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A contracting firm's AI lead finder brought in a $120,000 bid and a full roster of subcontractors

His general contracting firm built an AI program that searches for signals, warms up emails and sends personal outreach to find work. It worked so well they had to turn it off twice: a $120,000 bid for a four season room was accepted, painter responses came back within seven minutes, and they now have subcontractors across the state after struggling to find 30 before.

How it works

  1. The program searches for signals of planned projects
  2. It warms up email
  3. It sends personal outreach
  4. Replies come in the same day
  5. The firm bids the work

Why it’s worth knowing

They are not selling it and barely understand it. They keep having to switch it off because the work arrives faster than they can bid it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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