GPStimate

GPStimate is building AI-assisted takeoff and estimating software for commercial roofing contractors, turning building plans and aerial imagery into measured, priced components. The platform combines satellite imagery analysis, automated roof segmentation and location-based measurement with human-in-the-loop review, so estimators can validate results against known measurements before bidding.

Computer vision applied to satellite and aerial imagery has reached the point where roof segmentation and measurement can be automated rather than traced by hand. For contractors, that matters because manual data entry is where estimating errors creep in — and those errors cost bids and margins.

The company was founded in 2026 in the United States by Shawn Pander and Kenn Furr. GPStimate says it was built by people with commercial roofing estimating experience, and designs the product around how estimators actually work.

Detail on the founders is thin at this stage: Kenn Furr studied at Indiana State University, and the company points to commercial roofing estimating experience on the founding team. The product decisions reflect it — automating the repetitive stages while leaving strategy, relationships and complex problem-solving to the human estimator.