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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes scheduling. Aimed at home care schedulers, so the work stops following people home.
In short: Scheduling Built for Schedulers is an optimisation engine aimed at home care schedulers, covering scheduling. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (94) and held back by feasibility (25). Typical pricing is $13k–$190k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $31k–$98k.
Home care teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. Every home care team solves this the same way: someone stays late. The cost is invisible on any P&L line, which is why it never gets fixed.
Point an optimisation engine at scheduling, 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 | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 19% |
| Annual contract value | $13k – $190k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 69 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $31k – $98k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Home care is growing at roughly 20% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
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