RhinoDox

What RhinoDox does

RhinoDox is a Chicago-based private software company founded in 2016 that builds AI-powered bid intelligence tools for specialty construction contractors, with particular focus on Division 09 trades such as flooring, ceilings, walls, plastering, acoustics, and plumbing/HVAC finishes. Its flagship product, LARRY, reads and analyzes up to 10,000 pages of project documents (specifications, contracts, drawings) in approximately four minutes, running 100+ independent criteria concurrently to surface risk across eight categories — go/no-go determinants, commercial/contract risk, scope and technical risk, cost drivers, compliance, schedule and logistics, project types, and stakeholder risk. Findings are filtered by user role (Executive, Estimator, CFO, Operations/PM) and bid phase (go/no-go, estimating, negotiation), and every output cites its source page, section, and spec number for verification.

The platform is differentiated by an institutional memory layer built on $20 billion in processed bids, capturing historical patterns on GC payment behavior, architect tendencies, and owner outcomes — a dataset the company positions as defensible against generic LLMs. Adjacent modules ("Use Your Data" and "Better Proposals") extend the platform from document analysis into proprietary data leverage and proposal generation, respectively. RhinoDox operates a sales-led, demo-driven go-to-market with quote-based enterprise pricing on annual subscriptions; pricing is not publicly disclosed, and LARRY is currently in beta. The company has 11–50 employees, lists three reference customers (Big Horn Plastering, Great Lakes Heating and Plumbing, Heartland Acoustics & Interiors), and has raised modest disclosed capital ($300,000 in 2022, with a prior relationship with TechNexus Venture Collaborative in 2019).

Name

RhinoDox

Website

https://RhinoDox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. LARRY AI Subscription: SaaS subscription for AI bid intelligence tool LARRY, which analyzes project documents and provides risk assessment. Pricing not publicly disclosed, appears to be quote-based enterprise pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RhinoDox sells LARRY, an AI-powered bid intelligence platform that reads and analyzes up to 10,000 pages of construction project documents (specs, contracts, drawings) in approximately 4 minutes. It evaluates 100+ independent criteria concurrently to identify risk across 8 categories (go/no-go determinants, commercial/contract risk, scope/technical risk, cost drivers, compliance, schedule/logistics, project types, and stakeholder risk), filtering findings by user role and bid stage. The platform is sold via subscription to specialty contractors in Division 09 and related construction trades.

Product overview

RhinoDox is an AI Bid Intelligence platform for specialty contractors built by a team with $20 billion in construction bid experience. The core product is LARRY, an AI that reads and analyzes project documents (10,000+ pages) in 4 minutes across 8 risk categories, filtering findings by stakeholder role and bid phase. LARRY sits atop RhinoDox's institutional memory including bid history, project types, and stakeholder patterns. The platform also includes modules for 'Use Your Data' (leveraging proprietary data) and 'Better Proposals' (proposal generation). The system has processed $20 billion in bids across beta clients, with claims of seven figures in potential savings found.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LARRY AI-powered bid intelligence product for specialty contractors that reads and analyzes construction project documents (up to 10,000 pages) in 4 minutes, evaluating 100+ criteria to identify deal killers, scope gaps, cost drivers, compliance issues, contract risk, and stakeholder risk. Findings are filtered by user role (executive, estimator, CFO, operations/PM) and bid phase (go/no-go, estimating, negotiation), with every finding citing its source page, section, and spec number.

Quantifiable outcome

• $7+ million in potential savings identified across beta clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Join (acquired by Procore): AI-based construction estimating software acquired by Procore. Comparable as an AI-first takeoff/estimating tool aimed at accelerating preconstruction document analysis, similar in mechanism to LARRY.
• nPlan: AI-driven construction scheduling and project risk analytics. Comparable as an AI-native construction tool that turns dense project documents into decision-grade risk insights, though focused on schedule rather than bid risk.
• OpenSpace: AI for construction site documentation and progress tracking via computer vision. Comparable as a category-mate AI-for-construction company, though its primary use case is site reality capture rather than bid document analysis.
• Destini: AI-powered cost estimating and preconstruction platform for AEC firms. Comparable in targeting the preconstruction/bid stage with AI-based document and cost analysis, though with a focus on GCs and owners rather than subcontractors.

Direct peers

• Togal.AI: AI takeoff and estimating tool for general and specialty contractors. Most directly comparable to RhinoDox in its use of AI to compress document/spec analysis for construction bidding.
• BuildingConnected: Bid management network that connects general contractors to specialty subcontractors; now part of Autodesk. Comparable because it sits in the same bid-intelligence and sub-selection workflow RhinoDox targets.
• Briq: AI platform for construction financial forecasting, risk, and bid-to-cash workflows. Directly comparable in applying AI to construction financial and bid-stage decisioning for specialty and GCs.
• Kreo: AI-powered construction takeoff and estimating platform. Comparable in that it uses AI to automate the manual document-reading and quantity-extraction steps RhinoDox's LARRY targets.

Broad incumbents

• Procore: Public construction management platform with broad bid management, project financials, and field operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose portfolio could absorb or compete with specialty bid-intelligence tools.
• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Suite including BuildingConnected, PlanGrid, and Assemble; covers bidding, takeoff, and project management. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same construction bid and document-analysis workflow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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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