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The first global AI-powered geolocation platform is here. What it means for your team.

Christine Detris
 Jul 27, 2026  •  5 min read

Every team with a stake in physical markets runs into the same wall eventually. Where should we grow, where are we losing ground, and what are we missing? Getting a real answer usually means pulling from several sources, waiting on analysts, and still not being sure the picture is complete.

That’s why we upgraded our Global Platform.

Ask a direct question, get a direct answer

The latest version of our technology features an AI assistant that turns 34 billion global location data points into instant answers. Similar to ChatGPT or Claude, teams can ask our agentic AI questions in natural language, like: where is this category growing, who is winning it, what location has the most foot traffic, where is the white space? And a real-time conversation ensues, built on a dataset spanning more than 370 million places and 15,000 brands across 250 countries and territories. No analyst queue. No reconciling 10 different reports. 

The platform serves a range of industries that continuously grapple with a variety of business challenges to solve, including: retail and restaurant chains scoping international expansion, consumer packaged goods teams setting distribution strategy, commercial real estate groups underwriting global deals, and financial services, third-party logistics, and mapping teams asking their own versions of the same question.

“Location data has always been powerful, but it shouldn’t require a PhD,” says Geoff Michener, our CEO and Founder.

“Now customers can ask our AI assistant anything and get a clear, definitive answer with no technical team required. That changes the velocity and the confidence with which organizations can make strategic growth decisions.”

Why now? The old way stopped working

Most location data tools work the same way: filter panels, dropdown menus, and dashboards that assume you already know which layer, which category code, and which comparison answers your question before you’ve clicked anything. That’s a lot to ask of a real estate director, business development strategist, or trade marketer who just wants to know if a market is worth entering. The old way turned a business question into a data-modeling exercise. 

The new way, with our latest agentic layer, replaces the menu-hunting with a conversation: ask “where should we expand outside our top 20 markets” in plain language, and get a real answer back, drawn instantly from the same 370M+ verified places instead of assembled by hand. 

The old model asked you to learn the software. The new one asks the software to understand you.

Five fixes, one platform

Agentic AI gets the headline, but it’s not the whole story. Our Global Platform empowers teams to:

  • Explore. Navigate markets and sales territories on an interactive global map, with brand performance insights across regions, categories, and competitors.
  • Discover. Surface investment opportunities, market shifts, and growth signals the moment they emerge.
  • Analyze. Pull trends, visit patterns, trade areas, and competitor benchmarks in one click.
  • Export. Download the corresponding data sheet and integrate it directly into your internal systems.
  • Collaborate. Generate reports, work across teams, and integrate with enterprise data systems, all privacy-first and globally compliant.

The data doesn’t stay behind the chat window

Every market you explore and every trend you uncover can plug straight into your own model, drop into a deck, or share across your organization. Nothing is gated behind a request form.

“Getting an answer out of location data used to take exports, dashboards, and specialized analysts,” said Emily Lisle, Head of Product. “We re-engineered the Global Platform to democratize the geolocation experience. Regardless of technical depth, teams can type a question, get an answer, and export specific data when needed. No workflows or waiting on data teams.”

Fast, without cutting corners

None of this trades rigor for speed. The answers to our customers’ questions are still built on the same dataset we’ve always stood behind, but now without the extra steps that used to sit between a question and a decision.

Ready to give it a spin? Book a demo today.

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