Our nation is suffering from infrastructure amnesia.
At 18, I worked on a public works road crew in Southbury, Connecticut. We fixed what residents complained about because the town had no current record of its streets.
Then LiDAR, cameras, and computer vision became affordable and practical. The robotic stack behind self-driving cars could be repurposed for self-maintaining roads: give cities an always-fresh view of what they have and what needs fixing, so crews can act sooner.
How come physical infrastructure doesn't have an API?
For many cities, the best “system of record” is a stack of five-year-old three-ring binders. They need to see what's happening with their infrastructure at any given moment.
Our mission
Help cities run better than ever before, with sensors and decision-making software.
The problem
Most streets, signs, and pipes haven't been looked at in years, and nobody remembers which ones. The people who did remember are retiring. So decay stays invisible until it becomes a pothole, a broken main, or a failed bridge.
What forgetting costs
We give your city its memory back
Sensors on city vehicles capture LiDAR and 360° imagery. Cyvl maps streets, sidewalks, assets, and their condition so teams can prioritize repairs and plan budgets.
Three steps to a city that always remembers
as city vehicles drive.
to plan repairs and budgets.
to see what changed.
Already at work across America
Cyvl powers infrastructure decisions that millions of Americans rely on. Hundreds of US cities, including Atlanta, Nashville, Buffalo, and Green Bay, use the platform to understand their streets and assets.
Why us
Our team brings together hardware, geospatial intelligence, robotics, and civil engineering. Former city and federal transportation leaders work alongside us, and the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn has validated our data.
It's 2026. Your city shouldn't have infrastructure amnesia.
Daniel Pelaez
Co-founder and CEO, Cyvl