Informed Infrastructure editorial director Todd Danielson sat down with OpenSpace CEO Jeevan Kalanithi at Autodesk University 2026 in Las Vegas to discuss the spatial AI systems powering the next era of construction. Kalanithi’s message is clear: AI with genuine spatial understanding of physical reality will change how builders operate, manage risk, and make decisions at every level.
Informed Infrastructure is a leading trade publication for civil and AEC professionals across North America, and being featured in their podcast series puts OpenSpace in front of exactly the decision makers who shape how jobsites are built and managed. The conversation Kalanithi had with Danielson cuts through the general AI conversation to land on a substantive point: most AI tools operate on documents and data, but construction is a physical world. The technology that matters on a jobsite is technology that can see and understand real spaces. OpenSpace was built from the ground up on that premise, which is why its spatial AI has been applied to more than 110,000 projects and 77 billion square feet of analyzed imagery.
The Autodesk University setting brings together architects, engineers, and technology leaders who are actively deciding which platforms to shape their workflows around. The barrier to capturing spatial reality has dropped to near zero, which means the contractors who come out ahead will be the ones who start capturing, structuring, and acting on that data now. OpenSpace makes it easy to begin. Explore how spatial AI is changing what builders can do at openspace.ai.
By: Todd Danielson
