BLT — AI Intelligence

Live Intelligence

Three Modes.
Always On.

BLT AI doesn't wait to be asked. It runs alongside your team — monitoring the event stream every 15 minutes, generating proactive alerts, and ready to answer any question from the field or the office in plain language.

AI included in every plan

Full AI intelligence is built into every BLT plan — budget alerts, anomaly detection, natural language queries, and photo analysis. No extra cost, no setup required.

All AI · Included

⚠ Budget Risk · Detected 4 min ago

Framing Materials approaching ceiling

Maple Ridge #1 Framing Materials is at 85% ($18,700 / $22,000) with 3 pending expenses totaling $2,400. If approved, this line will reach 96%. Consider reviewing the ABC Lumber invoice before closing the week.

✗ Anomaly · Cross-Project Variance

Foundation costs 38% above comparable builds

Oak Street Foundation spend is tracking $4,200 above the same phase on Maple Ridge #1 and Nicholson Rd at this stage. Concrete costs appear to be the driver — Valley Concrete receipts total $6,800 vs. avg $4,100.

ℹ Weekly Digest · Mar 3–7

3 items need your attention before closing

$47,280 in expenses reviewed · $12,400 labor costs · 2 budget categories over 80% · 1 sub invoice exceeds estimate by $1,800. Recommend reviewing Oak Street electrical before recording settlement.

✓ Pace Alert · Nicholson Rd

Framing phase on track for early completion

Based on photo frequency and task completion rate, Nicholson Rd framing is pacing 3 days ahead of schedule. Consider coordinating rough-in subs earlier than planned.

Capabilities

What AI Does
In BLT.

Reactive

Proactive Monitoring

BLT AI runs scheduled analysis every 15 minutes against the live event stream. When thresholds are crossed or patterns deviate, it surfaces a notification with full context — not just a number, but what it means and what to consider doing about it. Like a project analyst who never clocks out.

Budget threshold alerts at 80%, 90%, and 100% — with pending expenses factored in
Cross-project spending anomalies — flags when one build is trending significantly higher than comparable phases on other builds
Pace alerts — if a phase has no photos or activity for an unusual stretch during active work
Sub invoice variance — when a subcontractor's cumulative invoices exceed their original estimate

Interactive

Natural Language Queries

Ask any question about your project data in plain English. BLT AI assembles the relevant slice of context — budgets, event history, labor records, sub invoices — and answers directly. It's like having a sharp analyst embedded in your team who has read every record in the system.

"How are we trending on Maple Ridge framing vs. the other two projects at this stage?"
"What's our average cost per square foot for foundation work?"
"Show me all expenses from Home Depot this month across all projects."
"Which budget categories are most at risk of overrun?"
"Summarize what happened on Oak Street this week."
"How much have we paid Valley Concrete total across all builds?"

Proactive

Weekly Digest

Before each weekly review session, AI pre-generates a briefing that surfaces what actually matters. Not a data dump — a curated summary of key events, anomalies, budget movements, and items that need a decision before the week closes.

Total expenses and labor costs for the period, by project
Budget categories at elevated risk — with specific line items called out
Any anomalies detected during the week with supporting data
Flagged items with unresolved comment threads
Suggested actions — early sub coordination, budget line adjustments, stale purchase requests

Natural Language Interface

Ask Anything.
Get Real Answers.

BLT Assistant

Live

What's our total Home Depot spend this month across all three projects?

Home Depot spend this month (March 2026):

Maple Ridge #1 — $4,840
Oak Street — $2,190
Nicholson Rd — $3,420

Total: $10,450 across 18 transactions. Framing materials account for $6,200 of that. The Nicholson Rd total is notably higher than the other builds at this phase — driven by two large lumber orders on Mar 4 and Mar 11.

BLT Assistant

Live

Is Jake's crew running over hours on the Nicholson Rd framing phase?

Nicholson Rd framing labor summary:

Budgeted: 480 hrs · $15,000
Logged to date: 312 hrs · $9,750
Phase completion: ~65%

Pace suggests you'll finish around 480–500 hrs total — right at budget. No overrun risk at current rate. Jake's crew has averaged 38 hrs/day on site this week, consistent with the other builds at this phase.

Under the Hood

The Event Stream.
AI Memory.

Every mutation in BLT — expense created, photo uploaded, budget modified, time logged, purchase approved — is written to an activity_events table. This stream is the AI's memory. When asked a question, a context builder assembles the relevant slice into a structured prompt sent to the AI engine.

activity_events · live