DS Nexus

Pilot for 5 contractors · Android · Local

Say the job. Nexus writes the quote at your prices.

DS Nexus is a voice assistant for contractors. Say the job instead of typing it up, and it builds the estimate. Then it helps with deposits, change orders, notes and the final invoice, so it cuts down the paperwork you do at the kitchen table after hours. When a price is missing or only “about,” it asks.

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Looking for 3–5 contractors, starting in Simpson County, Mississippi and nearby.

With the app open, say “Hey Nexus” or tap the Mic button, then say a line or two at a time.

Here is what it sounds like

Say a line or two at a time. Nexus saves a draft and repeats back the last line and the total, so you can catch a mistake while you are still standing there.

Or read along below. Each one also has its own play button.
You“Estimate for Jones. Install LVP, eight hundred fifty square feet at three twenty-five a square foot.”
Nexus“Estimate started for Jones — LVP flooring install, total two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars, and fifty cents.”
You“Add a line to the Jones estimate. Demo the old floor, eight hundred fifty square feet at two dollars a square foot.”
Nexus“Added one item to Jones’s estimate. 2 lines, last one Demo the old floor, one thousand, seven hundred dollars, no cents, total four thousand, four hundred and sixty-two dollars, and fifty cents. Anything else?”

“Started” means it is saved as a draft you can add to, fix or send. Nexus always says the cents, or “no cents,” so you hear the exact amount.

Only a rough price? It asks for the exact one, and saves nothing until you give the quote again with it:

You“Estimate for Rivera. Demo the old wall, about fifteen hundred dollars.”
Nexus“You said about one thousand, five hundred dollars, no cents for Demo old wall. What exact price should I put? I haven’t saved the estimate yet, so can you give me the whole quote again?”

Then, once a job is running

You“Create an invoice for Rivera. Deposit, two thousand dollars.”
Nexus“Invoice drafted for Rivera — Deposit, total two thousand dollars, no cents.”
You“Change order on the Rivera job. Add closet flooring, three hundred dollars.”
Nexus“Change order on the Rivera job — Closet flooring for three hundred dollars, no cents.”
You“Log an expense on the Rivera job. Lumber, four hundred eighty dollars.”
Nexus“Logged four hundred and eighty dollars, no cents for Lumber on Rivera.”

The audio: Nexus’s lines are in the same voice the app speaks with, and the contractor’s lines are read by a computer voice. These replies were captured from our test phone on October 12. The spoken lines were computer-generated recordings played into the app, not a person at the microphone. The customer names are made up. When Nexus is about to mark an invoice paid, it asks you to say yes first.

What you get in the pilot

  • Quotes from what you say

    You say the lines and the prices. Nexus does the math, repeats back the last line and the total, and saves a draft estimate to your account.

  • It asks about prices

    If a price is missing, zero, or only “about,” Nexus asks before it saves anything.

  • Your prices stay yours

    You say your prices as you quote. You can also save a usual price by saying it, and a My prices screen lists what you have saved and lets you remove any of it.

  • One job, quote to final invoice

    A few taps turn an accepted quote into a job. Then add the deposit, change orders and final invoice by voice, record the payments you receive, and ask “how much is outstanding?” any time. Nexus does not collect the money yet.

  • Notes and expenses on site

    Log what happened the moment it happens, instead of trying to remember it that evening.

  • Out to your customer

    When you are ready, you send the estimate or invoice from the app: by email, or as a text from your own phone’s messaging app. Nothing goes out until you say so.

Decks (pressure-treated), fences and flat concrete slabs also get a built-in material list. It starts from placeholder prices, not yours, so review and replace them before you send the estimate. Everything else runs on the lines and prices you tell it.

Phone for the field. Computer for the desk.

Use your phone on the job. When you sit down at a computer, a companion website shows what Nexus put together, on a bigger screen.

On your phone

  • Talk through an estimate
  • Add notes and expenses
  • Record a change order
  • Record deposits and payments

On your computer

  • See your estimates and invoices, newest first
  • See each line, quantity, price and total (decks, fences and concrete also show the materials and labor behind them)
  • Print or save a PDF (set your business details in the app first, so your name is on it)
  • Fix a price on a deck, fence or concrete estimate before you send it
  • Set your labor rate, markup, tax and terms

Sign in at dsnexus-review.web.app with the email and password you made in the app (there is a reset link if you forget it). The website is early: it is for reviewing what Nexus built, not for running your business. Sending an estimate or invoice by email and recording a payment happen in the app.

How the pilot works

  1. Ask for a spot.Tap the button below, or reply to the email you got. Tell us the Google account email on your phone so we can add you.
  2. We set you up.When your spot opens, we add you as a tester, send you a sign-up code, and help you with your first quote by phone or video at a time we agree.
  3. Use it on real quotes.On your next few real quotes, alongside however you do it now. Nothing to switch off.
  4. Tell us straight.A short talk at the end: what helped, what did not, and what you would want before you would pay for it.
Ask for a pilot spot First month free, then $74.50 a month for the rest of your first year (half of $149) · Cancel any time

Price: DS Nexus is $149 a month for your whole company, up to 5 users. Pilot contractors get their first month free, then pay half, $74.50 a month, for the rest of the first year, in return for honest feedback. After that, as a founding contractor you keep 25% off for as long as you stay with us: $111.75 a month instead of $149. Cancel any time.

The plain truth about where it is today

  • It is early software. It can still mishear a quantity or drop a line. Listen to what it repeats back, and check the saved quote before you send anything to a customer.
  • To fix a saved line, tap Edit in the app. You cannot change or remove an existing line by voice yet. You can add a new line by voice.
  • Say a line or two at a time. A command is cut off after about 6 seconds, or up to 14 if you pause. When Nexus asks you a question, you get about 12 seconds to answer.
  • We have not yet tested it on a loud job site. Expect saws and compressors to make it mishear, and tell us how it does on yours.
  • Android phones only, English only, for now. It needs a data or Wi-Fi connection. With no signal, only adding a customer, a note or an expense works, and it is saved to send later.
  • It does not replace your accounting software or your bank. Nexus keeps your quotes, jobs and what you are owed. It does not sync with QuickBooks, and contracts, signatures and lien waivers stay outside it.
  • Payments are recorded for a whole invoice at a time, and taking card payments through the app is not switched on during the pilot. You record payments you have received.
  • Nexus emails your customer itself, from support@custosforge.com on behalf of your business. Some mail programs, Outlook and MSN in particular, may put the first one in Junk, so tell your customer to look there. A text goes out from your own phone, not from Nexus.

Your voice, your data

The wake word runs on your phone, and nothing is sent until you say “Hey Nexus” or tap the mic. If it ever wakes by mistake, that short clip is handled like a command. After that, your command goes to speech and AI companies (Deepgram, OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs and LiveKit) so it can be understood and answered. Custos Forge does not use your recordings to train models, does not sell your data, and shows no ads. Those companies handle what they receive under their own terms; our privacy policy names them and what each one gets. You can delete your account and data from inside the app.

Who is behind it

DS Nexus is built by Custos Forge, LLC, a small company in Mississippi that makes hands-free software for people whose hands are busy. When you join the pilot you talk directly with us.

Questions or a pilot spot
support@custosforge.com