Powering the clean energy transition
Branch automates the repetitive drafting work in solar construction documents — stringing, homerun routing, and circuit lengths inside AutoCAD. Engineers get hours back. Projects move from design to construction faster.
Why Invest in Leaf Automation
The clean energy transition is creating massive demand for construction documents. The workforce to produce them isn't keeping up. Branch closes that gap.
Growing Market, Constrained Workforce
U.S. solar deployment is accelerating — driven by the Inflation Reduction Act and growing commercial demand — but the engineering workforce isn't scaling to match. Every commercial project requires construction documents drawn by hand in AutoCAD, creating a bottleneck that limits how many projects a team can deliver.
An Automation Gap Nobody Has Closed
Existing tools either focus on proposals and estimation (different stage, different user) or try to do everything and end up too complex to adopt. Engineers still draw strings by hand because nothing else has been fast, simple, and affordable enough to change that.
Proven Technology in Production
Branch's 2DRL engine uses reinforcement learning for spatial optimization — placing strings, routing homeruns, and calculating circuit lengths without any customer data. No cloud dependency for core features. ~3 minutes per project, with a learning curve measured in days.
Experienced Team
Founded by Case Western Reserve University engineers with domain expertise in solar design and software development. Winners of $175K+ in DOE American-Made Solar Prize awards and national lab vouchers.
Backed By
Supported by federal programs, regional investors, and industry partners
Usage-based pricing at $299/mo per daily active user, averaged monthly. No seat limits. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
Our Vision
Today, Branch's 2DRL engine automates solar construction document drafting in AutoCAD — stringing, homerun routing, and circuit lengths using reinforcement learning for spatial optimization. No customer data required.
Next, we're building 3DRL — extending the same spatial reasoning approach into 3D building systems. Electrical, mechanical, and plumbing disciplines all face the same drafting bottleneck that solar engineers face today.
The renewable energy industry needs purpose-built automation to meet the scale of the challenge ahead. We're starting there and expanding into the broader construction engineering market.
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