Ecopia AI

What Ecopia AI does

Ecopia AI is a Toronto-based, privately held geospatial artificial intelligence company founded in 2013 from Ph.D. research at the University of Waterloo. The company operates a proprietary deep-learning mapping engine — refined over 10+ years and accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs on a cloud-based pipeline — that converts high-resolution imagery from satellite, aerial, drone, and street-view sources into high-precision HD vector maps at >95% geometric accuracy. Its product suite comprises four core offerings: 3D Land Cover (75+ standardized vector layers for land use and infrastructure visualization), Advanced Transportation Features (60+ layers including sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks, medians), Building-Based Geocoding (180M+ US building footprints and 270M+ rooftop-level geocodes delivered via subscription or API at contractually guaranteed 97%+ accuracy), and Global Feature Extraction (custom imagery-to-vector projects at any geography). A self-service Data Portal launched in April 2026 adds on-demand transactional access to the off-the-shelf library.

Ecopia monetizes through five channels: (i) multi-year enterprise contracts for custom feature extraction (e.g., NOAA $10M+, Canadian Federal Government $8M, City of Detroit multi-year renewals, IDOT/CMAP); (ii) recurring subscriptions to Building-Based Geocoding and land cover data; (iii) embedded licensing through derivative partners (Cotality/CoreLogic, NextNav, LandInfo, Esri); (iv) royalty-bearing data redistribution via a 27+ imagery partner network (Nearmap, Vantor, Airbus, Hexagon, Bluesky, Woolpert, Eagleview, Planet, etc.); and (v) marketplace margin from Airbus certified reseller status. Pricing is quote-based across all tiers.

The company serves six vertical segments: insurance and reinsurance (Tokio Marine, Munich Re, Swiss Re, Cincinnati, Harford Mutual, Openly, SageSure, Neptune Flood, Farmers, USAA, CoreLogic/Cotality), municipal and state government (Detroit, LA, Toronto, Washington, Arizona, Alaska, IDOT/CMAP, SEMCOG), federal government and multilaterals (NOAA, Government of Canada, JUPEM Malaysia, LINZ New Zealand, World Bank, WHO, BMGF), telecommunications (Deutsche Telekom, NTT, Bloosurf), civil engineering (AECOM, Jacobs, HDR, Stantec, Fehr & Peers, Alta, Dewberry), and NGOs/humanitarian (WHO, BMGF, Novel-T). Ecopia has mapped 40M+ sq km across 100+ countries, is self-described as completely bootstrapped, and holds multiple growth awards including Deloitte Fast 50/Fast 500 and Globe & Mail Top Growing Companies.

Name

Ecopia AI

Legal name

Ecopia AI

Website

https://ecopiatech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ecopia AI is a Toronto-based geospatial AI company, founded in 2013, that converts satellite, aerial, drone, and street-view imagery into HD vector maps using proprietary deep learning. It serves insurers, governments, telecoms, civil engineers, and NGOs with building footprints, land cover, transportation, and geocoding data products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Intelligence Software

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms (BPAMANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• AI geospatial mapping
• Vector feature extraction
• Building footprint data
• Land cover mapping
• Rooftop geocoding

