Pilot Active · Charlotte Hub   Agentic AI · Skilled Trades

THE BACK
OFFICE BUILT
FOR THE
TRUCK.

Blue Collar Canva deploys AI agents that run dispatch, scheduling, job costing, and compliance — so trade business owners can grow without adding headcount.

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650K+
Open Trades Jobs
80%
Still on Paper
$1.5M
Pre-Seed Ask
15+
Yrs in the Field
Dispatch Automation Job Costing OSHA Compliance Scheduling AI Permit Management Customer Comms Workforce Equity Charlotte NC Dispatch Automation Job Costing OSHA Compliance Scheduling AI Permit Management Customer Comms Workforce Equity Charlotte NC
The Problem

TWO GAPS.
SAME INDUSTRY.

The trades built this country. Nobody built software for them — until now.

01
The Skills Gap

The average tradesperson is over 45 years old. The next generation isn't filling the gap fast enough. Owners can't hire their way out of this.

650,000+ open construction jobs in the US right now.
02
The Tech Gap

Enterprise software was built for Bechtel, not a 12-person HVAC shop. Small trade businesses — 5 to 30 people — have been told to make do with spreadsheets and group texts.

80% of trade shops still run their back office on paper.
What We Build

AI WORKERS
FOR EVERY JOB.

Four autonomous agents — AI workers that act on their own — covering the full operations of a trade business, end to end.

📡
Dispatch Agent

Matches the right technician to the right job — based on skills, location, and truck inventory. No more 6am group texts.

Live Routing
📅
Scheduling Agent

Books, reschedules, and confirms with customers automatically. Handles the back-and-forth so your crew doesn't have to.

Customer-Facing
💰
Job Costing Agent

Tracks real-time margin on every job. Alerts you when a job is bleeding money before the invoice drops.

Real-Time Margin
📋
Compliance Agent

Manages permits, inspection records, OSHA documentation, and certifications — automatically, so you never miss a deadline.

OSHA Ready
Built On
Google Vertex AI  ·  Gemini  ·  LangChain  ·  LangGraph  ·  Firebase  ·  Firestore
See It In Action

ONE SCREEN.
WHOLE BUSINESS.

Every job, dollar, and deadline — in the palm of your hand. Built for the truck, not the corner office.

📊
Financial performance at a glance
Revenue, unpaid invoices, average job run, and retention rate — updated live, no spreadsheet required.
📈
Pipeline forecasting
Your agents project next month's revenue based on real job data — so you see what's coming before it hits.
🗓️
Today's work, organized
Open jobs, scheduled runs, and unpaid invoices — chronologically sorted, every morning, automatically.
💬
Your AI ops manager, on call
Tap the chat and ask anything — "Who's free Thursday?" "What's my margin on the Miller job?" It answers.
📍 CLT Net 2:10 PM 📶 🔋
● Pilot
Active
Carolina Spark & Pipe Co.
G'day, Shawn
Role: Owner · Charlotte, NC
Financial Performance Summary
✓ Revenue
$0
⏱ Unpaid
0
↗ Avg Run
$275
Ret. Rate
0%
Monthly Pipeline Forecast
$0 Projected ↗ +18.4% Charlotte
Open Jobs
0 active
Today's Work
1 runs
Unpaid Inv.
1 invoc
💬
Founder Story

IT STARTED
IN THE TRUCK.

🔧
Field
Field Technician
Learned the work hands-on. Wrenches first. Every pain point lived from the ground up.
📊
Operations
Director of Operations
Ran dispatch, scheduling, and job costing at Plumbserve and Element Construction — by hand, with spreadsheets.
🎓
Education
Information Systems · McDowell Tech
Learned to code the things I'd been doing on paper for 15 years.
⚡
Now
Founder, Blue Collar Canva
Building the back office I wished I had on every job. Charlotte, NC · Founded 2025.
"The customer is me. I've lived every pain point we're solving. I didn't read about this industry — I worked it."
— Shawn, Founder · Blue Collar Canva
What We Believe
01
Trades-first design
If a tool doesn't make sense to someone in a work truck, we haven't finished building it.
02
Second chances are good business
We run The Second Chance Network — connecting justice-impacted workers with contractors who need them.
03
Build in our backyard first
Charlotte first. Then the Triad, then the Triangle. We're a Carolina company solving a Carolina problem.
Geographic Roadmap

CAROLINA FIRST.
SOUTHEAST NEXT.

We expand market by market — proving the model before we scale it.

Active Now
Phase 1
Charlotte

Beachhead market. HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and general contractors. Founding-customer pilots underway.

Phase 2
Triad

Greensboro · Winston-Salem · High Point. Adjacent metro, similar trade business profile. Year 2 expansion.

Phase 3
Triangle

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill. Research Triangle density of skilled trades and tech-receptive owners.

Mission Layer

THE SECOND
CHANCE
NETWORK

Workforce equity in the trades isn't a side project — it's part of how we win. The Second Chance Network connects justice-impacted workers with contractors who need skilled labor. Good for communities. Good for contractors. Good for business.

Every contractor we onboard gets access to a pre-vetted, motivated workforce pipeline. It's not charity — it's a smarter hiring model.

70M+
Americans with a record
27%
Unemployed post-release
40%
Trades jobs unfilled
$0
Recruiting fee to contractors
For Investors

RAISE.
DEPLOY. WIN.

We Are Raising
$1.5M
Pre-Seed Round · 18-Month Runway
ConTech is a $25B+ market with almost no AI-native players at the SMB level. We are first movers in a sector that is starving for this technology.
Use of Funds
40%
Engineering
Ship v3–v5 of the agent platform; hire 2 engineers.
30%
Go-to-Market
Land 25 paying Charlotte customers; build referral engine.
20%
Founder Runway
Full-time on the business through Series A milestones.
10%
Infrastructure
Google Cloud, Firestore, model usage at scale.
25
Paying Customers
$40K
MRR Target
v5
Agent in Production
18mo
To Series A Ready
Get Started

REACH OUT.
OR BOOK A TIME.

Send us a message, or grab a demo slot directly on the calendar. Whatever's easier for you.

✉ Send a Message
Tell us a bit about your business and what you're looking for. We read every one.
🗓 Book a Demo
Pick a 30-minute slot that works for you. You'll get a calendar invite automatically.
Let's Build Together

READY TO
TALK?

Whether you're a contractor, an investor, a potential team member, or someone who works on hard problems — we'd love to hear from you.

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Charlotte, NC  ·  Founded 2025  ·  hello@bluecollarcanva.com  ·  Proudly built for the trades