Built by Contractors and Developers.
TIKRR was built by people who've actually run paint crews, chased leads, and lost sleep over margins — AND by people who write full-stack code, build agentic AI systems, and ship production software.
Gables & Grove Inc. is the paint side — a $2M+ South Florida paint and stucco contractor. The team we assembled at TIKRR is the development side — backend, frontend, AI, agentic workflows, the works. This isn't a contractor who learned to code. This isn't a developer who Googled "painting business." This is both. Together.
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.
“The person who makes Taz actually think. Builds the systems that make the platform run.”
Uzair is the lead software engineer and platform architect behind TIKRR. He owns the Laravel API, lab module integration, and the infrastructure that powers Taz — the agentic AI central nervous system. When Andrew has a product vision, Uzair figures out how to build it and ship it.
“Makes complex systems feel effortless. Keeps product, design, and delivery aligned.”
Tish leads product design, Figma prototypes, and the UI/UX experience — and keeps operations moving across the team. 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.
“Builds the agentic layer — AI pipelines, automations, and the systems that make Taz act.”
Rheyan architects TIKRR's AI systems and automation workflows — from Taz helper integrations to the agentic patterns that let the platform monitor, alert, and act across all five labs without manual babysitting.
“Ships lab features across the stack. Fast iterations, production quality.”
Thomas builds and ships features across TIKRR's Next.js frontend and Laravel API — turning product specs into working lab functionality that contractors use in the field every day.
“Full-stack development across labs, APIs, and the platform core.”
JP develops across TIKRR's platform stack — backend modules, frontend surfaces, and the integrations that keep all five labs connected to one unified data layer.
“Turns wireframes into polished UI. Detail-oriented, contractor-native design.”
Lira supports product design across TIKRR's labs and marketing surfaces — refining interfaces, building components, and keeping the visual experience consistent with Tish's product direction.
“Builds features, fixes bugs, keeps the platform moving.”
Joel contributes across TIKRR's frontend and backend — implementing lab features, resolving issues, and supporting the engineering team as the platform scales toward launch.
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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