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Off-the-shelf data sales via self-service portal: Self-service online data portal enables customers to browse, purchase, and download high-precision off-the-shelf geospatial datasets on demand. Customers can pay per dataset/area for instant access to standardized vector layers (e.g., 3D land cover, advanced transportation features, building-based geocoding) without commissioning custom work.
2. Custom Global Feature Extraction services: Custom geospatial data extraction services in which Ecopia applies its AI systems to a customer's own imagery (or sourced imagery) to generate HD vector maps of any discernible feature anywhere in the world. Typically multi-year enterprise contracts (e.g., multi-year City of Detroit impervious surface contract; $8M Canadian Government contract; $10M+ NOAA contracts).
3. Imagery Partner licensing (input imagery + AI conversion): Ecopia ingests imagery from a global network of imagery partners (Nearmap, Vantor, Airbus, Hexagon, Bluesky, Woolpert, Eagleview, CGR, Getmapping, Kokusai Kogyo, AppGeo, Connected Nation, Ryzyliant, AAM, Planet, European Space Imaging, LandInfo, SIIS, JUPEM, Sanborn, Dewberry, Magna, etc.) and converts it into HD vector products that are then redistributed — generating ongoing licensing/royalty revenue per pixel/area processed.
4. Derivative partner embedded data licensing: Ecopia licenses its HD vector data to derivative partners (NextNav, Cotality, LandInfo, Esri) who embed Ecopia's maps into their downstream products (3D visualizations, property intelligence solutions, 5G network planning, GIS platforms). Recurring revenue stream based on data subscription/embedding.
5. Building-Based Geocoding data subscriptions: Recurring access to Ecopia's 180M+ building footprint and 270M+ rooftop-level geocoding database, delivered as a dataset or via API (e.g., Cincinnati Insurance, Tokio Marine, Munich Re, Neptune Flood, CoreLogic, Openly, SageSure, Standard Casualty, reThought, FlowFlood, Titan Flood, Harford Mutual all subscribe). Annual updates with year-over-year change detection included.
6. Airbus imagery resale (certified reseller): As part of the expanded Airbus partnership, Ecopia joined Airbus' certified reseller network, enabling Ecopia to resell Airbus imagery (Pléiades and Pléiades Neo) bundled with Ecopia's AI mapping outputs — generating reseller margin on imagery distribution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Ecopia AI applies a proprietary imagery-agnostic deep-learning neural network to convert high-resolution geospatial imagery (satellite, aerial, drone, and street-view) into high-precision HD vector maps at scale, producing building footprints, 2D and 3D land cover, transportation features, and rooftop-level geocoded addresses with greater than 95% geometric accuracy. Its offering includes off-the-shelf data products (3D Land Cover, Advanced Transportation Features, Building-Based Geocoding), custom Global Feature Extraction services, and a self-service Data Portal delivered to governments, insurers, telecoms, civil engineers, and NGOs via direct sales, APIs, and a two-tier Imagery and Derivative partner network.

Product overview

Ecopia AI offers a unified geospatial intelligence platform built around four core products — 3D Land Cover, Advanced Transportation Features, Building-Based Geocoding, and Global Feature Extraction — all powered by Ecopia's proprietary AI-based mapping systems that convert high-resolution imagery from a global partner network into high-definition vector maps with GIS-professional accuracy. Customers access these products either via the self-service Data Portal for off-the-shelf datasets or through Global Feature Extraction for custom imagery-based feature extraction. The platform has mapped over 100 countries and produces millions of square kilometers of vector data per month for use cases spanning civil engineering, municipal, state and federal government, insurance, telecommunications, and NGO applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ecopia®: Trademarked brand name used by the company in product descriptions (e.g., "Ecopia® is using AI to build a digital twin of the world").

