About WattHive

Connecting homeowners with solar companies that actually match what they're looking for.

The problem

Homeowners get spammed by companies that can't serve their needs. Good installers get buried by bigger marketing budgets. Everyone wastes time.

Our solution

Homeowners tell us exactly what they want—battery brand, financing, services, language. We only connect them with companies that can deliver.

The result

No spam. No mismatches. Just the right fit.

Real matches between homeowners and companies that can actually serve them.

Built by someone who lived the problem

5 years selling solar door-to-door taught me what's broken. 10 months with AI tools gave me the ability to fix it.

Chris Altamirano, Founder of WattHive

Chris Altamirano

Founder

I spent 5 years selling solar door-to-door. Same story every time—homeowner wants Tesla batteries, I'm pitching LG. They need Spanish-speaking reps, I only speak English. Everyone's time wasted.

The system was broken. Good installers getting buried by bad marketing. Homeowners playing roulette with their roofs.

I kept thinking: what if homeowners could just filter upfront? Battery brand, financing, services, language—and only see companies that actually offer it?

I registered the WattHive domain in 2021. Sat on it for years. Had the idea but not the skills to build it.

In February 2025, I started building. Never written code before. Taught myself using AI tools and built the entire platform in 10 months.

No co-founder. No dev team. No investors. Just someone who understood the problem and finally had the tools to fix it.

The WattHive story

watthive.com

September 2021

Registered the WattHive domain after a year of brainstorming the perfect name.

All in

August 2023

Left a six-figure solar sales job to go all-in on building WattHive.

First code

February 2025

Opened Cursor for the first time. Zero coding experience. Started building with AI.

Launch

November 2025

WattHive launches publicly. 3,760+ solar companies. 50 states. One founder.

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