Drillbit (YC S24)

How I think about voice agents in the enterprise. If you're building in this space, I'd love to meet with you!

Another amazing event added to our line up! We're having a Fireside Chat called AI & The Workforce:?A Tool for Human Enhancement, Not Replacement Learn how the top operators are leveraging AI to build and scale successfully. This session goes beyond theory, diving into real-world strategies for integrating AI into businesses, optimizing workflows, and unlocking new efficiencies. Don’t miss this deep dive into value creation in overlooked sectors and the next wave of AI adoption. Our fireside chat will Alexander Seutin, founder & CEO of Drillbit (YC S24), where he focuses on the intersection of technology and construction. His career has been driven by a goal to create affordable and sustainable housing solutions, influenced by his personal experience with housing insecurity and a desire to make an impact on the future of autonomous infrastructure development. Alexander Jekowsky is the co-founder and CEO of Cents, a company focused on building software for the garment care services industry. He previously founded Ulyngo, a payments platform for higher-ed, which was acquired in 2019. Alexander's focus is on finding opportunities by building in "unsexy industries". Christopher Petkas?is a General Partner at Contrarian Thinking Capital, an early stage VC fund and Main Street Hold Co - along with?Codie A. Sanchez.?Previously, he's been an advisor to companies and private investment firms on behalf of the DoD. Christopher has also been a Navy Seal, having served 10 years on active duty. Link to join in the comments below!

?? Drillbit (YC S24) x ResiBrands Announcement?? This week we will be onboarding *158* different That 1 Painter and Pink's Window Services franchise businesses to the Drillbit (YC S24) platform… and that’s just the start. ResiBrands has huge expansion plans, and we’re honored to become a part of that growth. ResiBrands’ founder & CEO Steven Montgomery is truly ahead of the curve and I feel incredibly fortunate to have met him. He and I have been working together over the last month to nail down exactly how AI will change the future of the home service industry. I can’t share all of the details yet, but ResiBrands is definitely going to be a force to be reckoned with. Special shout to Jay Nielsen for championing this for us as well. It’s always a pleasure to connect with such fiercely ambitious people. The complimentary offerings between our two groups makes for an exciting opportunity. Our team’s technical expertise and capacity to automate office work for this sector paired with the insights and sheer scale of ResiBrands footprint makes for a perfect match. To kick things off, I had the opportunity to make this announcement to all of the franchisees last Thursday. It would be a shame to not acknowledge the hard work they each put in day in and day out to operate each of their locations. The insights from those owners will be an essential component of our roadmap and development strategy and we are just as excited to work with each of them as we are ResiBrands' corporate office. P.S. Steven would like it to be known that this photo is misleading and that he is 6’ tall. Liam and I are just some lanky guys.

We've been keeping a secret... Well maybe it hasn't been the best kept one ?? But in any case, we're officially adding a few extra characters to our name today: Drillbit (YC S24). To be explicit: we are spending the summer in SF as part of Y Combinator! See the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gDtHipfU Some folks may not be energized by the thought of streamlining home maintenance, but I cannot think of anything I'd rather be working on. I am fiercely committed to reducing waste related to the cost of housing. Shelter is so far down the hierarchy of needs, that I can't understand why more people aren't tackling this. I'm grateful for the exposure that YC comes with. This is no small problem, and I'll need a lot of help to do it. This also means that, come demo day, we will be kicking off our seed round. If you feel as strongly as I do about this topic, I would love to talk in September.

Today, Drillbit is officially coming out of "Stealth Mode". We have learned a tremendous amount in recent months, and that has culminated in a solution that we are ready to bring to market. What are we? For the home service businesses amongst you: Drillbit eliminates your non-billable hours by handling all of your office work. Our system catches every missed call, manages all of your follow ups, handles quoting, and even takes care of payment collection so that you can focus on the real work. For the investors out there: We are an AI b2b vertical SaaS solution for the home service industry. Put more plainly, Drillbit is the modern take on the FSMs and ERPs that exist today. We leverage AI voice agents as well as our in-house quoting system to automate calls and follow ups involved in managing their deal flow and service offerings. How do we do that? At our core, we do 3 things well: - Our all-in-one productivity platform consolidates your CRM and project management tools creating a unified data layer. - Our AI phone systems act like receptionists. They pick up the phone for you and they can call the homeowner to keep them up to date throughout the life of the job. When they’re done they’ll handle updates to the platform on their own. - Our quoting engine turns those phone calls from job requests into detailed quotes in seconds. It learns from your past pricing to get better every time you use it. Never fill out an estimate again. Why are we doing this? The United States spends $700B / year on home maintenance. A substantial portion of those cost are attributed to simply finding and coordinating work. In order to eliminate waste in our economy, we have to allow skilled workers to spend a greater portion of their day on their craft rather than non value driving work streams. We have a few more exciting announcements that I will be sharing in separate posts throughout this week. Keep an eye on our company page as well as well as my personal LinkedIn for updates. Alex Check out our website: https://www.drillbit.com Follow our LinkedIn page: https://lnkd.in/g6G-W329

