OpenSpace Unveils AI Autolocation for Real-Time Indoor Positioning

SAN FRANCISCO — September 9, 2025 – OpenSpace announced a major leap in Spatial AI technology at its annual Waypoint customer summit, introducing a new capability called AI Autolocation that gives smartphones the ability to deliver real-time indoor positioning without requiring Bluetooth beacons or other hardware. The development marks a milestone in the evolution of OpenSpace’s Visual Intelligence Platform and represents a turning point for both construction field productivity and indoor navigation technology as a whole.

Accurate indoor location tracking has long been a missing piece for industries that depend on real-world environments. While GPS transformed how people navigate outdoors, it does not function indoors. Existing workarounds—such as Bluetooth beacons and other hardware-based systems—are often costly, disruptive to install, and ill-suited for dynamic environments like construction sites.

OpenSpace’s AI Autolocation overcomes these challenges by comparing real-time sensor readings from a smartphone with sensor maps generated from the company’s pre-existing 360° captures. The system refines its accuracy continuously, even as job sites evolve and layouts change. The company projects that as machine learning enhances the system over time, it will eventually rival and surpass GPS-level precision.

The first rollout of this technology will take place within OpenSpace Field, a new work management system for construction teams also announced at the summit. By embedding AI Autolocation, every photo and note captured in the OpenSpace app is automatically tied to the correct location on floorplans and aligned with BIM models in real time. This dramatically reduces confusion, accelerates collaboration, and ensures both office staff and field crews are working with the same situational awareness.

“For real-world industries, this is the biggest innovation since the shift from paper to PC,” said Michael Fleischman, co-founder and CTO at OpenSpace. “Construction sites are chaotic, ever-changing environments and achieving indoor positioning on smartphones required advances across different domains of Spatial Artificial Intelligence: sensor fusion, machine learning, dynamic map creation, and computational efficiency specifically for mobile devices. Delivering this breakthrough is a proud moment for OpenSpace and a testament that shows our commitment to unlocking the future of how construction teams work.”

The announcement also sets the stage for a future generation of Spatial AI agents, designed to go beyond text-based analysis by combining image data with location awareness. These agents could proactively detect safety hazards, flag issues in specific work zones, suggest corrective actions, and provide AI-generated executive-level summaries of project conditions.

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“The future of AI in construction will be one of human and AI collaboration, empowering teams to focus on essential work while AI delivers intelligent assistance and insights,” said Fleischman. “We’re excited to build that future with our customers.”

As OpenSpace expands its platform, the company emphasizes that the innovation is not limited to construction. AI Autolocation has potential applications across industries where location intelligence is vital, including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and commercial real estate.

OpenSpace’s customers already include leading construction firms such as Suffolk, Comfort Systems, and Tishman Speyer. Collectively, contractors and trade partners have leveraged OpenSpace’s technology on over 75,000 projects in 124 countries, representing more than 52 billion square feet of captured site data. With AI Autolocation now in play, the company aims to redefine the standard for jobsite intelligence worldwide.

For additional details on AI Autolocation and OpenSpace’s Spatial AI advancements, visit www.openspace.ai.

Originally reported by Open Space in Construction Dive.