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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes knowledge capture. Aimed at facilities facilities directors, surfacing the exposure nobody has priced.
In short: Retrieval-Powered Knowledge Base for Facilities Directors is a retrieval engine aimed at facilities facilities directors, covering knowledge capture. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by monetisation (89) and held back by feasibility (31). Typical pricing is $4.6k–$99k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $30k–$78k.
Facilities teams lose twenty years of know-how walking out at retirement. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A narrow retrieval engine scoped to knowledge capture 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 | $240M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 13% |
| Annual contract value | $4.6k – $99k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 81 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $30k – $78k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Facilities is growing at roughly 14% 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 |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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