Cyvl

Manifesto

Our nation is suffering from infrastructure amnesia.

I was 18 years old when I joined the road crew in Southbury, Connecticut. Today, Cyvl helps hundreds of cities maintain the infrastructure millions of Americans rely on every day.

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.

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Our mission

Help cities run better than ever before, with sensors and decision-making software.

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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.

Street corner with a green traffic signal, crosswalk, and parked cars
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What forgetting costs

Taxpayer dollarsProblems get caught late, when they cost the most to fix.
SafetyPeople get hurt on streets nobody knew were dangerous.
EquityThe loudest neighborhoods get fixed first, and lower-income ones wait.
AccountabilityWhen no one knows what was done, no one can be held accountable.
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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.

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Three steps to a city that always remembers

See Decide Act
SeeCapture streets, sidewalks, and assets
as city vehicles drive.
DecideUse current condition data
to plan repairs and budgets.
ActMake the repair, then capture again
to see what changed.
Cyvl sensor mounted on a city vehicle Engineer reviewing city streets and infrastructure data on screens Road crew spreading asphalt to repair a pothole
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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.

Illuminated city streets and buildings seen from above at dusk

It's 2026. Your city shouldn't have infrastructure amnesia.

Daniel Pelaez

Co-founder and CEO, Cyvl

Platform

A current view.
A better city.

See what needs attention. Plan the work. Measure what changed.

Step 1

See what needs attention.

Vehicle-mounted sensors capture LiDAR and 360° imagery. AI maps assets, measures dimensions, and assesses condition.

Cyvl sensor mounted on a city vehicle
Capture on city vehicles.
LiDAR point cloud showing a city intersection, crosswalks, and surrounding street assets
See the street in 3D.
Step 2

Turn insights into work.

We're connecting sensor insights with city records, including 311 reports, permits, work history, and budgets, so public works can plan, direct crews, and verify repairs.

Sensor insights and city records connect through Cyvl.Two sources flow into Cyvl, then out to planning, field work, and repair verification. This illustrates the connected workflow being built.
Sensor insights and city records support planning, work, and verification.
Cyvl platform showing mapped infrastructure assets and a streetlight record
Plan from a shared view.
Road crew spreading fresh asphalt to repair a pothole
Do the work. Capture again.
Step 3

Start with streets. Connect the city.

One road repair can include drainage, sidewalks, utility work, and traffic plans. We're building a shared view so every team can coordinate the same project.

Cyvl connects a shared view across city departments.Public works, planning, finance, IT and GIS, transportation, water and sewer, parks and forestry, sanitation, permitting, facilities, emergency management and procurement are distributed around a complete rotating sphere. Nodes on both hemispheres keep the model connected throughout the rotation.Public worksPlanningFinanceIT & GISTransportationWater & sewerParks & forestrySanitationPermittingFacilitiesEmergency mgmtProcurement

Already at work.

Atlanta

60% fewer downtown potholes than in 2024, as reported by WSB-TV and FOX 5.

Read Atlanta's story

Buffalo

A citywide street assessment helped public works prioritize its Pave It repairs.

Read Buffalo's story

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We've been building something for a long time.

On October 28, cities get something they've never had. Be the first to see it.