Attempt #49

Trajectory · 3 steps

1. 0agentask_arkher

   {
     "message": "You're the head of strategy at Kestrel Power. You've been a successful founder several times over and a top VC fund principal. A potential investor asked a question and I need you to answer it. Don't ask me any questions this time; proceed as best you can. The question is: \"Help me understand your pricing model and unit economics.\""
   }

2. 1toolask_arkher

   Here's a draft reply you can send. --- Thanks for the question. Short version: we sell accountability for energy produced, not a maintenance checklist, and we price it that way. **Pricing model** - **Core contract (PPM, Power Production Management):** $7,500 per MW per year. We are accountable for the energy a site produces, not for completing a maintenance checklist. Legacy O&M (operations and maintenance) runs about $3,500 per MW per year, and the largest US O&M contractor sells checklist maintenance at roughly that level with availability guarantees, not energy guarantees. - **Software platform:** $1,500 per MW per year. With bonus capture and software, a site can reach $9,250 per MW per year. - **Mobilization fee:** $50,000 to $100,000 per site, one time. - **Elite field services:** $5,500 per technician per mobilized day. This is mostly high- and medium-voltage substation work, booked when plant owners schedule outages. **Unit economics** - Field services contribution margin (after travel, materials and rental equipment) was 80% at our Q3 board meeting. That is down 6 points from April and below the 85–90% range we showed earlier this year. - Field services gross margin (after technician payroll) was 55% in the first half of 2026. We forecast 61% for the second half. - Our value case is availability. Sites we care for run at 93% to 95%, against the 98% they were financed on. The PPM contract commits us to 98% weather-adjusted. **Where revenue stands** - Annualized revenue run-rate grew about 5x, from $620K in October 2025 to $3.1M in September 2026. That figure includes awarded work. - Year-to-date revenue through September 2026 is $1,054K (preliminary for September). Field services are 91% of it, software is $64K and PPM is $30K. - Monthly revenue is lumpy. Owners avoid outages during summer peak demand, so July to September is our quiet season. Trailing three-month revenue was $171K at the end of September. - Our full-year 2026 forecast is $2,874K, standalone. That is below the $5.2M plan we showed in June. - PPM is the growth lever. Four contracts totaling 475 MWdc are in negotiation. Two are pending final signature and two are verbally awarded. None is signed yet. At the base price, that is a recurring base to build on. - Today we have 4 field technicians. The plan is 10 if all four contracts close. I'm happy to walk through the margin trend and the contract pipeline in more detail. --- Based on: [2][3][4][5][6][7][9][10][12][13][14][17][18][21] Assumptions: I used the latest Q3 board figures over the earlier March and June numbers. I left out customer names. I also left out the March overview's claim of "four signed contracts" and "12 technicians", because the Q3 board deck supersedes it.

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       "Kestrel Power - Q3 2026 Board Deck 2026-10-05.md",
       "Kestrel Power - Pricing Sheet 2026-05-02.md",
       "Kestrel Power - Q3 2026 Board Deck Appendix 2026-10-05.md",
       "Kestrel Power - Monthly Financials 2026-10-02.md",
       "Kestrel Power - Company Overview 2026-03-10.md",
       "Kestrel Power - June Summary Deck 2026-06-13.md"
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     "seconds": 25
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3. 2agent

   Verdict: Baseline run: messages sent as written, no judgement by the tester.