Ripe Lead was built by a team who watched great contractors lose jobs simply because they couldn't answer the phone fast enough.
The best contractors we know aren't glued to their phones — they're on the job, doing the work that earns their reputation. But the moment they miss a call, they risk losing that lead to someone who picked up.
Ripe Lead gives every contractor the response time of a 24/7 call center without the overhead. We handle the reply, the qualification, the booking — so the contractor handles the job.
We measure success one way: jobs booked that would otherwise have been lost to voicemail.
Founded after watching a friend's plumbing business lose $80K in missed leads over a single year. The calls came in — the phone just couldn't be answered in time.
Launched our TCPA-compliant A2P 10DLC system. Became one of the first AI messaging platforms purpose-built for the trades with full regulatory compliance baked in from day one.
Crossed 2 million calls handled and 180,000+ jobs booked for contractors across the US. Expanded to WhatsApp, Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger, and Google Business.
Built for the trades, not for enterprise. Every feature is designed around the reality of a one-truck operator or a small crew — not a Fortune 500 IT department.
TCPA, A2P 10DLC registration, opt-out handling, quiet hours — all handled before you send your first message. We keep you legal so you can focus on the work.
4-minute setup, no IT required. If you can send a text message, you can run Ripe Lead. We built the complexity so you never have to think about it.
Former contractor-software founder. Watched too many great tradespeople lose jobs to voicemail. Built Ripe Lead to fix it.
Led infrastructure at two YC-backed companies. Obsessed with latency — which is why Ripe Lead replies in 11 seconds, not 11 minutes.
Fine-tuned language models at a top AI lab. Responsible for making the AI sound like a plumber, not a press release.
Helped 3 SaaS companies cross $10M ARR. Believes the best growth strategy is a product that actually works.
4-minute setup. Live the same day. Cancel anytime.