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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes training & competency. Aimed at events owner-operators, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Events Competency Tracker on Retrieval is a retrieval engine aimed at events owner-operators, covering training & competency. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by feasibility (89) and held back by open field (50). Typical pricing is $1.0k–$19k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in a weekend for $2.5k–$8.0k.
Events teams lose certifications that expire before anyone notices. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes training & competency. Revenue is seat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $423M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 13% |
| Annual contract value | $1.0k – $19k |
| Pricing model | Seat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 49 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $2.5k – $8.0k |
| Build effort | Weekend |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Events is growing at roughly 16% 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 |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
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