A retrieval engine that handles contract analysis end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at security services ops teams, finding what the inspector would find, first.
In short: Retrieval Contract Analyser for Security services is a retrieval engine aimed at security services ops managers, covering contract analysis. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (93) and held back by demand (25). Typical pricing is $3.7k–$78k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in about a quarter for $18k–$62k.
Security services teams lose renewal terms nobody re-read before signing. In most security services businesses this job has never had software written for it. The error rate is tolerated because measuring it would cost more than the errors.
A narrow retrieval engine scoped to contract analysis alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $657M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $3.7k – $78k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 74 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $18k – $62k |
| Build effort | ~1 quarter |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Security services is growing at roughly 15% 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 |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
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