AI platform for contractors and trades

AI that works your jobs
while you’re on the roof, with a client, at your kid’s game, at dinner, or asleep.

Trade Agent is an AI platform for custom home builders, remodelers and the trades they work with. Its agent, Arti, writes the estimate, turns your voice notes into tasks, codes every bill to the job and flags overages before you approve them.

ARTI, TODAY
Bill from Front Range Lumber
Bill coded
$14,280Willow Creek06 10 00 Rough carpentry
THE WORK AROUND THE WORK

A third of every week goes to work that isn’t building.

It goes to hunting for what someone already wrote down, sorting out two people who wrote it differently and typing it all into a second system.

LOST EVERY WEEK, PER PERSON
14.15.510.2HOURS35% of the week
A builder in the truck at the job site scrolling a long text thread, notebook and plans on the dash
5.5hHunting for information
A supplier quote and a vendor invoice side by side on a truck tailgate, a number circled in red
4.7hSorting out conflicts
Typing receipts into a spreadsheet at the kitchen table at night
3.9hDoing it twice
PlanGrid & FMI, Construction Disconnected (2018). ~600 contractors.
HOW IT WORKS

From the first estimate to the final draw, in one system.

01 — ESTIMATING & BIDS

Talk through the scope on site and get a priced estimate.

Send a photo or a voice note, and Arti writes the line‑item proposal.

See Estimates →
02 — PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Voice notes from the truck turn into tasks and daily logs.

Arti files each note on the right job, assigns tasks to whoever you named and writes the day’s log.

See Voice notes →
03 — INVOICING & DRAWS

Every bill is coded to the job and checked against your budget.

Vendors email bills to your Trade Agent address. Arti reads each one, codes it and gets it ready for the bank draw.

See Bills & draws →
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
Estimates
MONEY
⌘K
+ New
‹Estimate/EST‑2026‑118·Willow Creek ResidenceDraftPreviewConvert to Budget
Line ItemsScopeTermsMilestonesProposal
SimpleAll columnsFilter+ AddImport
Subtotal
Margin
Proposal total
$64,280.00
CODEDESCRIPTIONQTYUNITTOTAL
03 30 00
06 10 00Rough carpentry — labor & material1.018,450.00$18,450.00
08 14 00
09 21 16
TOTAL$64,280.00
ARTIworking
Priced 14 line items from your walkthrough.
0:40 voice note3 photosMarket pricing
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
Projects
MONEY
⌘K
+ New
‹Project/NCH‑2026‑014·Willow Creek ResidenceIn ProgressBaselineAdd Task
OverviewFinancesEstimatesTasksScheduleFiles & PhotosDaily LogsPortal
GanttBoardListFilterCritical pathMar 3 – Apr 14
Sitework
Concrete
Framing
Roofing
Plumbing
Electrical
WK 1WK 2WK 3WK 4
Tile selection due
VOICE NOTE0:38 · from the truck
“Framing needs two more days and the tile is late.”
3 tasks createdCoded 06 10 00Framing +2 days
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
MONEY
Invoices
⌘K
+ New
‹Project/NCH‑2026‑014·Willow Creek ResidenceDraw 04 readyExportReview Draw
OverviewFinancesEstimatesTasksScheduleFiles & PhotosPortal
$ BudgetInvoices & BillsPurchase OrdersApprovalsDrawP&LAnalytics
Contract
Billed to date
This draw
$128,940.00
Retainage held
$6,447.00
CODEDESCRIPTION% COMPLETETHIS DRAW
03 30 00100%
06 10 00Rough carpentry64%$41,225.00
09 21 1641%
TOTAL$128,940.00
F
Front Range Lumber & Supply
Inbox · 10:14 AM
PDF
FRL-88214.pdf
158.5 KB
96% Match
PROCESSING HISTORY
Received
Classified
Coded · 06 10 00
Checked against budget
HOW IT WORKS

From the first estimate to the final draw, in one system.

01 — ESTIMATING & BIDS

Talk through the scope on site and get a priced estimate.

Send a photo or a voice note, and Arti writes the line‑item proposal.

See Estimates →
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
Estimates
MONEY
⌘K
+ New
‹Estimate/EST‑2026‑118·Willow Creek ResidenceDraftPreviewConvert to Budget
Line ItemsScopeTermsMilestonesProposal
SimpleAll columnsFilter+ AddImport
Subtotal
Margin
Proposal total
$64,280.00
CODEDESCRIPTIONQTYUNITTOTAL
03 30 00
06 10 00Rough carpentry — labor & material1.018,450.00$18,450.00
08 14 00
09 21 16
TOTAL$64,280.00
ARTIworking
Priced 14 line items from your walkthrough.
0:40 voice note3 photosMarket pricing
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
Projects
MONEY
⌘K
+ New
‹Project/NCH‑2026‑014·Willow Creek ResidenceIn ProgressBaselineAdd Task
OverviewFinancesEstimatesTasksScheduleFiles & PhotosDaily LogsPortal
GanttBoardListFilterCritical pathMar 3 – Apr 14
Sitework
Concrete
Framing
Roofing
Plumbing
Electrical
WK 1WK 2WK 3WK 4
Tile selection due
VOICE NOTE0:38 · from the truck
“Framing needs two more days and the tile is late.”
3 tasks createdCoded 06 10 00Framing +2 days
02 — PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Voice notes from the truck turn into tasks and daily logs.

