MapAI

Ask questions. Get insights. Unlock the power of location data

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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 6

Why invest
Rapid advancements in GenAI and shifting licensing models is reshaping the US$60B geospatial intelligence market, creating an immediate opportunity for MapAI to deliver faster, lower-cost, expert-quality spatial insights.

MapAI uses generative AI to make complex spatial data accessible through simple, natural-language questions.

  • MapAI is a GenAI-powered conversational platform that allows anyone to ask complex spatial data questions in plain language and receive instant and accurate answers. For example, a local government planner could ask, “Show all residential areas within 500 metres of flood-prone land where the population has grown by more than 15% over the past five years. Rank the results by development priority and explain why each location was selected.”

    MapAI analyses multiple spatial and non-spatial datasets simultaneously to deliver an explainable, ranked response in seconds. The platform securely integrates existing internal and external data sources without requiring data migration.

  • Organisations spend a lot of money on spatial data that they can't use efficiently. Non-technical staff wait days for spatial data specialists to answer location-related questions, leading to delayed decisions, missed opportunities and operational inefficiencies.

  • Local government agencies, geospatial platform companies, and companies with existing spatial data infrastructure but a non-technical user base, such as utility companies.

    • AU$500K pre-seed, AU$1.3M seed funding and AU$3M Commonwealth grant funding secured
    • First paying customer – HowWeSurvive acquired in the disaster management space and 3 proofs of concept completed with local governments (Tamworth and Geelong) and commercial organisations (PEXA Insights)
    • 3 Geospatial Council of Australia awards

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