The idea

“Construction subcontractors (electrical, HVAC, plumbing) on commercial projects lose an average of 11–15% of contract value to undocumented change orders — work they performed but couldn't bill because they lacked contemporaneous documentation at the time. The problem is structural: foremen are on-site, not at a desk, and the paperwork happens days later from memory. General contractors exploit this gap deliberately — 'if it's not in writing from the same day, we won't pay it.' We built a mobile-first field logging tool where foremen record change order events in under 60 seconds using voice: 'Added 40 linear feet of conduit in east stairwell, directed by GC superintendent Mike Torres, 2:47pm.' The AI generates a timestamped, GPS-tagged change order notice in the EJCDC/AIA format that gets emailed to the GC automatically within the hour — before they can claim it never happened. This is not project management software. It's a legal paper trail generator. The product solves a compliance and billing recovery problem, not an organization problem — which is why Procore, Buildertrend, and PlanGrid don't compete: they're sold to GCs, not subcontractors, and a GC has no incentive to give their subs better documentation tools. Traction: 6 paying subcontractors, $1,200 MRR, 0% churn in 4 months. Every user has recovered more than their annual subscription cost in a single disputed change order. Pricing: $149/month per company (not per seat — subcontractors hate per-seat). Target: 650,000 specialty subcontractors in the US. We need 800 customers for $1.4M ARR. The window: two states (CA, TX) passed prompt payment act amendments in 2024 requiring contemporaneous documentation for change order disputes. Four more states have bills pending. Every month we wait, more subs lose money they can't recover.”