About UsDon't Buy It.
Build It.
ScrapScout exists because the people who keep materials out of landfills deserve better tools than a bathroom scale and a guess.
Put real pricing power in the hands of every scrapper, picker, and salvage operator.
The scrap industry runs on information asymmetry. Yards know what your load is worth — you don't. ScrapScout closes that gap with AI identification, live market comps, and on-device grading that works anywhere, even without cell service. We believe the person doing the work should have the same data as the person writing the check.
How We Got Here
TIMELINEThe First Scan
A phone pointed at a pile of copper wire in a Junction, TX barn. The idea for ScrapScout was born from a simple question: why is pricing scrap so hard?
Prototype Built
First working AI model trained on thousands of scrap images. Copper, aluminum, steel, brass — identified in under a second from a single photo.
eBay Comps Engine
Live sold-listing integration launched. For the first time, scrappers could see what the market actually paid — not what a yard claimed it was worth.
Forge.ai Suite
ScrapScout became the flagship product of the Forge.ai Suite — a collection of sovereign tools built by Ærka-Tech Genius for independent operators.
Public Beta
Scrap Radar, Market Watch, Temporal Log, and Route Optimization go live. Founding users shape the product from the ground up.
What We Stand For
6 VALUESBuilt for the Yard
Every feature is designed for people who work with their hands — in the field, at the pile, on the road. No fluff, no theory.
Radical Transparency
We show you real market data, real comps, real grades. No hidden algorithms inflating numbers to make you feel good.
Offline First
Cell service is a luxury in most scrap yards. ScrapScout runs on-device so you never lose a scan to a dead signal.
Waste Is a Resource
Every ton diverted from landfill is money in someone's pocket and carbon out of the atmosphere. We exist to make that easier.
Scrapper Sovereignty
Your data is yours. Your inventory is yours. We don't sell your scans, your locations, or your pricing intel to anyone.
Speed Over Ceremony
60 seconds from photo to quote. We obsess over removing every unnecessary tap, screen, and loading spinner.
Ærka-Tech Genius
SOVEREIGN WORKS · JUNCTION, TX
ScrapScout is built by Ærka-Tech Genius — a one-person engineering operation out of Junction, Texas. No venture capital, no board of directors, no growth-at-all-costs mandate. Just a builder who got tired of watching good material go to waste because nobody had the tools to price it right.
Every line of code, every AI model, every pixel of this app is shaped by real conversations with scrappers, pickers, and salvage operators. The people who use ScrapScout are the people who build ScrapScout.
A World Where Nothing Goes to Waste
We're building toward a future where every piece of scrap, salvage, and surplus finds its highest-value use. Where independent operators have the same intelligence as industrial recyclers. Where the circular economy isn't a buzzword — it's just how things work.