BrightPath is designed to streamline the process of selling and installing rooftop PV systems, as San Francisco-based Sunrun vies for customers with the likes of SolarCity and Vivint Solar -- the latter of which has just filed papers for an upcoming IPO.

Under development for a number of years, and the recipient last year of a $1.6m “cooperation agreement” from the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, BrightPath has been compared by Sunrun to AutoCAD, the software platform that has automated many elements of the design process for architects and engineers.

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