Inside an AI-Powered Ariel data analysis startup — AirWorks

AirWorks is an AI-powered software company that converts 2D and 3D Ariel data into CAD linework. Currently, it is used for the civil engineering and construction engineering domain. However, in the future it can be used in defense, large scale agriculture, and other drone inspection related domains.

The Business Face

The founders' and leaders' credentials look promising. The CEO David Morczinek and the COO Adam Kersnowski are promising candidates to start and run this blooming organization. David is an MBA from MIT Sloan with research work in artificial intelligence and machine learning and experience in aerospace engineering with airbus. Adam has more than 10 years of experience in the construction business. Vice president of engineering, Garrett Hemann is an undergrad from MIT, a robotics graduate from Carnegie Mellon, and has worked with Lockheed martin while developing real-time analysis algorithms for localization and mapping.

With a seed fund of 2.4M and a very small org-size, the company is thriving and developing the next level AI automation engine to help the land surveillance department of civil engineering. It was initially funded by MIT’s startup accelerator Delta V. With very few competitors in this industry, the initial impression looks promising.

The Technical Face

The input to the AirWorks systems requires:

1. A high-resolution Ariel 2D or 3D image