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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes training & competency. Aimed at maritime surveyors, starting from data the business already produces.
In short: Competency Tracker for Maritime, Run by Retrieval is a retrieval engine aimed at maritime surveyors, covering training & competency. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (92) and held back by demand (21). Typical pricing is $3.7k–$79k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $15k–$47k.
Maritime teams lose certifications that expire before anyone notices. A typical maritime operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes training & competency. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $240M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 10% |
| Annual contract value | $3.7k – $79k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 75 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $15k – $47k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Maritime is growing at roughly 13% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow