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CROSS-CATEGORY: 'Quote Generation Collapses From Hours to Seconds' Appears in Both B2B Software CPQ and Construction Supply
The same disruption signal — collapsing quote generation — surfaced this week in two unrelated categories: Nue's deterministic AI produces three CPQ quote versions in seconds (vs. two hours) inside Salesforce, while Rebar's blueprint computer vision cuts construction-supplier quoting 60–70%. Quoting/pricing — slow, manual, and trust-eroding everywhere — is emerging as a horizontal AI target across vertical-specific tools. When the identical 'hours-to-seconds' pattern hits software and the trades simultaneously, quoting is the next cross-category cannibalization wave.
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