Our manifesto

Everything is waiting on power

Data centers, factories, homes. All of it waits on projects that take years to build. Basepoint exists to make that faster.

We started Basepoint after watching good developers spend most of their week moving data between tools. The work that actually moves a project forward got whatever time was left. There is more generation sitting in interconnection queues than running on the grid today, and the teams trying to get it built deserve better software than that.

  1. Most of the delay is plumbing.

    Parcels live in one tool, queue positions in another, setbacks in a county PDF, the model in a spreadsheet from 2019. Every handoff costs a day. Take the re-keying out and the same five people get far more sites to a yes or a no.

  2. Data is table stakes.

    Basepoint has 89 map layers and around 155 live feeds. That is the starting point, not the product. The product is what runs on top: screening, design, financial models, and agents that keep all of it current.

  3. Every number shows its source.

    A figure from an agent links back to where it came from. If it cannot be grounded, the system says so. A confident wrong number in this business costs years.

  4. One system, no exports.

    A site screen becomes a layout, then a yield model, then a financial case, then a project record. Change the setback and everything downstream moves with it. That is where the speed comes from.

  5. Agents do the work. People make the calls.

    Our agents run screens, redline layouts, watch queues, and draft memos. They do not sign the PPA. Everyone here talks to customers every week, and the roadmap is whatever those customers are trying to get built this quarter.

This is the tool we wanted when we were the ones staring at the spreadsheet. We are building it with developers and investors including Openstar Technologies, Dev Engine, and Bennu Infrastructure. If slow development is your problem too, come build it with us.

Tom NewmanFounder, BasepointSan Francisco, September 2026

Come work on this with us

We are hiring across engineering, data, and go-to-market. Have a look at the open roles.