Arti files each note on the right job, assigns tasks to whoever you named and writes the day’s log.

See Voice notes →
03 — INVOICING & DRAWS

Every bill is coded to the job and checked against your budget.

Vendors email bills to your Trade Agent address. Arti reads each one, codes it and gets it ready for the bank draw.

See Bills & draws →
OVERVIEW
RELATIONSHIPS
BUILD
MONEY
Invoices
⌘K
+ New
‹Project/NCH‑2026‑014·Willow Creek ResidenceDraw 04 readyExportReview Draw
OverviewFinancesEstimatesTasksScheduleFiles & PhotosPortal
$ BudgetInvoices & BillsPurchase OrdersApprovalsDrawP&LAnalytics
Contract
Billed to date
This draw
$128,940.00
Retainage held
$6,447.00
CODEDESCRIPTION% COMPLETETHIS DRAW
03 30 00100%
06 10 00Rough carpentry64%$41,225.00
09 21 1641%
TOTAL$128,940.00
F
Front Range Lumber & Supply
Inbox · 10:14 AM
PDF
FRL-88214.pdf
158.5 KB
96% Match
PROCESSING HISTORY
Received
Classified
Coded · 06 10 00
Checked against budget
THE DIFFERENCE

What does your software do when nobody opens it?

Every other answer is: nothing.

ONE WORKING DAY
10:00 PM
6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM
YOU
Site walkOn the roofClientInspectionKid’s gameDinner
ARTI
BILLS
ONE BILL · 6 SECONDS
VENDORS
TASKS
DAILY LOGS
16
THINGS DONE
2
WANTED A WORD

You were on site all day, and the office work still got done. Only two things came to you.

Money never moves without you.
BUDGET VS ACTUAL

Catch budget overages the day the bill arrives.

Arti checks every bill against its budget line, so you see a $512 overage the day it lands, not at the end of the month.

Maple St. ResidenceBudget vs actual · March
09 21 16
Gypsum board
Budget 26,900  ·  Actual 27,412
+$512
Arti5:58 PM  Arti flagged it on the Valley Drywall bill.
ON THE BILL · BEFORE YOU APPROVEThis bill takes Gypsum board over budget by $512.Raise change orderAbsorb
JOB TOTAL$755 under budget
THE TRADES YOU BUILD WITH

Your subs run their own Arti,
and it answers yours.

Bids, scope questions, schedule moves and lien waivers get settled between the two, and you both just see the answer.

YOUR COMPANYGeneral contractor
Your Arti
Their Arti
YOUR SUBDrywall contractorRUNS ITS OWN ARTI
WHILE YOU WERE ON SITE
THEIR ARTI ANSWERED1:02 PM
“Can you bid the drywall?”
Bid out.$27,412.0011:14 AM
“Is this what we agreed?”
Same scope you signed.10/02
“Can you move your rough-in to Tuesday?”
Tue 10/14.Crew of 3.SCHEDULE MOVED
You never asked.
Lien waiver attached.1:02 PM

You stop chasing subs for answers.

They stop being on call. Four things settled without a single phone call.

Your subs get the portal and their own Arti at no extra cost.

PROOF

What builders and trades say about Trade Agent.

NEW JOB22 HRS
MET TUE 9:30 AM
ESTIMATE SENT 1:15 PM
SIGNED 5:52 PM
DEPOSIT PAID WED 7:40 AM
ALSO RUNNING3 jobs

“We took a job from first meeting to deposit in less than 24 hours, while working on other projects as well. All due to Trade Agent!”

Ancona Job Shop
Michael Kline
Ancona Job Shop
RECEIPTSON THE JOBS
Kitchen
Basement
Deck
Kitchen
Basement
LEFT IN THE STACK0

“It’s so much better than manually going through the stack of receipts in front of me.”

Morwes RenovationsMorwes Renovations
Wes Moran
Morwes Renovations
VOICE NOTE0:423 TASKS

“It’s light years ahead of anything we’ve done before.”

Stauffer & SonsStauffer & Sons
Andy Stauffer
Stauffer & Sons

Nothing slipped today.

In 30 minutes we walk through a day on your own jobs instead of a slide deck.

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