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How Did Brain Co Cut Permit Waits to One Hour?

Brain Co has built a common platform with data infra and evals then builds vertical specific apps for extremely large enterprises or very large institutions. The apps allow rapid adoption of artificial intelligence against specific vertical use cases. Brain Co created a permitting approval flow for a government that cut manual review from a few months down to an hour.

A builder submits plans and documentation then waits for a permit to get approval. The builder loses money on a project after buying land and designing the project when approval takes three to six months. Brain Co condensed a few months of manual review into an hour and repackaged everything to point out risks before manual review. The flow understands architectural diagrams so permitting approval sells to other governments for the specific use case or for other types of permits in a government context.

Fast success with the initial module builds trust and access to data so Brain Co adds the next thing within a vertical. The basic fundamental module tool can be customized and cross-sold to other customers in the same vertical over time.

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