Bill Brown shows how AI is reshaping small field-service businesses like roofing and HVAC. Satellite imagery now measures roofs with precision for instant quotes, while AI route optimization packs more jobs into each day. Visual overlays let homeowners see exactly what their new roof would look like.
Some of the virtual learning tools, the digitized learning systems, we see those, the virtual ride around tools, there's a couple of those out there. Those are very popular and very common. And as I said before, there are a lot of AI tools coming out now for things like call center for things like route optimization. So like in the pest world or the lawn care world, where being sort of dense in terms of where your route and being as efficient you can route wise, so you're hitting as many lawns as you can in one day or even like a pool cleaning business, same kind of thing. There's AI generated route optimization tools, there's satellite technology. So like in the roofing world, they'll use satellite technology to measure hyper accurate measurement of a roof and then they'll use that hyper accurate measurement to give a more accurate quote, number one. But then number two, do things like overlay different kinds of roof. Here's a slate roof, here's a cedar roof, here's a shingle roof. And it makes it much more impactful at the point of sale to show a homeowner on an iPad. Here's how this roof would look. Here's how this roof and it's literally overlaid on your own existing home. And not only is it more accurate, but it helps you sell better.
