Edifice

What Edifice does

Edifice Technologies Inc. is a New York-based private company founded in 2019 that operates a property-operations intelligence platform targeting hotels, resorts, and multifamily residential properties. The platform is anchored by the proprietary Ea2 sensor hardware, which is installed on-site via WiFi and captures behavioral, occupancy, and space-utilization data across individual properties without height restrictions. On top of the sensor layer Edifice sells three software modules: Notifications, which deliver real-time, staff-schedule-aware alerts to direct employees to where they are needed; Insights, an analytics product that surfaces revenue, savings, and staffing opportunities across the portfolio; and Portfolio, a management tool that gives executives cross-property visibility and benchmarking. Documented customer outcomes include a 16% revenue increase in a bar environment with 4.5x ROI, a 50% wait-time reduction and 6.5x ROI in an arrival-experience deployment, and 300x faster issue resolution with an 88% reduction in property issues in an assurance deployment.

The company monetizes through enterprise SaaS subscriptions bundled with the Ea2 hardware on annual billing cycles, with quote-based pricing rather than published tiers. Go-to-market is consultative direct enterprise sales: the website funnels visitors to a "Request a Demo" call-to-action, and demand generation leans heavily on case studies demonstrating measurable ROI for property operations executives, directors of operations, and hotel owners/investors. Distribution is global in intent (the platform targets an unspecified "Global" geo scope) but the first material international footprint signal is a 2026 partnership with Edifice Middle East LLC for the JW Marriott Al Marjan Island Resort & Residences in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. The company is small — 1–10 employees, founded 2019, privately held with no disclosed funding rounds or institutional investors — and is led by CEO and founder Kurt Franz.

Name

Edifice

Legal name

Edifice Technologies Inc.

Website

https://edifice.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edifice Technologies Inc. is a New York-based property-operations intelligence platform that combines proprietary Ea2 sensors with Notifications, Insights, and Portfolio software to help hotel, resort, and multifamily operators automate staff coverage, resolve issues faster, and identify revenue and savings opportunities across their portfolios.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Property Operations Software

NAICS

Information (51), Other Activities Related to Real Estate (531390)

SIC

Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577)

akta.pro primary industry

Occupancy, Space Utilization & Workplace Experience (HSAPAPAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Smart Building Software Platforms (IWMS/CAFM Integration, Digital Twin, Command Center) (BPABAGAG)

Keywords

• Property operations intelligence
• Hospitality technology
• Hotel operations software
• Multifamily property monitoring
• Occupancy sensor analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Subscription-based software-as-a-service model providing access to the Edifice Notifications, Insights, and Portfolio management platform. Revenue generated through recurring software licenses, likely with hardware (Ea2 sensor) component. Pricing appears enterprise/quote-based rather than publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Edifice provides a property operations intelligence platform that combines proprietary Ea2 hardware sensors with a SaaS software suite (Notifications, Insights, and Portfolio) to help hotel and multifamily property operators automate real-time staff coverage, identify service issues, and uncover revenue and savings opportunities across their property portfolios.

Product overview

Edifice is a unified property operations platform consisting of three core software modules (Notifications, Insights, and Portfolio) powered by the Ea2 sensor hardware. The platform enables hotels, resorts, and multifamily properties to automate real-time staff notifications, uncover revenue and savings opportunities through analytics, and manage performance across portfolios — leveraging property-specific knowledge 24/7 to improve labor efficiency, service scores, and margins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Notifications Real-time automated staff notification system that alerts team members to property events and guest needs based on property-specific knowledge and staff schedules, enabling more effective coverage 24/7 and addressing service issues before they become complaints. Built for hotel and multifamily property operations staff.
• Insights Portfolio-wide analytics platform that uncovers revenue and savings opportunities, enables staff optimization, compares property performance, and provides actionable data for executives across the property portfolio.
• Portfolio Cross-property visibility and management tool that enables executives to focus attention on the highest-impact opportunities and track performance across their property portfolio.
• Ea2 Sensor Proprietary hardware sensor device deployed in properties to capture behavioral metrics and occupancy data. Features simple WiFi installation without running cables, large area coverage without specific height restrictions, and captures property-specific metrics and behaviors to enable the Notifications and Insights software to operate 24/7.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16% revenue increase in bar environments with 4.5x ROI
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Edifice Middle East LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Edifice Middle East LLC serves as the appointed contractor for the JW Marriott Al Marjan Island Resort & Residences project in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. This appears to be a construction/contracting role rather than a technology partnership, suggesting Edifice (the tech company) may be providing property operations technology for this project, while Edifice Middle East LLC handles the physical installation and construction work.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Density: People counting and occupancy analytics provider using proprietary sensors with a hardware-plus-software model. Overlapping customer pain points around real-time space utilization and operational decision-making.
• SmartRent: Multifamily IoT and smart home platform serving residential property operators. Directly comparable IoT deployment model and amenity-focused use cases for the multifamily vertical.
• VergeSense: Workplace occupancy sensor and analytics platform serving enterprise offices. Directly comparable sensor-based occupancy intelligence offering, though VergeSense targets offices while Edifice verticalizes on hospitality and multifamily.
• ALICE: Hotel operations platform serving hospitality operators with staff coordination, task management, and guest service workflows. Directly aligned with Edifice's hospitality vertical focus on operational efficiency.
• HqO: Workplace experience and operations platform for commercial real estate. Similar analytics-driven approach to improving occupant experience and operational efficiency with comparable building operator customers.

Broad incumbents

• RealPage: Multifamily property management software giant serving the same customer base with a broader operational suite, though lacking Edifice's IoT sensor focus and real-time notification capabilities.
• Building Engines: Commercial real estate operations platform with tenant experience and building analytics. Overlaps with Edifice's Portfolio and Insights capabilities for property executives managing multi-tenant buildings.
• Honeywell Building Technologies: Major building automation incumbent with comprehensive IoT and analytics portfolio across commercial real estate. Overlaps with Edifice on occupancy and operational analytics but as part of a much broader offering.
• Cisco DNA Spaces: Enterprise networking giant offering location and occupancy analytics through WiFi-based sensing at much larger scale. Provides comparable building utilization insights leveraging existing network infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Butlr: Early-stage occupancy sensing startup using thermal sensors. Comparable hardware-based occupancy analytics for smart buildings, though at an earlier commercialization stage than Edifice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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