OpenSpace, the ‘Google Street View of Construction,’ Called a Came Changer

A San Francisco-based construction tech startup that recently received a $14 million stamp of approval from investors is also impressing the construction managers who use its software.

OpenSpace, maker of an artificial intelligence-driven technology that captures and analyzes construction site data, received the capital infusion this summer. Investors include co-working giant WeWork as well as two well-known industry stalwarts with experience using the platform:Suffolk Construction and real estate developer Tishman Speyer.

The financing marks the company’s first raise since it closed on a $3.5 million seed round after its founding in September 2017.The software uses artificial intelligence to create navigable, 360-degree photo representations of a site. To record the images, a builder attaches a small, off-the-shelf camera to his or her hardhat and walks the site as normal, with OpenSpace passively capturing imagery in the background.