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Closing out 2024—thank you for a great year of innovation and inspiration

By Jeevan Kalanithi

January 13, 2025

Below is the email I sent to OpenSpace customers as we said goodbye to 2024, celebrating many accomplishments.

Capturing joy—a note from OpenSpace CEO and Co-Founder, Jeevan Kalanithi

As 2024 comes to a close, I want to convey a simple message: you are the reason we do what we do. We exist to make your lives easier, and we do so by building reliable, powerful technology tools that are intuitive, practical, and deliver real ROI. As of today, you’ve captured over 40 billion square feet of reality capture data in 94 countries around the world! That’s a lot of data, and we’re proud that however much you throw at us, we’ve got you.

Your stories inspire us

I’m grateful that so many of you are eager to share your OpenSpace stories. Here are a few examples:

  • Consigli’s VDC team spent nine months coordinating penetrations through mass timber beams for a project at Harvard University. OpenSpace helped bring that work to life by making it easy for the field to reference the model and ensure all was going to plan. Learn more here, including how Consigli is using our Revizto integration.
  • I love the ROI story PCI (Performance Contracting, Inc.) shared with us at Waypoint. In short, submitting OpenSpace documentation on a single insurance claim covered the cost of an entire year of OpenSpace. Amazing! That’s just one snippet. Get all their tips in the recording.
  • General contractor Mace was entrusted with constructing the flagship building in University College London’s expansion. After a fast implementation of OpenSpace, they quickly discovered more benefits than they imagined. Their OpenSpace images made coordination meetings better and helped them comply with strict regulations of the UK’s Building Safety Act. The full story is here.

The best of 2024

In October, I spoke about four guiding principles at Waypoint: AI & innovation, ROI, scale, and productivity. You can see these themes come to life in everything we deliver. Here are four standout examples:

  • Launching OpenSpace BIM+, and seeing the difference it’s making, tops the list. Polk Mechanical told us that the Saved Views feature, “enables us to access one spot, in one platform, and be able to quickly reference that same location multiple times, significantly streamlining our quality control processes.” That’s the stuff we love to hear!
  • ROI for OpenSpace comes in many forms, like saving 50% in travel costs. Now we’re raising the bar in a new partnership with insurance provider Shepherd. Details are here, but in a nutshell, when you use OpenSpace, you can save up to 25% on your insurance premium. Literal ROI.
  • Progress tracking is an industry holy grail. But it’s complex, and definitely not one size fits all. So I’m thrilled about our new milestone tracking offering through our partnership with Disperse. You get the most reliable, fastest, and just plain best (in our humble opinion) reality capture platform in OpenSpace, paired with a battle-hardened, flexible, comprehensive progress tracking solution in Disperse. This video explains more.
  • We also delivered key enhancements to our Field Notes feature, starting with the rollout of Zones which make it easy to divvy up your site and use Field Notes to efficiently solve problems. Plus, we just released a Field Notes quality of life upgrade with a new list view and bulk editing!

Continuing to innovate

We had a great year with a lot of growth. We plan to continue innovating and building new technologies, products, and features powered by our Spatial AI engine. And we will do all this while never losing sight of what’s most important: delivering you the easiest, fastest, most reliable reality capture solution in the market.

Finally, thank you. I want to personally say thanks for being an OpenSpace customer. On behalf of the entire team at OpenSpace, I wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday season.

Warmly,

Jeevan Kalanithi
CEO and Co-Founder, OpenSpace

P.S. If you’re not a customer and anything I talked about here sounds like it could help you build better, our hardworking team can give you a quick, live demo.

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