Products and services

• 3D Land Cover Foundational 3D and 2D land cover and land use vector map data for geospatial visualization, analytics, and decision-making. Provides 75+ layers of comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date high-precision land cover and transportation mapping data for instant access across applications such as stormwater management, climate resilience, and urban planning.
• Advanced Transportation Features Detailed transportation network data powering right-of-way analysis, active transportation plans, pedestrian safety improvements, permitting, and Vision Zero initiatives. Includes more than 60 vector layers such as sidewalks, bike lanes, turn lanes, road markings, and crosswalks, with greater than 95% geometric accuracy, launched off-the-shelf across 100 North American cities with planned expansion to 1.5M+ sq km.
• Building-Based Geocoding The first and only complete map of buildings in the US, providing 180M+ high-precision building footprints and rooftop-level geocodes for more than 270 million primary and secondary US address points. Uses Ecopia's proprietary machine-learning-based geocoding engine with contractually-guaranteed 97%+ accuracy and annual updates enriched with FEMA flood zone classifications and year-over-year change detection insights.
• Global Feature Extraction Custom geospatial feature extraction service that produces millions of square kilometers of HD vector maps monthly, anywhere in the world, using the most up-to-date imagery sources available. Extracts building footprints, 2D and 3D land cover, high-precision roads, sidewalks, and change detection with GIS-professional accuracy, scaled across any area of interest for enterprise customers via multi-year contracts.
• Ecopia Self-Service Data Portal Online self-service portal (platform.ecopiatech.com) enabling data professionals to browse, purchase, and download Ecopia's off-the-shelf high-precision geospatial mapping data library on demand, delivering vector data with greater than 95% geometric accuracy sourced from partners such as Nearmap. Supported by the Government of Canada through FedDev Ontario.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% reduction in time spent on manual property assessments (Harford Mutual Insurance Group)
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers57 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• NearmapflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Nearmap and Ecopia AI announced the availability of off-the-shelf, high-precision planimetric transportation data across 100 North American cities, extracted from Nearmap aerial imagery using Ecopia's AI mapping technology. The Advanced Transportation Features dataset includes more than 60 vector layers (sidewalks, bike lanes, turn lanes, road markings, crosswalks) at >95% geometric accuracy, with planned expansion to 1.5M+ sq km. Also produced 3D Land Cover data available for instant access across 400 US cities. Nearmap is one of Ecopia's flagship imagery partners and a major channel for off-the-shelf data distribution.
• Vantor (formerly Maxar)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Ecopia's partnership with Vantor enables the creation of high-precision 3D land cover data anywhere in the world, updated in near real-time. Used together to map every building footprint across the United States (169M footprints over 8M sq km in 6 months for Vantor) and supports the 'Map the World in 3D' initiative. Vantor is one of Ecopia's longest-standing and most strategic imagery partners.
• NVIDIAflagshipTechnology or Integration · 18 March 2025Ecopia AI's high-precision 3D vector data is available in NVIDIA Earth-2 to support climate simulations and analytics. Ecopia's AI-based mapping process is developed with NVIDIA GPUs supporting it. Dion Harris (Senior Director of HPC and AI Factory Solutions at NVIDIA) is quoted. Used to fuel next-generation climate analytics and simulations.
• ESA (European Space Agency) - Business Applications and Space SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2023ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions supports the demonstration project 'land use change identification (LUCI) for rail' programme through which Ecopia AI and Airbus provide Network Rail (UK) with high-precision land use change data for mapping and geospatial analysis. Enrico Spinelli from ESA is quoted. ESA provides programme support, Airbus provides imagery, Ecopia provides AI mapping.
• AirbusflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2022Ecopia and Airbus expanded their partnership to enable global 3D vector mapping. Ecopia leverages Airbus' global very high-resolution 30cm Pléiades Neo and 50cm Pléiades imagery as inputs to Ecopia's AI-based 3D mapping systems. Ecopia also joined Airbus' certified reseller network to resell Airbus imagery. Ecopia digitized two entire countries in 3D from Airbus imagery in just 3.5 weeks for Snap, Inc., and jointly delivered high-precision land use change data to Network Rail with ESA support (LUCI programme).
• AAM GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 August 2021AAM Group partnered with Ecopia to deliver 3D and 2D land cover data across 500 km² of the City of Perth for a State Land Information Authority. Ecopia ran 15cm aerial imagery through its AI systems to extract 2D land cover vectors (multilevel buildings, roads, railways, bridges, water bodies, swimming pools, trees), then AAM added 3D height data. Delivered in 12 days vs ~50 weeks manually (~40% cost reduction).
• HexagoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexagon and Ecopia work together to produce high-precision mapping products across the US, including land cover and building footprints for the State of California used in wildfire prevention and response. A dedicated 'Partnership Profile - Hexagon' blog is featured on Ecopia's site.
• WoolpertcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoolpert partnered with Ecopia to develop advanced 3D land cover maps of Australian metro areas. The partnership was expanded to map Australian metros in 3D (referenced in 'Woolpert Expands Partnership with Ecopia AI to Map Australian Metros in 3D' news article).
• EagleviewcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEcopia and Eagleview provide the public sector with high-precision land cover and transportation data. Eagleview is one of Ecopia's imagery partners that helps distribute Ecopia's mapping products to public sector customers.
• BlueskycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBluesky and Ecopia partnered to create the first ever 3D map of Ireland, powering complex geospatial use cases across industries. Referenced in 'Ecopia & Bluesky Partner to Create First 3D Map of Ireland' news article.
• CGR (Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCGR partnered with Ecopia to create the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive 2D and 3D map across all of Italy — Ecopia's first country-wide 3D mapping project. Opens up opportunities in new markets for CGR (telecoms, government flood analysis). Referenced in 'Digitizing Italy with Ecopia and CGR' case study.
• GetmappingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGetmapping is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced in the global partner network logos and on the partner network page.
• Kokusai KogyominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKokusai Kogyo (Japan) is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced in the global partner network logos.
• AppGeominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAppGeo is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced in the global partner network logos.
• Connected NationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConnected Nation is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced in the global partner network logos.
• RyzyliantminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRyzyliant is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced in the global partner network logos.
• NextNavcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNextNav partners with Ecopia to create powerful 3D building visualizations that help first responders reach people in need faster. NextNav embeds Ecopia's building data into its 3D location platform. Referenced in 'Ecopia Partners with NextNav to Enable Emergency Response Teams with 3D Visualizations' news article.
• Cotality (formerly CoreLogic)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerCotality leverages Ecopia's building footprints to develop property solutions serving the insurance and real estate industries. Matt Karli (Senior Leader - Product Management, CoreLogic) is quoted: 'Our collaboration with Ecopia allows us to leverage the highest-quality building footprints in conjunction with our additional property information.'
• LandInfocoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerLandInfo leverages Ecopia's land cover data to develop 5G planning & deployment solutions for customers in telecommunications. LandInfo is both an imagery partner and a derivative partner embedding Ecopia's data into telecom planning tools.
• PlanetminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPlanet is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced as a customer/partner logo on the homepage.
• European Space Imaging (ESI)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEuropean Space Imaging (ESI) is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced as a customer/partner logo on the homepage.
• SIISminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSIIS is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced as a customer/partner logo on the homepage.
• Snap Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcopia AI partnered with a Snap Inc. subsidiary to pilot 3D map content integration. Ecopia digitized two entire countries in 3D from Airbus imagery in just 3.5 weeks for Snap. Snap is referenced as a customer/partner logo on the homepage and via a dedicated news article 'Ecopia AI Partners with Snap Inc. Subsidiary to Pilot 3D Map Content Integration'.
• SanbornminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSanborn is one of Ecopia's imagery partners — referenced as a customer/partner logo on the homepage.
• DewberryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDewberry is referenced as a customer/partner logo on Ecopia's homepage — Dewberry uses Ecopia's building footprints to support broadband expansion work with the State of Alaska.
• JUPEM (Malaysia)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJUPEM (Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia) is referenced as a customer/partner logo on Ecopia's homepage and as a featured case study for nationwide mapping in Malaysia.
• Magna (aerospace/automotive)minorOthersMagna is referenced as a customer/partner logo on Ecopia's homepage; specific partnership details are not described in the source material.

