Building a living model of the real world for machines
We are an AI company building the foundational models for the era of robotics and spatial computing. Today's most powerful AI systems excel at language and code. But the real world isn't text — it's physical, dynamic, and constantly changing. If AI is to operate in the physical world, it needs a spatial brain built on the real world, not an imagined one. We are building that brain.
Large Geospatial Model
Where AI book smarts become real-world street smarts
The Large Geospatial Model (LGM) is the engine beneath everything we build – and Scaniverse is the front door to it. Trained on one of the largest datasets of real-world spatial imagery, the LGM delivers the reconstruction, localization, and understanding capabilities that let machines reason about physical space at global scale.
Reconstruct
Turn raw scans into 3D truth
High-fidelity, geo-referenced 3D models of real-world locations — from buildings to city scale, fusing multi-sensor inputs into gaussian splats and textured meshes.
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Localize
Precise positioning, everywhere
Precise global positioning and orientation for humans and machines, even in GPS-degraded or denied environments — indoors, outdoors, anywhere.
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Understand
Ask the world, get answers
We are building spatial foundation models that will give AI the capacity to reason about the physical world — semantic understanding at every 3D point, queryable in natural language.
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Large Geospatial Model
Where AI book smarts become real-world street smarts
Reconstruct
Turn raw scans into 3D truth
Localize
Precise positioning, everywhere
Understand
Ask the world, get answers
Built on 25 years at the frontier of spatial computing
Niantic Spatial's founding team built Keyhole — the satellite imagery platform acquired by Google that they grew into Google Earth and Google Maps. They went on to create some of the largest location-based games ever made, and to pioneer Visual Positioning Systems at global scale. That foundation in real-world spatial data, geospatial AI research, and planetary-scale deployment is what Niantic Spatial is built on. Today we are an independent AI company deploying spatial intelligence across robotics, energy, construction, logistics, large venues, and the public sector.
Keyhole founded
Acquired by Google
Google Maps is born
Niantic Labs incubated at Google
Niantic spins out of Google
Niantic games surpass 500M+ users
Niantic launches VPS
Niantic Spatial formed
Keyhole founded
Acquired by Google
Google Maps is born
Niantic Labs incubated at Google
Niantic spins out of Google
Niantic games surpass 500M+ users
Niantic launches VPS
Niantic Spatial formed
Solving the physical world's hardest problems
Robotics
Robots lose position indoors and in GPS-degraded environments. We provide continuous, accurate localization without depending solely on GPS.
Energy, construction & logistics
Complex sites slow inspection and collaboration. We help map them precisely, so teams and machines can work from a shared spatial model.
Public sector
GPS-degraded or denied environments put missions at risk. We deliver reliable position and heading where GPS fails.
Large venues
Sprawling venues are hard to navigate and activate. We help power 6DoF AR experiences anchored to every corner of your space.
Our Leadership Team
Inhi Cho Suh
Chief Executive Officer
John Hanke
Founder & Executive Chairman
Brian McClendon
Chief Technology Officer
Thomas Gewecke
President & Chief Operating Officer