How SpecSense gets better
as AI advances.
AI acceleration is our supply chain, not our competition. Every model release makes SpecSense stronger without changing the buyer relationship. Here is what we ship next, and why.
5-year capability arc.
Now · 2026 Q3–Q4
Phase 01
Human-supervised review, oil & gas focus.
P&IDs, isometrics, datasheets, HAZOP registers. Discipline-specific check libraries for piping, process, mechanical, civil, structural. Chartered-engineer sign-off on every supervised review.
- 48-hour supervised pilot as recommended entry point
- 5 discipline check libraries (piping, process, mechanical, civil, structural)
- Marketplace tier for solo engineers (£49–99)
- Team workspace for continuous review (£1.5k–5k/mo)
- Formal InfoSec policy set — Q4 2026
Year 1 · 2027
Phase 02
EDMS integration & enterprise-grade posture.
Direct integration into customer engineering document management systems. SOC 2 attestations. Regional data residency options. First indemnified sign-off contracts. First case studies published with major-EPC and Owner's Engineer references.
- Aconex, Bentley ProjectWise, SharePoint EDMS connectors
- SOC 2 Type I → Type II attestations
- UK, EU, UAE data-residency options
- First indemnified sign-off enterprise contracts
- Published case studies with named EPC + OE customers
Year 2–3 · 2028–2029
Phase 03
Multimodal review — 3D CAD and laser scans.
As multimodal models mature, SpecSense reads 3D plant models, laser scans, and construction site photos with the same rigour it applies to 2D deliverables. This is a new product line, not a feature — construction QA and site-verification review.
- 3D plant model review (SmartPlant, PDMS, E3D exports)
- Point-cloud / laser scan verification against IFC design
- Site-photo construction QA (weld quality, insulation, tagging)
- As-built vs design walk-down automation
- Aerospace pilot customer — extension into new vertical
Year 3–5 · 2029–2031
Phase 04
Agentic project participation.
SpecSense stops being a review tool and starts being a project participant. Sits inside the concept-select flow, flags mid-development, integrates with technical query registers, participates in review meetings via structured comment injection. Not autonomous — always supervised, always signed off, but continuous rather than gate-based.
- Continuous project-level review (not gate-only)
- Integration with technical query and MOC systems
- Structured comment injection into review meetings
- Predictive rework-cost estimation from findings velocity
- Cross-project learning at the customer level (per-tenant)
Year 5+ · 2031+
Phase 05
Cross-vertical category leadership.
Oil & gas becomes one of five verticals rather than the whole business. Pharma GMP, medical device 510(k), aerospace certification, and nuclear safety-case documentation all use the same underlying platform with vertical-specific check libraries.
- Pharma GMP deliverable review
- Medical device 510(k) submission review
- Aerospace type-certification package review
- Nuclear safety-case documentation review
- Regulatory body partnerships in 2+ verticals
Horizontal extension into other regulated industries.
The playbook is portable: any industry where engineers spend >30% of the week reviewing regulated documents is a candidate. We stay in oil & gas until we own it, then extend.
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Oil & Gas
EPC + Owner's Engineer + NOC/IOC + Consulting Engineers. ~950 tier-1 buyers.
Now → 2027
✈️
Aerospace
Type certification, airworthiness directives, MRO compliance packages.
2028
💊
Pharma & GMP
Batch records, validation protocols, submission packages.
2029
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Medical Device
510(k), MDR technical files, post-market surveillance.
2029–2030
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Construction
Structural drawing sets, geotechnical, building services, fire safety.
2030
☢️
Nuclear
Safety cases, licence conditions, ONR/NRC compliance documentation.
2030+
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Rail
Signalling, rolling stock certification, infrastructure gate reviews.
2031
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Energy Transition
H2 systems, CCUS, offshore wind, battery storage design packages.
Ongoing
Regulated engineering doc review is a £3B+ global market.
Oil & Gas TAM (Y5)
£3B+
~950 tier-1 global buyers × blended £40k/yr per account at maturity.
Base-case capture
£30M ARR
1% share across regulated engineering by Year 5, via disciplined vertical focus.
Comparable
Harvey.ai
Legal AI analogue reached this trajectory in 24 months post-Series A.
Conservative case: 5% penetration by Y5 across the ~950 tier-1 oil & gas buyers → £1.9M ARR. Base case (10%): £3.8M ARR. Ambitious (category leadership): £8.5M+. Extension into aerospace / pharma / medical device / nuclear expands addressable market by an additional £3B by Y5. Harvey.ai proved the trajectory in legal in 24 months.
Why AI acceleration expands our market, not shrinks it.
Falling model costs unlock the marketplace tier at scale.
As inference costs drop, the £49–99 per-review tier becomes viable for solo engineers, dramatically expanding the funnel. Marketplace customers filter up into Team and Enterprise deals over time.
Multimodal opens new product lines at zero R&D cost.
The moment models read 3D CAD, laser scans, and construction photos reliably, SpecSense has a construction-QA product line without touching the check library architecture. The workflow, sign-off, and audit posture are already in place.
Agentic advances make continuous review possible.
Today SpecSense reviews at project gates. Tomorrow it sits inside the design flow, flagging issues as they emerge. The underlying engineering judgment does not change; only the delivery mode.
Regulatory acceleration is monotonic.
Every new safety case, every new NOC compliance regime, every new sustainability disclosure requirement adds documents. Regulated engineering document volume only grows, never shrinks.
The bottom line: regulatory acceleration means more documents needing review, monotonically increasing. Falling model costs unlock the marketplace tier at scale. Multimodal turns 3D CAD and laser scans into new product lines at zero R&D cost. Agentic advances turn SpecSense into a live project participant by Y3.
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