YC W26 — San Francisco

From bid to built,
one platform.

Foreman replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, email threads, and sticky notes with AI that handles estimating, scheduling, invoicing, and every document in between. Contractors spend less time behind a desk. More time building.

Min to generate a complete estimate
1 place for every job, client, and document
24/7 AI assistant for project questions
We stopped building for the enterprise. The guy managing four residential jobs doesn't have a project manager, a controller, and a dedicated admin. He's the guy who does all three — between phone calls, site visits, and actually doing the work. Foreman is built for that person.

Nolan Rossi, founder — fourth-generation contractor

Every tool, one login.

Instant AI Estimates

Upload a plan set, photo, or project description. AI produces a structured, line-item cost breakdown in minutes — not hours. Edit, adjust, and send a professional proposal in the same session.

Job & Customer Hub

Every photo, permit, contract, change order, and conversation lives in one place — organized around the job, not the tool. No more searching email for a plan you received six weeks ago.

Critical Path Scheduling

Link task dependencies and Foreman computes the critical path automatically. Know which delays actually push your finish date — and which ones don't matter.

E-Sign Proposals & Contracts

Add signers to any proposal or vendor agreement and send. They sign from any device — no account required, no separate e-sign tool. Signed and saved to the record automatically.

Invoicing & Payments

Send invoices, collect payments online, and watch QuickBooks update itself. From budget to reconciled payment — without touching your accounting software.

AI Project Assistant

Ask anything about your projects in plain language. Get answers in seconds — no digging through plans, emails, or old contracts. The knowledge of three tools, without using any of them.

Bid faster. Build better. Close clean.

01

Upload a project

Drop in a plan set, a few photos, or a short description. Foreman reads it like a contractor would — understanding scope, materials, and labor from context.

02

AI generates the estimate

Takeoffs, line items, and material costs appear in seconds. Edit what you need, add your markup, and hit Generate. A branded, professional proposal lands in your client's inbox.

03

Manage the build, one hub

Every document, photo, change order, and conversation tracks to the job. Scheduling auto-computes critical path. Invoices reconcile against budget automatically. Done.

Contractors don't need another tool.
They need fewer tools.

The average residential contractor runs their business across five or six apps — a spreadsheet for estimating, email for plans, texts for scheduling, QuickBooks for invoicing, a folder on their phone for photos, and paper for everything else. Foreman replaces all six. Built by someone who grew up in the trades, for people who still get their hands dirty.

4+ hours saved per bid
6→1 apps replaced per contractor
100% project context, always at hand

Keeping contractors on the job site, not behind a desk.

We started with one question: what if construction software actually understood how contractors work? Not how project managers at enterprise firms work — how the guy doing $2M a year in kitchen remodels actually works. That's who Foreman is built for.