A startupcalled Scenexus has unveiled plans to build digital twins of cities around the world.
A spin-off from Dutch research organisation TNO, Scenexus launched this week with a new platform for urban planning.
The software blends multiple datasets to clone entire cities and regions.
Planners and engineers then use the replicas to precisely analyse the impacts of their ideas.
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They can then forecast the social, environmental, and economic impacts of developments.
A host of factors can be reviewed, from traffic and safety to financial growth and resident sentiment.
The concepts can then be fine-tuned to address pressing challenges, such as the housing crisis and congestion.
The platform has already attractedclients in Amsterdam, San Diego, and Singapore.
More cities are slated to sign up soon.
Scenexus has also revealed a new backer for the project.
The Hague-based business has raised 1.6mn from theLUMO Rise Fund, a 100mn pot of capital for impact-driven technologies.
Scenexus is the first investment from the fund, which is managed by Dutch VC firm LUMO Labs.
The range of program domains is nearly unlimited, Lurling told TNW.
To support these applications, Scenexus will supply its digital twin platform as a software-as-a-service solution.
Scenexus said the results arrive up to 1,000 times faster than the leading planning software on the market.
Thanks to this speed, clients can rapidly develop new urban planning concepts.
Scenexuswill now focus on bringing more cities to its platform.
Thestartuphas also joined digital cities projects with Microsoft and a European consortium.
Lurling is bullish about the companys plans.
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