Charlie Jacobson and Andreas Rotenberg started Pulley in the second half of 2021 with the goal of helping people get permits for projects of all sizes faster. Pulley solves this by creating software that streamlines the process of getting permits faster. Pulley says it has built workflow software “purpose-built for permitting with localized intelligence for each jurisdiction.” So far, Pulley has tens of millions of dollars’ worth of construction under permitting and a “growing” waitlist of developers, architects, engineers and contractors. “We’re equipping them upfront with better data and intelligence around what the city is actually looking for and showing them a list of example comments that similar applicants have gotten from the same reviewer,” Jacobson said. Pulley is a San Francisco-based startup that wants to help speed up that process with its “purpose-built” software, and it has raised $4.4 million toward that effort.