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The Tuesday & Friday brief on AI, software, and operations. Built for owners of America’s home service businesses.

Twice a week, in 4 minutes: the AI tools your competitors are testing, the M&A deals reshaping your market, and one operations tactic you can put to work this week. Free.

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25,000 techs leave the trade every year. Here's who's still growing.

The labour math is brutal and getting worse. The shops winning are not recruiting the hardest. They are keeping the techs they already have.

What home service businesses are actually selling for in 2026

The multiple you would get for your business is not the multiple at which the buyer resells it. Understanding that gap tells you exactly what to fix.

A startup just raised $125M to answer your phones

What VC money flowing into AI for the trades means for your shop, and why 2026 is the cheapest year you will ever get to test these tools.