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Route planning handled by a forecasting model, with a human signing rather than writing. Aimed at last-mile delivery ops teams, built for one person, not a department.
In short: Last-mile delivery Route Optimiser on Forecasting is a forecasting model aimed at last-mile delivery ops managers, covering route planning. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (96) and held back by feasibility (35). Typical pricing is $3.9k–$83k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $31k–$73k.
Last-mile delivery teams lose routes cut once a year and patched ever since. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A forecasting model that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes route planning. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $3.9k – $83k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 79 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $31k – $73k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Last-mile delivery is growing at roughly 21% 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 |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| 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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