The shift
Software is being rebuilt for AI.
Old construction software is forms and menus. AI-native software reads what you describe, drafts the work and hands it back for approval.
02 · The story
We stopped asking for features and started building.
Derek Duplessis runs Duplessis Pools, a high-volume pool builder in the Baton Rouge area. For five years the company ran on the same software most builders use. Design in one program, quotes in another, contracts in a third, purchasing in a spreadsheet, and the books in QuickBooks.
Nothing talked to anything. Every job got typed in four or five times. Homeowners waited a week for a price, and a lot of them signed with whoever answered first.
In 2024 Duplessis switched to pool packages with upfront pricing, and sales jumped from $7M to $13M the next year. Then we put those prices on the website, let homeowners design their own pool, and built the tools to quote, sign and order from one place. That became Scapely.
"I ran Duplessis Pools on the industry-standard software for five years. I kept asking for the same features. Then I stopped asking and started building."Derek Duplessis, Founder