AI VENTURE STUDIO BUILDING VERTICAL SAAS PRODUCTS FOR SERVICE-BASED INDUSTRIES.
Our products include Canvassing Made Easy and Renova. We also help businesses identify operational bottlenecks and deploy practical AI, automation, and custom software solutions that improve growth, efficiency, and profitability.
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Ventures and Products
Products Built Around Real Industry Problems
168 Ventures develops and operates products designed to solve specific operational problems. Our current portfolio includes Canvassing Made Easy for field-sales organizations and Renova for contractors and construction companies.
Results from our products & engagements
Evidence tied to a specific workflow — not vague transformation claims.
3×
more doors per canvasser per day
Canvassing Made Easy — field-sales platform
40%
less admin time per project
Renova — construction operating system
31%
reduction in overstaffing
AI-assisted operations system
Outcomes are product- and engagement-specific, measured against the available baseline, and are not guarantees of future performance.
How we help
We audit your business. Then we build what's missing.
An operational audit shows exactly where your business can benefit — and we deploy the AI, automation, websites, and systems to capture it. Start with the problem; the technology follows.
AI Implementations
Where AI can remove cost, speed up decisions, or improve customer experience.
AI Workflows
Repetitive processes that intelligent workflows can automate end to end.
New Systems
Where a custom or connected system replaces spreadsheets and manual work.
New & Updated Websites
Websites and web apps that generate leads or need modernizing.
AI Automations
Task, data, and reporting automations that free your team.
AI Lead Generation
AI-assisted prospecting and outreach that fills your pipeline.
From audit to outcome
Six gates from problem to measurable result.
Discovery
We learn the goals, people, systems, constraints, and evidence behind the problem.
You receive: Current-state brief and access plan
Diagnosis
We map the workflow, establish a baseline, and rank bottlenecks by impact and confidence.
You receive: Opportunity register and baseline
Strategy
We define the solution, scope, owners, success measures, risks, and delivery plan.
You receive: Solution brief and signed scope
Build
We deliver in short cycles, demonstrate working increments, and control changes visibly.
You receive: Tested increments and decision log
Launch
We release, train the team, document the system, and confirm ownership and support.
You receive: Production release, training, and runbook
Measure
We compare results with the baseline, refine what shipped, and recommend the next lever.
You receive: Outcome review and prioritized backlog
Where our products are strongest
Service-based industries, applied with industry context.
Industry familiarity accelerates discovery; it never replaces client expertise, legal advice, or required compliance review.
Field Sales & Canvassing
Door-to-door and field-sales teams that need route planning, lead capture, and automated follow-up.
Home Services
Contractors and home-service businesses juggling scheduling, crews, and customer follow-up.
Construction & Home Improvement
Estimates, projects, crews, and billing that belong in one operating system — not a dozen tools.
Service-Based Businesses
Any service business where manual work, disconnected tools, and poor visibility limit growth.
Direct accountability
Know who owns the work and what “done” means.
Whether we're shipping a product or building a custom system, the people, scope, measures, cadence, and handoff are written down before kickoff.
A named lead
You meet the person accountable for strategy and delivery before you accept a proposal.
Written scope
Scope, owners, success measures, assumptions, and acceptance criteria are documented before build work.
Visible delivery
Working increments, decisions, risks, and scope changes stay visible throughout the engagement.
A real handoff
Ownership, access, documentation, training, data boundaries, and support terms are confirmed at launch.
Ready to see where your business can benefit?
Book an operational audit — we'll diagnose where AI, automation, websites, and systems can move the needle, then propose the build.