Optimizm checks permit application packets against your jurisdiction’s intake requirements. Applicants get instant feedback on missing or inconsistent items, and AHJs receive cleaner submissions with fewer avoidable intake rejections.
Completeness checks take time, and many permit packets arrive with missing or inconsistent information. Optimizm checks both visual and text-based materials, including:
Site plans and drawing sheets
Application forms
Owner acknowledgments
Geospatial data checks
Tax certificates and supporting documents
Notes, labels, tables, and sheet references
Permit-type-specific requirements
Whatever you deem essential
A guided pre-check from upload to report
The current Optimizm interface guides applicants through project details, document upload, review, completeness checking, and a downloadable report.
01
Upload the packet
Applicants add the forms, drawings, and supporting documents required for the permit type.
02
Run the pre-check
Optimizm checks the packet against the jurisdiction’s configured intake requirements.
03
Resolve issues
Applicants receive clear findings and can fix missing or inconsistent items before submission.
Introduces the workflow and tells applicants what they need before beginning.
Three ways to accommodate your needs
PRECHECK
Applicant-side pre-check for AHJs
Add a link or button to your permitting webpage. Applicants upload their permit packet, run a 5-minute completeness check, fix missing items, and download a pre-check certificate to submit with their application.
No integration required
Works as a link from the AHJ website
Generates a pre-check certificate
Helps applicants fix issues before entering the formal queue
Can be optional or required by permit type
API
API integration for permitting platforms
Use Optimizm API endpoints to run packet checks from Accela, Tyler, OpenGov, Amanda/Granicus, or any permitting system.
Submit packet metadata and documents through API
Return structured checklist results
Surface pass/fail status, missing items, and comments
Store results in the permitting record
Keep staff in control of the final intake decision
PORTAL
Standalone tool for AHJs and AEC teams
A web-based portal where AHJ staff, architects, engineers, expediters, or developers can upload a packet and run a completeness check before submitting or accepting an application.
Useful for AHJ intake teams
Useful for architects, engineers, and permit expediters
Checks drawings and text documents together
Produces a clear report of missing or inconsistent items
Can be configured for different permit types, departments, or jurisdictions
Configured around your needs
Optimizm adapts to each customer’s intake requirements. We configure the completeness check around your permit types, submittal checklists, local rules, required documents, and department-specific expectations.
Local codes
Permit types
Jurisdiction preferences
Required docs
Optimizm Engine
Configured For You
Built for local government with applicants in mind
GOV
Local Government / AHJs
Reduce avoidable rejections and help applicants submit cleaner packets. Optimizm flags incomplete applications before they enter the formal queue, giving staff a consistent checklist-based pre-check.
Reduce avoidable intake bottlenecks
Increase consistency of intake completeness
Speed up application packet checks
Keep staff focused on final decisions
AEC
Architects & Engineers
Find missing forms, mismatched labels, and buried packet issues before submission. Optimizm acts as a pre-submission assistant so AEC teams can fix completeness problems early.
Reduce resubmissions
Instant pre-submission completeness feedback
Verify completeness
Protect project timelines
Founders
The team behind Optimizm
A founder-led team working across customer delivery, product, and engineering.
Bryan Quandt
Co-founder & CEO
Leads customer partnerships, product direction, and company operations.
Tommaso De Santis
Co-founder & CTO
Leads product engineering, AI systems, and technical delivery.