Takeoffs wait on one estimator
When they are on a job, bids sit. Follow-up is whatever they remember at night.
Drywall
You don't have to learn AI to keep hanging, taping, and punch on a list someone actually watches. ChatGPT is not in the takeoff or the GC's change-order email. Cortex builds agents into the estimating and job software you already run.

Agents watching
The stalls we hear in this trade every week.
When they are on a job, bids sit. Follow-up is whatever they remember at night.
What was bid and what is on site are different. Nobody updated the file.
A punch list in a text thread is not a closeout.
Skim, extra corners, a ceiling the plan didn't show.
Examples. Your list comes from the audit, not a template.
Aging takeoffs and unanswered GC bids.
Scope, extras, and photos stay on the same job.
Closeout doesn't wait on a walk that nobody scheduled.
A day with Cortex
An example day. The agents work inside your phone line, CRM, field software and books. Anything that spends money or makes a promise waits for a person.
Drywall · example company
Today · Activity log
7:42 AM
Missed call
New customer called while the team was on a job
Caller said: wants someone out this week for a quote. Agent texted back, got the address, and booked the 10:30 slot.
9:15 AM
Estimate #2041 · $8,400
No reply from the customer in 3 days
Agent wrote a follow-up in your voice. It goes out when you tap approve.
11:30 AM
Review
Job closed, customer happy
Agent sent the review request with a link to your Google profile.
2:10 PM
Job #3318 · $2,480
Marked complete, but no invoice in QuickBooks
Agent flagged it to the office so it gets billed today.
6:00 PM
Daily summary
Your end-of-day report
6 jobs booked, 2 estimates waiting on you, $2,480 to invoice. Sent to your phone.
Example activity. Every action is logged, and you choose what agents can do without asking.
Examples of systems we commonly evaluate for integration. Drywall companies estimate in Excel or a contractor CRM, shoot photos in CompanyCam, and bill in QuickBooks. Agents watch the gaps between them.
Named tools are examples we see in this trade, not a certified integration list. What we can connect depends on APIs, vendor access, and the audit. We do not replace these systems.
Audit, design, build, test, then keep it running. Your existing software stays in place.
Software stack, repetitive paths, follow-up that depends on memory.
Which agents, which systems, what they may do, and what requires a person.
Agents around those paths, connected to the tools you already use.
Permissions, approvals, testing.
Monitoring, connectors, improvements.
Start with a free 30-minute audit. You don't need to understand AI. We'll show you what's worth building into the software you already run, and what isn't.