice agent at inspection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at solar project managers, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Automated Inspection Assistant for Solar is a voice agent aimed at solar project managers, covering inspection. It scores 73/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by timing (95) and held back by open field (29). Typical pricing is $2.0k–$41k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a month for $6.0k–$18k.
Solar teams lose inspections written up twice — once on paper, once at night. 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.
Point a voice agent at inspection, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $629M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 25% |
| Annual contract value | $2.0k – $41k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 30 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $6.0k – $18k |
| Build effort | ~1 month |
Real-time speech models fell below $0.06 a minute in 2025. 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 |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| 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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