SENSAT LAUNCHES FIRST PHYSICAL WORLD SEARCH ENGINE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Orion and AI Snapshot have officially launched, powering the next generation of Sensat’s AI digital twin platform for construction and infrastructure
LONDON, UK - 1st December 2025: Sensat, the geospatial AI business, today announced the launch of their flagship AI capability, Orion, the world’s first physical world search engine and AI Snapshot, an AI tool that allows users to create ultra-realistic, AI-generated snapshots of any viewpoint within the Sensat platform.
For the first time, users can visually search and analyse the physical world as easily as typing a query into a search bar. Orion enables users to search using free text or by drawing around features of interest, instantly returning matching features and visualising them through interactive heat maps. AI Snapshot tool transforms complex 3D spatial data into realistic, shareable visuals on demand, making it easier for teams to explore scenarios, communicate plans, and act with confidence. By turning raw data into hyper-realistic, actionable visualisations, it enables users to test ideas, engage stakeholders, and make faster, more informed decisions, all within the Sensat platform.
Powered by Sensat’s advanced geospatial AI, Orion understands natural language queries and spatial data, allowing users to search for anything across the physical environment. It also:
- Rapidly locate and manage assets: Quickly identify and catalogue infrastructure such as pylons, street furniture, vegetation, and other key features across large sites, reducing manual effort and time.
- Spot constraints and de-risk planning: Instantly uncover potential obstacles, like rivers, protected areas, or buildings, to prevent costly redesigns and accelerate pre-construction feasibility.
- Support site selection and design: Screen large areas for optimal development sites based on desired features, enabling faster, more confident decision-making.
- Use AI Snapshot for stakeholder engagement & public consultation: to create realistic, accurate visualisations of proposed developments, helping both decision-makers and the public fully understand the plan, gain approvals, and reduce friction during consultations.
- In the near future, Orion will also allow users to audit and monitor changes: Compare current and historical geospatial data to see what has changed, been missed, or needs attention, improving data reliability and project oversight.
Harry Atkinson, Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer of Sensat, comments: “With these new launches, we’re giving teams the ability to search the real world in the same intuitive way they search the internet to make faster, data-driven decisions. This improves efficiency and project outcomes by changing how we interact with spatial data, making it instantly searchable, understandable, and actionable. We’re excited to see how our customers use these capabilities to unlock new levels of insight, collaboration, and innovation across their projects.”
Sheikh Fakhar Khalid, Chief Scientist and Head of Sensat Labs, adds: “Orion is our new visual search engine for navigating complex spatial data, and AI Snapshot allows users to generate ultra-realistic, AI-created views from any position in the Sensat platform. By combining cutting-edge geospatial AI with rich spatial data, we’ve built a system that can understand complex physical worlds at scale and make them searchable and manipulable in seconds. This is how we transform geospatial complexity into a clear and accessible understanding.”
By blending generative AI with real-world spatial intelligence, Sensat is redefining how the industry interacts with data, collapsing the chasm between the physical and digital worlds and bridging the divide between technical teams and decision-makers.
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About Sensat
Sensat is a geospatial AI company that powers digital twins for leading construction, engineering, and infrastructure projects. Composed of multiple layers of rich data, digital twins help businesses to digitally visualise projects and assets for planning, construction and management processes, reducing costs, risks and delays. Sensat has received more than £25 million in funding from blue-chip investors, including National Grid Partners, Tencent, and Innovate UK. They work with some of the world’s largest construction, engineering, and critical infrastructure companies, including Network Rail, Heathrow and UK Atomic Energy Authority. The company is at the forefront of Geospatial AI, enabling businesses to access spatially intelligent digital twins and extract value from huge pools of previously inaccessible data.
Learn more at www.sensat.co.