{"id":81408,"title":"💪 Odo: Win more government contracts","tagline":"We save 80% of time drafting proposals so you can win more government contracts at a fraction of the cost.","body":"**TLDR: Odo helps businesses find relevant government contracts, draft proposals, and analyze wins and losses through public records sourcing.**\n\n**🙏 Ask:** If you are a company selling to state or local government, we can help expedite your sales cycle. Book a demo [here,](https://www.odo.do/book-demo/) and we’ll draft **one proposal for free.**\n\nIf you know anyone who sells professional services or software to the government, we would appreciate an intro! Please reach out to us at [founders@odo.do](mailto:founders@odo.do). \n\n❗ **Problem**\n\nState and local governments buy $1.5TN worth of products and services from businesses every year, ranging from consulting and constructions, to yes, cream cheese and bagels. However, the process of winning government contracts today is extremely manual and opaque. Businesses can’t easily find relevant contracts, spend 40-80 hours drafting proposals, and don’t get feedback on why they won or lost a contract.\n\n![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/d9CX7F5Um8vzZIZOp4/giphy.gif?cid=6367ce563r70btn8vz9w1qmlmfzt1zke0dxxs2d5atm5vq8m\u0026ep=v1_gifs_search\u0026rid=giphy.gif\u0026ct=g)\n\n**🎉 Solution**\n\nOdo is the first AI-powered platform to help businesses win state and local government contracts. Odo can find relevant contracts, draft proposals, and analyze wins and losses through public records sourcing. Our customers have saved up to **80% of their time** spent drafting proposals and **doubled their government sales pipeline.**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=81408\u0026key=user_uploads/1293727/84ab8966-6296-4433-a1b2-79ab5d27955e)\n\n**🙏 Ask**\n\nIf you are a company selling to state or local government, we can help expedite your sales cycle. Book a demo [here,](https://www.odo.do/book-demo/) and we’ll write **one proposal for free**.\\\n\\\nIf you know anyone who sells professional services or software to the government, we would appreciate an intro! Please reach out to us at [founders@odo.do](mailto:founders@odo.do).","slug":"LB2-odo-win-more-government-contracts","created_at":"2024-06-10T16:39:36.721Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T14:54:14.939Z","total_vote_count":39,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/LB2-odo-win-more-government-contracts","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=81408\u0026key=user_uploads/1293727/84ab8966-6296-4433-a1b2-79ab5d27955e","company":{"id":29795,"name":"Odo","slug":"odo","url":"https://useodo.com/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1708fa08344b75fc38d36f9effcf823a2fb93846.png","batch":"Summer 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["SaaS","Productivity","Email","AI","AI Assistant"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29795"}}