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A voice agent that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes inspection. Aimed at utilities ops teams, at a tenth of what the enterprise suite charges.
In short: Inspection Assistant for Utilities, Run by Voice is a voice agent aimed at utilities ops managers, covering inspection. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by timing (93) and held back by open field (50). Typical pricing is $2.4k–$48k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $15k–$49k.
Utilities teams lose inspections written up twice — once on paper, once at night. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
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 | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 12% |
| Annual contract value | $2.4k – $48k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 51 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $15k – $49k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Real-time speech models fell below $0.06 a minute in 2025. Utilities is growing at roughly 11% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
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