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arvindveluvali

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arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Awesome! Happy to get you demo access if you want to use Fresco to make those punch lists, just shoot me a message at arvind@fresco-ai.com
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Makes sense! We’re pretty focused on the construction vertical at this point but when we do expand into others I imagine we’ll be a bit creative with the pricing/features.
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Great advice—there’s definitely a lot of UI work we want to do :)
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Totally agree! That's what we've observed, as well.
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
We rely on multimodal input: the voiceover from the superintendent, as well as the video input. The two essentially cross check one another, so we think the likelihood of lies or hallucinations is incredibly low.

Superintendents usually still check and, if needed, edit/enrich Fresco’s notes. Editing is way faster/easier than generating notes net new, so even in the extreme scenario where a supe needs to edit every single note, they’re still saving ~90% of the time it’d otherwise have taken to generate those notes and compile them into the right format.

arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Thanks for the flag! Absolutely, there are many verticals where we think Fresco can be useful. Would love to hear your thoughts on price point.
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Great point! We're really relying on the superintendent's expertise, transcribing/compiling what they're saying rather than flagging code violations or other notables ourselves. We think analysis should be (for now, at least) the job of the highly trained and experienced superintendent, and our job is to take care of the transcription and admin that isn't really a good use of their time.
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
This is a really good point, but we don't think hallucinations pose a significant risk to us. You can think of Fresco like a really good scribe; we're not generating new information, just consolidating the information that the superintendent has already verbally flagged as important.
arvindveluvali··on Launch HN: Fresco (YC F24) – AI Copilot for Construction Superintendents
Absolutely. There are a ton of industries where people conduct physical site inspections and turn those into structured documents; as in construction, those take a long time to make! We've actually had some inbound from civil engineers, and if we can be useful to folks in your network, we'd love to connect with them.