Today, Drillbit is officially coming out of "Stealth Mode". We have learned a tremendous amount in recent months, and that has culminated in a solution that we are ready to bring to market. What are we? For the home service businesses amongst you: Drillbit eliminates your non-billable hours by handling all of your office work. Our system catches every missed call, manages all of your follow ups, handles quoting, and even takes care of payment collection so that you can focus on the real work. For the investors out there: We are an AI b2b vertical SaaS solution for the home service industry. Put more plainly, Drillbit is the modern take on the FSMs and ERPs that exist today. We leverage AI voice agents as well as our in-house quoting system to automate calls and follow ups involved in managing their deal flow and service offerings. How do we do that? At our core, we do 3 things well: - Our all-in-one productivity platform consolidates your CRM and project management tools creating a unified data layer. - Our AI phone systems act like receptionists. They pick up the phone for you and they can call the homeowner to keep them up to date throughout the life of the job. When they’re done they’ll handle updates to the platform on their own. - Our quoting engine turns those phone calls from job requests into detailed quotes in seconds. It learns from your past pricing to get better every time you use it. Never fill out an estimate again. Why are we doing this? The United States spends $700B / year on home maintenance. A substantial portion of those cost are attributed to simply finding and coordinating work. In order to eliminate waste in our economy, we have to allow skilled workers to spend a greater portion of their day on their craft rather than non value driving work streams. We have a few more exciting announcements that I will be sharing in separate posts throughout this week. Keep an eye on our company page as well as well as my personal LinkedIn for updates. Alex Check out our website: https://www.drillbit.com Follow our LinkedIn page: https://lnkd.in/g6G-W329

Today, Drillbit is officially coming out of "Stealth Mode". We have learned a tremendous amount in recent months, and that has culminated in a solution that we are ready to bring to market. What are we? For the home service businesses amongst you: Drillbit eliminates your non-billable hours by handling all of your office work. Our system catches every missed call, manages all of your follow ups, handles quoting, and even takes care of payment collection so that you can focus on the real work. For the investors out there: We are an AI b2b vertical SaaS solution for the home service industry. Put more plainly, Drillbit is the modern take on the FSMs and ERPs that exist today. We leverage AI voice agents as well as our in-house quoting system to automate calls and follow ups involved in managing their deal flow and service offerings. How do we do that? At our core, we do 3 things well: - Our all-in-one productivity platform consolidates your CRM and project management tools creating a unified data layer. - Our AI phone systems act like receptionists. They pick up the phone for you and they can call the homeowner to keep them up to date throughout the life of the job. When they’re done they’ll handle updates to the platform on their own. - Our quoting engine turns those phone calls from job requests into detailed quotes in seconds. It learns from your past pricing to get better every time you use it. Never fill out an estimate again. Why are we doing this? The United States spends $700B / year on home maintenance. A substantial portion of those cost are attributed to simply finding and coordinating work. In order to eliminate waste in our economy, we have to allow skilled workers to spend a greater portion of their day on their craft rather than non value driving work streams. We have a few more exciting announcements that I will be sharing in separate posts throughout this week. Keep an eye on our company page as well as well as my personal LinkedIn for updates. Alex Check out our website: https://www.drillbit.com Follow our LinkedIn page: https://lnkd.in/g6G-W329

Today, Drillbit is officially coming out of "Stealth Mode". We have learned a tremendous amount in recent months, and that has culminated in a solution that we are ready to bring to market. What are we? For the home service businesses amongst you: Drillbit eliminates your non-billable hours by handling all of your office work. Our system catches every missed call, manages all of your follow ups, handles quoting, and even takes care of payment collection so that you can focus on the real work. For the investors out there: We are an AI b2b vertical SaaS solution for the home service industry. Put more plainly, Drillbit is the modern take on the FSMs and ERPs that exist today. We leverage AI voice agents as well as our in-house quoting system to automate calls and follow ups involved in managing their deal flow and service offerings. How do we do that? At our core, we do 3 things well: - Our all-in-one productivity platform consolidates your CRM and project management tools creating a unified data layer. - Our AI phone systems act like receptionists. They pick up the phone for you and they can call the homeowner to keep them up to date throughout the life of the job. When they’re done they’ll handle updates to the platform on their own. - Our quoting engine turns those phone calls from job requests into detailed quotes in seconds. It learns from your past pricing to get better every time you use it. Never fill out an estimate again. Why are we doing this? The United States spends $700B / year on home maintenance. A substantial portion of those cost are attributed to simply finding and coordinating work. In order to eliminate waste in our economy, we have to allow skilled workers to spend a greater portion of their day on their craft rather than non value driving work streams. We have a few more exciting announcements that I will be sharing in separate posts throughout this week. Keep an eye on our company page as well as well as my personal LinkedIn for updates. Alex Check out our website: https://www.drillbit.com Follow our LinkedIn page: https://lnkd.in/g6G-W329