Optimal Cities
Satellite and GeoAI planning tools that help planners, authorities and developers assess and monitor land use and urban health
Highlights
- Young companyFounded 2022
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-11-03
About Optimal Cities
Optimal Cities builds urban planning software that combines satellite intelligence and GeoAI to analyse places, test plans and monitor the effects of developments. Its tools include bespoke urban scores, explainable satellite indicators and a data catalogue. Indicators cover areas such as housing development, public health risk, environmental impact, biodiversity gain, active travel, site identification and decarbonisation.
Customers named on the company's pages include planners, public authorities, original equipment manufacturers and real estate specialists. Case studies include scenario planning for Tucson, Arizona, urban health work in the London Borough of Camden, and GapFinder, a decision support system for decarbonising local transport supported by the UK Department for Transport's grants programme.
Optimal Cities Ltd was founded in 2022 and is registered in England and Wales, with its headquarters in London. It also has a US entity, Optimal Cities, LLC, registered in Tucson, Arizona. The company cites more than 1000 projects globally.
Product: Satellite-powered urban planning and monitoring tools with GeoAI, bespoke urban scores and explainable indicators for places and developments.
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