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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes pricing. Aimed at construction estimators, holding service constant on a smaller team.
In short: Optimisation-Powered Pricing Engine for Estimators is an optimisation engine aimed at construction estimators, covering pricing. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (92) and held back by feasibility (32). Typical pricing is $10k–$152k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $30k–$102k.
Construction teams lose a price list last revised when costs were 30% lower. 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.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to pricing alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $795M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 20% |
| Annual contract value | $10k – $152k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 71 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $30k – $102k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Construction is growing at roughly 20% 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 |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
Integrations with the incumbent system of record are undocumented and gatekept.
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