The job shouldn’t follow you home.
We’re Jakeob and Derek. Since 2024, we’ve been on the phone and texting with contractors, learning what it takes to run the business around the work.
Those conversations have shaped Dave: estimates, jobs, invoices, and follow-ups in one place. Built with the people who use it.
Great contractors were doing two jobs.
One of Dave’s earliest users was Zak, an electrician. Around eight or nine at night, we’d sit beside him at his kitchen table as he turned details scattered across texts and notes into an estimate.
Early versions of Dave didn’t get everything right. Zak showed us where he got stuck, and his feedback shaped what we changed next. Estimates became easier to put together. Accepted work could turn into an invoice without typing it all out again. With each version, Dave got closer to what he needed: a way to quote a job from his phone, send it to a customer, and get on with his day.
That became our way of building: watch how the work actually gets done, listen when Dave gets in the way, and make it better.
“I used to keep half the business in my head. With Dave, I know nothing is falling through the cracks.”
Dave wasn’t the first thing we built together.
We grew up together in Nanaimo, B.C., in Canada. We’ve been building things together since selling pizzas in high school. Later, we built a tool for processing insurance claims and nearly launched a Canadian distribution business for a Polish drink brand. Then we learned how hard freight and grocery distribution really are.
The ideas changed, but the habit stuck: find a real problem, build something useful, and let reality tell us whether to keep going.
Dave was different. Contractors didn’t just say it sounded useful. They put it to work on real jobs, came back, and showed us where it helped and where it got in the way. Jakeob leads those conversations. Derek leads product and engineering. We decide what comes next together.
Small trade businesses had been overlooked.
Dave began with a home builder Jakeob met while training for an Ironman. We started building for general contractors, but within the first year, conversations with contractors and their crews revealed a bigger gap: small trade businesses carrying the same workload with fewer people and less support.
Dave still serves general contractors, but smaller crews became our focus. They needed less setup, tools they could use in the field, and another set of hands with the business side.
Software should do more than record what happened.
Keeping records is only part of the job. Dave’s AI already helps contractors build estimates through chat, draft customer messages, and answer questions about their business. It puts those details to work.
We’re building toward a Dave that notices a quiet estimate, an overdue invoice, or a job that needs attention, then helps move it forward. You stay in control, with less to keep track of yourself.
Why call it Dave?
We called it Dave because we wanted it to feel like someone on your team. Someone who helps keep the business moving while you’re doing the work.
Talk to Dave like you would someone in the office. Ask a question, work through a problem, or give him something to take care of. He uses the context of your business to help you find answers and get the work done.
That’s the back-office teammate we’re building: someone you can turn to throughout the day, with you in control. Less to figure out alone. Less to carry in your head.
Put Dave to work on your next job.
Build an estimate, keep the details together, and see how Dave fits the way you work.
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