1. What motivated your organization to participate in this year’s Global AI Awards?

Given that this award recognizes companies using AI to transform industries and shape the future, we felt Exodigo was a strong fit. Our AI platform helps project teams understand what lies underground—without excavation—bringing early certainty to complex infrastructure projects. By revolutionizing subsurface intelligence, we have already helped de-risk over $75 billion in infrastructure investments.

2. Could you give us an overview of the AI solution or breakthrough you submitted?

Exodigo uses non-intrusive sensing technologies and advanced AI analytics to identify and map buried utilities, foundations, and geotechnical conditions that impact design and construction.

Operating across North America, Europe, and Israel, our platform is accelerating infrastructure delivery while setting new standards for subsurface visibility and engineering workflows. Our proprietary AI transforms underground data into actionable engineering insight, improving project efficiency, quality, and speed while reducing risk across the lifecycle.

A key milestone in our evolution is the launch of our Engineering Services Division. By integrating AI directly into engineering workflows—such as design automation, risk identification, and real-time construction insights—we are reducing rework, improving schedule certainty, and enabling more proactive, data-driven decision-making.

3. How did your team collaborate to develop and refine this innovation?

Exodigo develops its technology in-house, from sensing systems and data acquisition to AI-driven analysis platforms. Innovations like ultra-dense data sampling and multi-sensor fusion enable engineering-grade subsurface intelligence with unprecedented accuracy and scale.

Our strength lies in cross-disciplinary collaboration. We bring together geophysicists, AI experts, civil engineers, BIM specialists, and SUE professionals to ensure our solutions are grounded in both cutting-edge technology and real-world conditions. Insights from field operations, engineering workflows, and customer engagement directly inform our R&D priorities.

4. What impact do you expect your AI work to have on the broader community?

Exodigo translates innovation into measurable impact at scale. Improved subsurface visibility drives significant efficiency gains from planning to design to construction.

Our technology has been deployed across more than half of U.S. states and supports critical projects for leading transit agencies and utility providers. Over 50 infrastructure owners have used Exodigo to make projects safer, faster, and more cost-effective. We are redefining how the built environment is designed and delivered.

5. Were there any notable challenges, and how did you overcome them?

One key challenge was prioritizing where to focus first, given the broad range of potential applications. We chose to begin with underground utility detection due to immediate demand and the opportunity to prevent up to $60+ billion in economic waste caused by failures of utility damage prevention. This provided a strong foundation to expand into broader subsurface intelligence.

Another challenge has been scaling talent to match rapid growth. We’ve addressed this by leveraging our networks and fostering a culture of ownership and alignment. By connecting employee success with company success, we’ve built a highly motivated, collaborative team capable of sustaining innovation.

6. How do you nurture a culture of continuous AI innovation?

Innovation at Exodigo is driven by real-world challenges and diverse expertise. We treat field observations as critical inputs and embed innovation directly into active projects.

Cross-functional collaboration is essential, bringing together teams across engineering, product, and field operations. We encourage entrepreneurial thinking, direct customer engagement, and continuous problem-solving to ensure our solutions remain practical, relevant, and impactful.

7. What advice would you offer to others aiming to make meaningful contributions in AI?

Focus on proving value early. Demonstrating real-world impact is critical to building trust, securing funding, and scaling effectively.

We prioritize strategic pilot programs and validate our technology in live environments. By continuously testing and refining capabilities within real projects, we ensure strong product-market fit and accelerate adoption.

8. What are your long-term goals in AI?

As the only company to operationalize AI-driven signal processing for subsurface imaging, Exodigo is transforming how infrastructure is designed and built—reducing risk and preventing costly overruns.

Our goal is to make comprehensive subsurface understanding a standard part of every major infrastructure project. We are expanding into broader subsurface intelligence, including geotechnical conditions and environmental factors, while scaling our technology and engineering capabilities to meet global demand.

9. What emerging AI trends are you most excited about?

We’re particularly excited about the shift of AI into complex, real-world environments. There is a clear gap today between AI’s theoretical capabilities in fields like architecture and engineering and its actual adoption.

This gap exists because engineering challenges involve physical environments, fragmented data, and high-stakes decisions. Understanding the real world is far more complex than analyzing text or code.

Advances in multimodal data fusion and AI-driven interpretation of real-world signals are beginning to close that gap. At Exodigo, we are combining sensing technologies, AI models, and engineering expertise to turn the physical world into actionable insight.

We believe the next wave of AI transformation will come from industries where this gap is largest—and in architecture and engineering, that shift is already underway.

To dive deeper into Exodigo’s award-winning work, visit their website at https://www.exodigo.com/