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Mach9 is equipping infrastructure operators with better information
Clean water, safe roads, accessible broadband and electricity: These things are not a given. They depend on vast infrastructure networks that need to be
The company is using AI to convert mobile lidar (light detection and ranging, a type of imaging technology) scans into 2D and 3D engineering models at a fraction of the cost and time than standard processes. Mach9 originally pursued a hardware play; the aim was to develop mobile mapping systems and collect the geospatial data themselves by putting lidar and imaging payloads on top of vehicles. The company recently closed a $12 million seed round led by Quiet Capital, with participation from new and existing investors including Overmatch Ventures, Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, former Autodesk CEO Omar Hanspal, Adobe CPO Scott Belsky, and former DoorDash executive Gokul Rajaram.
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