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A retrieval engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes risk assessment. Aimed at lending underwriters, unbundling the one module people actually use.
In short: Risk Scorer for Lending, Run by Retrieval is a retrieval engine aimed at lending underwriters, covering risk assessment. It scores 79/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (96) and held back by open field (43). Typical pricing is $5.2k–$110k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $29k–$79k.
Lending teams lose risk scored by whoever is free that afternoon. In most lending businesses this job has never had software written for it. The backlog only surfaces when a customer or an auditor finds it first.
A narrow retrieval engine scoped to risk assessment 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 | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 14% |
| Annual contract value | $5.2k – $110k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 63 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $29k – $79k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Retrieval over private documents became cheap enough to run per query. Lending is growing at roughly 12% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| 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 |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
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