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General contractors, get permit approvals in days not weeks

Incomplete applications get rejected at the permit office, forcing resubmissions that stretch approvals from weeks to months. Permit AI helps you build applications that get approved on first submission.

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The problem

The permit office is not slow. The application is incomplete.

Ask any general contractor where a schedule really slips and the answer is rarely the build. It is the wait.

A plan set goes to the permit office, weeks pass, and the package comes back with a list of corrections: a missing energy calculation, a detail that does not match the local amendment, a form left unsigned. Each round of comments resets the clock, and a job that should have cleared in days stretches into months of holding costs.

The frustrating part is that most rejections are not about the design. They are about completeness. Every jurisdiction has its own submittal checklist, its own code amendments, and its own issues that plan reviewers catch every time. The knowledge exists, but it lives in the heads of a few expediters and in handbooks nobody reads end to end.

  • Rejected on paperwork. Applications kicked back for missing documents, not design problems.
  • Local variation. Requirements that change from one city or county to the next.
  • Predictable comments. Plan-check notes that could have been answered up front.
  • Costly cycles. Resubmittals that each add weeks of carrying cost to a financed job.
  • Scattered status. Permit progress spread across portals, email, and the expediter's memory.
How it works

Submit complete the first time

Four steps move you from a project address to a package built to clear plan review on the first pass.

Step 01

Describe the project

Enter the scope, the address, and the work type. Permit AI identifies which permits the job needs and pulls the exact submittal checklist for that jurisdiction.

Step 02

Upload your plan set

It runs a completeness check against the local requirements and flags every missing form, calculation, and detail before anything reaches a reviewer.

Step 03

Catch the comments early

It surfaces the plan-check issues this jurisdiction raises most often, so you answer them inside the package instead of in a resubmittal.

Step 04

Assemble, submit, and track

It builds the application package, then tracks status, deadlines, and corrections for every active project in one place.

What you get

The local knowledge of a veteran expediter, on every project

  • Jurisdiction-aware checklists. The right submittal list for the city or county you are filing in, not a generic template.
  • Pre-submittal completeness check. Catch the missing forms, calcs, and details that trigger an automatic rejection.
  • Plan-check comment prediction. See the corrections a reviewer is likely to raise and address them before you file.
  • Package assembly. A clean, organized application set built to the jurisdiction's preferred format.
  • Multi-project tracking. Status, deadlines, and outstanding corrections across every active permit.
  • Compliance trail. A record of every submission and revision for your files and the owner.
Architect reviewing building plans and drawings
Build the package the reviewer expects, with the local requirements checked before you ever hit submit.
Why this makes the cut

Delay is the most expensive line item nobody invoices

Permit AI scored 68 out of 100 on the Wishdeal Factory adoptability rubric. The pain is concrete, it shows up on every project, and the people who feel it already pay expediters to make it go away.

Measured in weeks

Each rejection and resubmittal adds review time, and on a financed project that time is pure carrying cost.

A buyer who already pays

General contractors, architects, and owners' reps hire expediters precisely because this knowledge is scarce and valuable.

Repeatable across jobs

The same completeness and code checks apply to every project, so the value compounds with each one you file.

Illustrative example

A tenant improvement is rejected for a missing Title 24 energy compliance form and a sheet that does not reflect the city's local amendment. Two corrections, one resubmittal, three weeks added to the schedule. A completeness check would have flagged both before submission and kept the job moving.

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Pricing

Priced per project, not per headache

The product is designed to price by project or seat, so the cost tracks the work. Here is how to engage with this build today.

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The product is designed to price by project or by seat, so the cost scales with the work in front of you, not the size of your firm.

Questions

Answers before you ask

Does Permit AI file the permit for me?

It prepares and checks the complete package and tracks the submission. You or your expediter file it, and where a jurisdiction supports it, the package is ready to drop straight into the ePermitting portal.

Does it actually know my city's rules?

It is built to be jurisdiction-aware, with the submittal requirements and common amendments for the place you are filing. Local rules change, so it is a tool to prepare and verify, not a substitute for the authority having jurisdiction.

Will this guarantee my permit is approved?

No tool can promise that, because the reviewer makes the final call. What it does is remove the avoidable rejections, the missing forms and predictable comments, so your first submission has the best possible chance.

Who is it for?

General contractors, architects, owners' representatives, and permit expediters who file across multiple jurisdictions.

Is it live today?

Permit AI is a Wishdeal Factory concept dossier. You can unlock the full dossier for 5 dollars, or hire the Factory team to build the product itself.

Stop losing weeks to avoidable corrections

Build a package that clears plan review the first time, and keep every project's permits moving on schedule.

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