Getting real world data is one thing.
Making that data actually useful is another.
That’s why the Vangrid x bitsCrunch collaboration caught my attention.
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@vangrid_io is focused on the capture side, turning everyday smartphones into a decentralized network of sensors that can generate verified 3D data from the physical world.
But once you start collecting data at that scale, you need serious infrastructure behind it.
That’s where
@bitsCrunch comes in.
Vangrid has licensed core parts of its infrastructure stack for APIs, streaming, analytics, RPC and ML services, bringing proven data infrastructure into the spatial intelligence space.
The split makes sense.
Vangrid can focus on the sensor network, edge ML and on chain verification, while bitsCrunch’s infrastructure helps handle the massive amount of data coming from the grid.
Capturing reality is only half the challenge.
Making billions of captures usable at scale is where things get really interesting.