The solution

A passive data network hiding in plain sight.

City Pulse AI piggybacks on the routes already being driven by city waste trucks. Passive stereo cameras, running edge AI, detect infrastructure issues continuously, without adding a single kilometre to any vehicle's route.

Capture

Stereo cameras record the streetscape during regular collection routes

Edge redact

Faces & plates automatically removed on-device before transmission

Classify

AI models classify defect type, severity, and location

Alert

Structured intelligence delivered to council dashboard and TechOne

Detection categories

Our edge AI identifies issues across every critical asset category.

Road defects

Potholes and cracking with engineering-grade precision.

Computer vision models trained on real Australian road surfaces detect surface defects at the earliest stage of deterioration, before they become costly structural failures or liability incidents.

  • Pothole detection and dimensional estimation
  • Surface cracking classification (alligator, longitudinal, transverse)
  • Rutting and subsidence indicators
  • Severity scoring and prioritisation
Public amenity

Graffiti and illegal dumping hotspots.

The platform identifies and geo-tags illegal dumping events and graffiti incidents as they appear, enabling council response in days, not months, and building a pattern record for enforcement action.

  • Illegal dumping event detection and classification
  • Graffiti presence and approximate area estimation
  • Repeat hotspot identification over time
  • Amenity decline indicators in public spaces
Environmental risk

Blocked drains and vegetation encroachment.

Especially critical in Southeast Queensland's subtropical environment, where a blocked drain missed before a rainfall event becomes a flooding incident. City Pulse surfaces drainage risk continuously.

  • Blocked and partially blocked drain openings
  • Vegetation encroachment into road corridors
  • Trees with proximity risk to powerlines
  • Overhanging branches on pedestrian routes
Platform architecture

Built for the way councils actually work.

City Pulse is not a standalone platform that requires behavioural change. It is a sensing and intelligence layer that feeds directly into the tools councils already use.

Edge hardware

Stereo cameras and on-board compute mounted to fleet vehicles. Compact, weather-rated, passive.

On-device AI

Detection and redaction models run locally. Privacy is protected structurally. No raw footage is transmitted.

Cloud platform

Structured events stored, geo-tagged, trended, and made available via dashboard and API.

TechOne integration

Detected issues flow directly into TechnologyOne as work orders and asset records, with no manual re-entry.

Strategic partnership

JJ's Waste & Recycling: the network already on the road.

City Pulse AI is building its initial deployment in partnership with JJ's Waste & Recycling, one of Australia's leading waste and recycling companies and the incumbent collector for major Southeast Queensland councils including the City of Gold Coast.

JJ's trucks already service thousands of streets across the region every week. City Pulse cameras ride along with no new vehicles, no new routes, and no operational cost to councils.

The carrier fee model means JJ's participates in the value created by the data their fleet generates, aligning commercial incentives with infrastructure quality.

SEQ
Southeast Queensland coverage via JJ's existing routes
Weekly
Frequency of infrastructure sensing on all serviced streets
Zero
New kilometres added to any truck's route
Edge
All redaction and AI inference runs on-vehicle, not in cloud

See City Pulse AI in action.

We're currently accepting pilot applications with Queensland councils. Contact us to discuss what a City Pulse deployment would look like for your area.

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