Built by Contractors.
Not a Lab.
TIKRR didn't come out of a VC pitch deck. It came out of a truck. Meet the team that built the platform they needed and couldn't find.
Seven Years. $30K/Year on Software.
Still Sucked.
Andrew built Gables & Grove Inc. into a $2M+ South Florida painting and stucco operation. Systems-heavy. Tech-forward. He tried every platform, ran every integration, built every Zap. He was called the most automated painter in America.
And it still sucked.
Six tools that didn't talk to each other. $30,000–$40,000 a year in subscriptions. Hours per week in manual data entry. A Franken-stack held together with Zapier and prayers.
The platform he needed didn't exist. So he built it. TIKRR is the operating system that Gables & Grove needed — and that every independent paint contractor deserves.
The People Who Built This.
“Built a $2M+ painting company. Spent $30K/year on software that still sucked. Built TIKRR instead.”
Andrew founded Gables & Grove Inc., a South Florida painting and stucco contractor that became one of the most systems-heavy operations in the industry. After seven years of building, breaking, and rebuilding tech stacks — and being called the most automated painter in America — he decided the platform he needed didn't exist. So he built it. Andrew drives product vision, company culture, and every decision that matters.
“Makes complex systems feel effortless. The reason TIKRR doesn't look like contractor software.”
Tish leads product design, Figma prototypes, and the entire UI/UX experience. She's responsible for making a platform that handles five operational domains feel clean, fast, and intuitive. If TIKRR doesn't look like every other contractor tool you've used, that's Tish.
“The person who makes Taz actually think. Builds the systems that make the platform run.”
Uzair is the lead developer and platform architect behind TIKRR. He's responsible for the technical foundation that makes all five labs work together — and for the infrastructure that powers Taz, the agentic AI central nervous system. When Andrew has a product vision, Uzair figures out how to build it.
“Turns designs into working code. Fast.”
Khen handles web development and front-end implementation. He's responsible for translating Tish's designs into working interfaces and keeping the website and platform UI moving at the pace the team requires.
“Visual direction, brand assets, and everything that makes TIKRR look like it means business.”
Eric leads graphic design and visual direction. He's responsible for brand assets, imagery, and the visual identity that makes TIKRR stand out in a space full of generic contractor software. If it looks good, Eric had a hand in it.
How We Build. Why It Matters.
Built by operators, for operators.
Every feature in TIKRR was designed by people who have actually run painting crews, closed estimates, managed change orders, and dealt with the chaos of real field operations. We don't guess at what you need. We've lived it.
Unified over integrated.
We don't believe in Zapier-ing six tools together and calling it a system. TIKRR is one platform where every lab talks to every other lab. The data flows. The intelligence compounds. The Franken-stack dies.
AI-native from day one.
Taz isn't a feature we added after the fact. It's the nervous system the entire platform was built around. Agentic AI that takes action, not just autocomplete that suggests text.
Independent operators only.
We will never serve franchises or PE-backed companies. This isn't a positioning statement — it's a permanent guarantee. The platform is built for the independent operator, and that's who it will always serve.
Speed of thought.
The modern paint contractor moves fast. Decisions happen in trucks, on jobsites, between calls. TIKRR is built for that speed — not for someone sitting at a desk with 45 minutes to learn a new interface.
The Ecosystem.
Gables & Grove Inc.
The $2M+ South Florida painting and stucco contractor that TIKRR was built from. G&G is the proof of concept — the real-world operation where every TIKRR feature was tested, broken, and refined before it shipped.
TIKRR
The AI-powered operating system for paint contractors. Five labs. One platform. Built by the people who ran the operation it was designed for.
It is our guarantee that we will never serve private equity or franchises. Ever.
This isn't a marketing angle. It's a permanent, non-negotiable, carved-in-stone commitment. TIKRR exists for the independent operator. That's who we are. That's who we serve.
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