Footpath.ai
Extracting geospatial insights from street imagery with AI
At a glance
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Development stage
Active / generating revenue
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Investment stage
Seed
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UNSW affiliation
Spinout - staff led
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Technology readiness level
TRL-9
Human-centred maps, combining street-level imagery with AI to deliver smarter navigation solutions.
footpath.ai is a geospatial insights platform that uses AI and street-level imagery to extract rich metadata on urban infrastructure. Cities and businesses use its data to assess streetscapes, automate asset audits, and inform planning.
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footpath.ai is a geospatial insights platform that uses AI to extract rich metadata from street-level imagery. The platform automates mapping, asset audits, and streetscape analysis to replace costly manual surveys. Customers access insights that support infrastructure planning, maintenance, and mobility innovation. footpath.ai generates revenue from government contracts and enterprise deals, with plans to scale through a usage-based licensing model and API.
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- Governments and infrastructure firms rely on slow, expensive, and outdated methods to map streets and assess assets.
- Manual audits can't keep up with urban change.
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- Urban infrastructure agencies
- Mapping platforms
- Logistics companies and government organisations
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- Bootstrapped with strong early growth and ongoing revenue from government customers
- Pilots in 18 cities across 12 countries, including a delivery robot trial in Detroit, USA
- Strategic partners include Briometrix, Mapxus (backed by Kawasaki Japan) and working with Microsoft, TomTom, and Meta for data supply
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