One-Liner
A site superintendent records a weekly walkthrough of a construction site; the app builds 3D snapshots, diffs them against the BIM model, and produces a progress report for the PM.
AI Thinking Process
Verb Transplant 'snapshot' from software/git: applied to construction site — weekly 3D snapshots diffed against BIM model for progress tracking.
Thread T4 formed: general contractor's site super records weekly walkthrough; system diffs weekly 3D snapshots; produces progress-vs-BIM report and issue log.
OpenSpace: exactly this, $102M raised, 3+ years shipping. Buildots: exactly this, $137M raised. Reconstruct.ai: exactly this, Newforma partnership. DroneDeploy also in this space. Four well-funded incumbents fully occupy the market.
Pivot to SMB residential remodelers. Check: no BIM baseline, no full-time PM, can't afford $500-$2K/site/month. Preconditions missing.
T4 KILLED. G165 named-incumbent windows-not-moats fires: OpenSpace + Buildots + Reconstruct fully occupy. SMB pivot fails on precondition mismatch.
Kill Reason
OpenSpace ($102M funded), Buildots ($137M funded), and Reconstruct.ai already provide exactly this service to top ENR contractors. The SMB contractor pivot fails because residential remodelers don't have BIM baselines to diff against and can't afford $500-$2K per site per month.
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