Measuring how space actually gets used — and feeding it back into design.
Hybrid work turned space utilization from a facilities curiosity into a board-level number, and made post-occupancy measurement the missing feedback loop in design. This category is the sensing and analytics layer: who uses what space, when, and what that means for the next lease, layout, or design decision.
The sensing approaches differ meaningfully on privacy: Density's radar and Butlr's body-heat sensors count people without cameras or identity; VergeSense blends sensors with badge and network data for portfolio-scale analytics. Saltmine closes the loop by connecting utilization data back into space planning.
01Density
Privacy-safe people-counting sensors and analytics that show how workplaces are actually used, feeding better space decisions.
- →Radar-based sensors count people without cameras
- →Portfolio-level space utilization analytics
- →~$1B valuation with $227M raised (Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund)
02VergeSense
AI-powered occupancy sensing and analytics used by 200+ enterprises to measure and optimize how their workplaces perform.
- →Sensors plus badge and WiFi data in one occupancy model
- →200+ enterprise customers including Cisco, Autodesk and BP across 156M sq ft
- →Space planning recommendations from real usage data
03Butlr
Body-heat sensors that measure occupancy and movement without cameras, powering space analytics while preserving privacy.
- →Thermal (not camera) sensing is anonymous by design
- →Wireless battery-powered sensors install in minutes
- →$48M raised for spatial intelligence platform
Experience Optimization for productivity and well-being
- →Productivity boost
- →Well-being focus
- →Advanced optimization
05Saltmine
End-to-end workplace design platform: programming, algorithmic layout generation and design collaboration for corporate real estate.
- →Algorithmic workplace layout generation from program data
- →Single platform from programming through design handoff
- →Built for enterprise corporate real estate teams