ABEPIM — The AI-Native OS for Commercial Roofing
Commercial roofing contractors stitch together 5–8 disconnected tools to run their business. Estimation alone takes 4–12 hours per project. The $92B U.S. roofing market has 100,000+ contractors — and zero AI-native platforms serving commercial workflows. Residential is solved (Hover, Roofr, EagleView). Commercial is wide open.
ABEPIM is a vertical operating system for commercial roofing contractors — AI-powered estimation, proposal generation, project management, job costing, and autonomous back-office operations. Working prototype operational on live projects today. Built on open-source AI models with local-first processing — 100× lower compute costs than competitors using frontier proprietary models, and client blueprint data never leaves the machine. The AI engine is trade-agnostic — roofing is the beachhead, with expansion to HVAC, electrical, and plumbing opening a $300B+ addressable market across all MEP trades.
| Company | Focus | Valuation | Commercial Roofing? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procore | GC construction management | $9.2B (public) | No — built for GCs |
| ServiceTitan | Home services OS | $8.9B (IPO) | No — residential |
| BuildOps | Commercial MEP | $1.0B (Series C) | No — HVAC/plumbing |
| AccuLynx | Residential roofing | $2.35B (acq. offer) | No — residential only |
| ABEPIM | Commercial roofing OS | Seed stage | First & only |
- Working prototype on live commercial projects
- Pilot customer generating revenue (15% platform fee)
- AFWERX SBIR Open Topic — application in progress (dual-use facility management AI, $75K→$2M) · SAM.gov ACTIVE
- Tampa Bay Wave CORE resubmitted July 21 with updates
- SCORE Mentor Program accepted
- New World Angels application submitted ($250K / $2.5M cap)
- Senior Advisor: Dan Cain (ex-SAS VP/GM, Reef CSO)
- Jason van Joosten — Founder/CEO. USAF veteran (SDVOSB). 10+ yrs roofing industry experience.
- Wesley Schlemmer — Technical Lead. AI/ML architect. Built ABEPIM prototype. B.S. Tufts.
- Cory Williams — Operations Partner. Pilot customer. Field validation.
- Dan Cain — Senior Advisor. CSO Reef CyberSecurity. Ex-VP/GM SAS (6 yrs).
- Nashville Automation Co. — Technical Build Partner. AI engineering firm, 8+ clients. Construction AI deployments. LOI signed.
"As a Florida-licensed roofing contractor with 10 years in the field, I've seen every tool promise to 'revolutionize' estimating. ABEPIM is the first one that actually delivers. It pulls measurements, calculates materials, and generates a complete proposal in minutes — what used to take my team days. ABEPIM isn't just software — it's the difference between us bidding on a handful of jobs a month and bidding on twenty-plus. I've been doing this long enough to know when something is a gimmick and when something is a game-changer. This is a game-changer."
— Cory Williams, Owner, America's Best Roofing and Construction (FL License CCC1332167)
Five compounding barriers, each 12–24 months to replicate: (1) Training data flywheel — every project makes the platform smarter; competitors start at zero. (2) Cost architecture — local-first AI at 100× lower compute cost than cloud API competitors. (3) Code compliance engine — Florida HVHZ regulatory moat. (4) Domain expertise — built by operators who run a roofing company daily. (5) Brand + customer lock-in — first-mover in a market with zero competitors, trademark filed.