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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes proposal writing. Aimed at freight brokerage brokers, closing the loop while everyone is asleep.
In short: Proposal Builder Built for Brokers is a retrieval engine aimed at freight brokerage brokers, covering proposal writing. It scores 76/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by timing (92) and held back by feasibility (30). Typical pricing is $11k–$171k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $40k–$123k.
Freight brokerage teams lose proposals rebuilt from scratch that are 80% identical. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
Point a retrieval engine at proposal writing, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $708M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $11k – $171k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 76 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $40k – $123k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Freight brokerage 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 |
| 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.
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