BLACKHYVE

What BLACKHYVE does

BlackHyve is a private, Bozeman, Montana-based construction operations software company founded in 2019 by Ryan Haught, a former mechanical contractor who previously ran a $25M company with 200 employees across five states. The company sells a cloud-based platform to commercial and industrial subcontractors in the electrical, mechanical, plumbing, concrete, and steel trades. Its core product connects four practices that most contractors already maintain in separate systems — bid estimates, time cards, progress tracking, and drift documentation — into a unified view of job profitability updated daily. The platform's defining feature is the Drift Framework, which captures the gap between bid and actual execution across eight production conditions (access, materials, tools, equipment, information, sequence, leadership, and team size) and classifies each drift event as internal (fixable by operations) or external (documentable for change orders and claims).

BlackHyve's product surface comprises three components: the core BlackHyve Platform, BlackHyve Lens (the end-user application interface at lens.blackhyve.com), and the Drift module (a standalone productized feature at blackhyve.com/drift.html). Foremen can document drift events in 30 seconds via voice notes from a phone; AI services (provided by Anthropic under Zero Data Retention terms) transcribe and categorize the entries, including impact amount and time lost, with automatic timestamps. The platform is hosted on AWS, with Twilio and SendGrid handling SMS and email notifications, and PostHog providing website analytics. The company is pursuing SOC 2 Type 2 certification and is GDPR- and CCPA-compliant.

The business model is a usage-based annual software subscription billed monthly, governed by a Software Agreement with auto-renewal terms; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per customer via Sales Order Forms. Distribution is entirely direct and founder-led: CEO Ryan Haught personally handles inbound inquiries, conducts product demonstrations, and closes sales — there is no sales team, no call centers, and no third-party channel. To date, BlackHyve has raised approximately $1.8 million across two disclosed rounds (~$150K in 2020 and $1.75M in 2023 via an SEC Form D exempt offering) and operates with 1-10 employees, serving roughly 10 named trade contractor customers displayed on its website.

Name

BLACKHYVE

Legal name

BlackHyve Inc.

Website

https://blackhyve.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BlackHyve is a construction operations software platform for commercial and industrial trade subcontractors that connects estimates, time tracking, production data, and drift documentation into a unified, real-time view of job profitability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bozeman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription: Subscription-based software licensing for construction operations platform. Fees are based on monthly actual usage per Sales Order Form. Payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable. Automatic renewal for successive one-year terms unless written notice of non-renewal is given 30 days prior to expiration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BlackHyve is a cloud-based construction operations platform that connects a subcontractor's estimate, time cards, progress tracking, and drift documentation into a single system. It gives commercial and industrial trades subcontractors (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, concrete, steel) real-time visibility into production against the bid and a structured Drift framework that categorizes why margin bleeds, with field-friendly 30-second voice capture for foremen.

Product overview

BlackHyve is a construction operations platform designed for subcontractors (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, concrete, steel) running crews on commercial or industrial projects. The platform connects three previously siloed practices—estimates, production tracking, and drift documentation—into a unified system. The core BlackHyve Platform connects job estimates to field production data to identify profitability gaps in real-time. The Drift module captures and categorizes variance between estimated and actual performance by tracking when the 8 conditions for production (access, materials, tools, equipment, information, sequence, leadership, team size) are broken. BlackHyve Lens provides the user interface for accessing the platform. The system enables foremen to capture voice notes (30 seconds) to document issues, with AI transcribing and categorizing events as Internal (fixable) or External (change order/claim documentation).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BlackHyve Platform Cloud-based construction operations software that connects estimates to field production and drift documentation, enabling commercial and industrial subcontractors to track project profitability in real time and close the gap between bid and actual margins.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationBlackHyve uses Anthropic's AI services to enhance platform functionality, specifically for voice capture transcription and categorization features. AI processing follows the same security standards as the rest of the platform. Anthropic's Zero Data Retention terms ensure customer data is not retained beyond the request duration and is not used to train AI models.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides cloud hosting, storage, and computing services for BlackHyve's platform infrastructure. AWS maintains its own security programs and data processing agreements.
• Google WorkspacesupportingTechnology or IntegrationUsed for internal business operations and collaboration. Does not access customer data.
• TwiliosupportingTechnology or IntegrationProvides SMS notifications and communications capabilities for the BlackHyve platform.
• SendGridsupportingTechnology or IntegrationProvides transactional email delivery and notifications for the platform.
• PostHogsupportingTechnology or IntegrationUsed for website analytics and product analytics on the marketing site only, not on the platform application.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• StructionSite: StructionSite offers jobsite photo and video capture with AI-driven progress tracking against BIM and plan models. It overlaps directly with BlackHyve's drift-documentation and production-score modules from a visual jobsite evidence perspective.
• CoConstruct: CoConstruct provides project management, estimating, and client communication software for custom builders and remodelers. It targets a similar trade-contractor buyer managing production against bid with margin visibility.
• Buildertrend: Buildertrend is a SaaS project management platform for residential and light-commercial builders and remodelers. It addresses the same subcontractor pain points around connecting estimates, schedules, and field updates into a single system.
• OpenSpace: OpenSpace uses 360-degree cameras and AI to capture jobsite progress and compare it against plans. It overlaps with BlackHyve's jobsite documentation and progress-against-bid workflow, particularly for GCs and large subcontractors.
• Raken: Raken provides daily field reporting, time tracking, and production tracking for commercial and specialty trade subcontractors. It is the closest direct competitor to BlackHyve in serving foremen on active job sites with mobile-first workflows.
• Fieldwire: Fieldwire delivers field management software for specialty trade contractors, including task management, plan viewing, and punch lists. It overlaps with BlackHyve on the foreman-facing jobsite execution layer that connects estimates to field reality.
• Knowify: Knowify offers project management, estimating, and job-costing software tailored to trade and specialty contractors. It is directly comparable in targeting subcontractors who need real-time visibility from bid to actual production.
• Bridgit: Bridgit provides workforce planning and project resource management for construction subcontractors. It is comparable as a SaaS layer that helps specialty trade contractors plan, track, and optimize field execution and project profitability.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Autodesk Construction Cloud (including the former PlanGrid) provides broad construction management, design collaboration, and field execution tools. It competes as a large incumbent with the resources to integrate drift-tracking and AI voice capture into its platform.
• Procore: Procore is the leading broad construction management platform used by GCs, owners, and specialty trades. It competes indirectly by offering an end-to-end suite that absorbs the estimating, production-tracking, and field-documentation functions BlackHyve specializes in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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