Scale indicators21 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Nearmap: Aerial imagery provider and Ecopia's largest US channel/distribution partner. Nearmap supplies imagery that Ecopia's AI converts into vector products, while also co-marketing off-the-shelf 3D Land Cover across 400 US cities and Advanced Transportation Features across 100 North American cities — making Nearmap the closest co-product peer, with both overlap and partnership.
• Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence): High-resolution satellite imagery and 3D geospatial intelligence provider; flagship imagery partner to Ecopia and a co-developer of 'Map the World in 3D.' Vantor has its own AI-derived 3D products and competes with Ecopia in defense, federal, and commercial 3D mapping while simultaneously relying on Ecopia's AI for vector extraction at scale.
• Planet Labs: Earth observation satellite operator with high-cadence imagery and its own analytics/AI products. Listed as one of Ecopia's imagery partners but also a competing source of foundational geospatial data for government and commercial buyers in climate, agriculture, and defense.
• Mapbox: Developer-focused mapping and location platform with its own vector tile pipeline, satellite/aerial basemap, and automotive/AV HD map products. Directly comparable to Ecopia in the AV/ADAS HD-map and off-the-shelf vector data category, particularly with automotive and logistics customers.

Broad incumbents

• Airbus Defence and Space (including Pléiades): Operator of Pléiades and Pléiades Neo satellites, which are core input imagery for Ecopia's global 3D mapping. Airbus is a flagship partner (and now a certified reseller in which Ecopia resells Airbus imagery), but Airbus's broader OneAtlas and Defence portfolios overlap with Ecopia's analytics layer in defense and government markets.
• Esri: Dominant GIS platform used by virtually all of Ecopia's municipal, state, and federal government customers. Esri is a derivative partner that embeds Ecopia's HD vector data into the ArcGIS ecosystem, but it also owns its own imagery, geocoding, and partner-distributed data products that compete for the same wallet share.
• Hexagon (Geospatial division): Geospatial imagery and analytics provider (HxGN content program, Luciad, ERDAS). Hexagon is an Ecopia imagery partner for US public-sector work, including California wildfire projects, but competes more broadly in defense, public safety, and infrastructure mapping where Ecopia also sells.
• Google (Google Maps Platform / Google Earth Engine): Hyperscale mapping platform with petabyte-scale imagery, building footprints (Open Buildings), and AI-derived geospatial features (Earth Engine). Google's free/low-cost AI building footprint products (e.g., Open Buildings) directly overlap with Ecopia's Building-Based Geocoding value proposition for emerging-market and humanitarian use cases.

Emerging players

• BlackSky: Satellite operator and geospatial intelligence provider offering AI-driven site monitoring, change detection, and analytics. Comparable to Ecopia's global imagery-to-insight workflow in defense, federal, and commercial monitoring markets.
• Descartes Labs: Geospatial analytics company that applies machine learning to satellite imagery for agriculture, energy, and sustainability use cases. Overlaps with Ecopia in applying AI to large-scale imagery for commercial and government buyers, though Descartes Labs is more focused on analytical outputs than vector map products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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