San Francisco, September 10, 2025
News Summary
At its Waypoint summit in San Francisco, OpenSpace introduced a Visual Intelligence Platform combining smartphone-first field capture with milestone-based analytics. The suite includes OpenSpace Field, which uses Spatial AI to pin photos to floorplans and align imagery to BIM, and OpenSpace Progress Tracking, a milestone-driven service powered by an analytics partner that converts images into billing, schedule-risk and coordination insights. The platform supports 360° cameras, drones, and laser scanners and integrates with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud and major scheduling tools. Beta users report large time savings on field tasks, and the offering scales across tens of thousands of projects worldwide.
OpenSpace unveils new Visual Intelligence Platform to turn field images into actionable project data
A construction technology company introduced a new, image-first system designed to convert photos and site captures into day-to-day intelligence for field teams and executives. The rollout, announced at the company’s Waypoint customer summit, bundles a field-focused app and a milestone-based progress tracking capability into what the firm calls a Visual Intelligence Platform.
What the platform does
The platform aims to bridge a common gap on jobsites: traditional enterprise systems track money and paperwork, but they often lack timely visibility into what is physically built. The new suite seeks to capture field reality with smartphones, drones, 360° cameras and laser scanners, and then turn those images into operational insights for tasks such as punch lists, issue logging, percent-complete tracking and productivity measurement.
Key components released
The launch highlights two major pieces. OpenSpace Field is described as a field-first workflow powered by Spatial AI that lets crews capture site conditions using only a smartphone. The system is said to automatically place images on floorplans and align them to BIM models, while offering integrations with common construction platforms. OpenSpace Progress Tracking is presented as a milestone-based offering that turns imagery into high-level progress summaries, compares actual work to planned milestones and supports billing validation.
Integrations and capture tools
The new tools are claimed to plug into existing stacks. OpenSpace Field is said to integrate with major project controls platforms including Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Progress Tracking is described as compatible with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6, Asta, Microsoft Project and Excel. The company’s existing capture products—documenting sites with 360° cameras, drones and laser scanners—are listed as part of the broader platform family.
Partnership with Disperse and availability
The progress-tracking capability was announced earlier in the year as powered by a third party noted for milestone-based progress analytics. That capability pairs automated imagery analysis with human verification to produce a trusted view of what has been built. The milestone-based Progress Tracking feature is available as an add-on to existing capture subscriptions, with pricing set by tracking scope and project count.
Claims on time savings and early detection
Early customers and beta testers reported significant time savings on common field tasks such as addressing punch lists and logging issues. One reported figure cited an 85% reduction in time for those tasks in beta trials. Separately, a customer example noted that milestone-based tracking can reveal productivity issues very early in a project lifecycle, giving teams more time to act before cost overruns escalate.
Scale and footprint
The company provided snapshots of platform usage at two points in 2025. In early June, the firm said customers had captured imagery on nearly 70,000 projects across 99 countries, covering about 47 billion square feet. By early September, the release cited imagery analyzed on more than 75,000 projects across 124 countries, representing over 52 billion square feet. These figures were presented as measures of how widely the tools have been deployed.
How builders might use it
The stated use cases include daily field workflows (reporting and resolving issues, punch-list management), program-level tracking (percent complete and productivity monitoring), and executive reporting (trusted progress summaries for billing and risk review). The releases frame the platform as shifting construction teams from document-heavy, office-centric processes to image-first, field-centric workflows that can drive faster decision-making.
Availability and next steps
Progress Tracking was previously announced as available as an add-on to capture subscriptions, with scope-based pricing. The latest announcements position the field app and progress tracking together as a unified Visual Intelligence Platform unveiled at the Waypoint summit. Readers were directed to the company website for details and demos.
Context for owners and contractors
As construction teams seek tighter alignment between what is planned and what is actually built, tools that combine imagery, AI and schedule data aim to reduce surprises and shorten response times. The combined capabilities—field capture, BIM alignment, milestone comparison and third-party analytics—target that gap by making site conditions visible and actionable in near real time.
FAQ
What is the Visual Intelligence Platform?
It is a product suite that converts field imagery into operational insights, combining a smartphone-based field app with milestone-based progress tracking to support daily workflows and high-level reporting.
What are the main parts of the platform?
The two headline parts are OpenSpace Field (smartphone capture and Spatial AI) and OpenSpace Progress Tracking (milestone-based progress insights powered by a third-party analytics partner).
Which tools does it integrate with?
The platform is presented as integrating with popular construction systems including Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and schedules such as Primavera P6, Asta, Microsoft Project and Excel.
Is Progress Tracking available now?
Progress Tracking was announced earlier in the year and is available as an add-on to capture subscriptions, with pricing based on the scope and number of projects.
How widely is the technology used?
Usage snapshots provided by the company show tens of thousands of projects and tens of billions of square feet documented through its imagery platform at different points in 2025.
Table: Key features at a glance
| Feature | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSpace Field | Capture and map images from smartphones | Spatial AI pins images to floorplans and aligns to BIM; integrates with common project platforms |
| OpenSpace Progress Tracking | Milestone-based progress insights | Powered by third-party milestone analytics; compares actual work to planned milestones; add-on to capture subscriptions |
| OpenSpace Capture / BIM+ / Air | 360° cameras, BIM alignment, drone and laser-scanner capture | Existing reality-capture portfolio used to document jobsites at scale |
| Integrations | Connect imagery to project controls and schedules | Includes Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, P6, Asta, Microsoft Project, Excel |
| Outcomes cited | Faster issue resolution, earlier detection of productivity risks | Beta reports cited large time savings on punch lists and earlier spotting of issues in the work cycle |
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Additional Resources
- Morningstar / PR Newswire: OpenSpace debuts Visual Intelligence Platform
- Wikipedia: Construction management
- PR Newswire: OpenSpace launches comprehensive progress tracking solution
- Google Search: OpenSpace Progress Tracking
- TheSaaSNews: OpenSpace raises an additional $9 million in Series D
- Google Scholar: construction progress tracking imagery analytics
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