🔬 Engineering since 2016 · LiDAR → AI agents

We understand your problem first.
Then we solve it with AI.

Ten years of engineering for universities, builders, mining and agriculture across Latin America and the United States. Every case below has a name, a number and a date. If it doesn't, we don't publish it.

Problems we understood. Solutions that were measured.

Same format for every case: the problem, what we built, the measured result, and where the number comes from. Products appear inside the cases, not as a catalogue.

🎓 Universities and schools

Enrollment, mentoring, tutoring and faculty development

University · Colombia

UNIMINUTO · MIA, the student mentoring agent

SAPIENS platform landing illustration for MIA at UNIMINUTO
Problem
One of Latin America's largest universities could not give continuous, personal guidance to tens of thousands of students with its advisory staff.
What we built
MIA attends students on web, WhatsApp and Teams, detects academic, personal and administrative needs, books tutoring sessions and raises alerts to the Wellbeing team, whose feedback MIA learns from.
Result
20,623 students since June 2024 · 92.8% of conversations rated successful in the last 30 days · 284 tutoring sessions booked
Source: MIA production database read 23 October 2026; 30-day window 22 Sep–21 Oct 2026, test accounts excluded.
University · Colombia

UNIMINUTO · AVA, the admissions agent

Problem
Prospective students arrive by WhatsApp and web at all hours; admissions teams lose them between the first question and the enrollment.
What we built
AVA attends every prospect, handles objections, follows up and hands over to a human advisor when needed.
Result
390 enrollments attributed to AVA in 2026 (figure under reconciliation with the university, which estimates up to 480) · 19,246 WhatsApp conversations with prospective students · 338,485 messages across WhatsApp and web
Source: AVA conversation records and the university's CRM, cut 14 October 2026; operating since November 2025. Discover AVA →
University · Colombia

UNICAFAM · A virtual admissions advisor on WhatsApp

UNICAFAM admissions panel built by LiDARit, shown with test data
Problem
Between 1,200 and 1,800 new contacts reach the admissions CRM every week, and almost no prospect completes the pre-registration alone: an advisor fills it in by phone, in an academic system with no API.
What we built
A WhatsApp admissions advisor for the 2027-1 campaign (13 undergraduate and 5 graduate programs), traceability of every contact in HubSpot, a web panel with indicators and conversations, document intake by WhatsApp and assisted registration in SIGA.
Result
13 undergraduate and 5 graduate programs for the 2027-1 campaign · between 1,200 and 1,800 new contacts a week · advisor in production since 17 October 2026
Source: deployment record and the university's admissions CRM, October 2026. Case in progress; the panel is shown with test data.
Language school · Colombia

Alianza Colombo Francesa · Galia, a French conversation partner from A1 to C1

Galia: French conversation with correction, demo account
Problem
Students practise spoken French only in class, and teachers cannot give each one individual conversation time and correction between sessions.
What we built
Galia, an installable web app with avatar, voice and chat integrated into the Alianza's virtual classroom: an autonomous route with curriculum and automatic assessment, a teacher mode that turns a PDF into activities with a rubric, trophies by level and a weekly report.
Result
In production since January 2025, now in its second year with the Alianza · spoken practice from A1 to C1 with automatic assessment · voice response time cut from about 22 s to about 3 s in 2026
Source: delivery reports to the Alianza, 2025–2026. Usage metrics will be published once the Alianza authorizes them. Screenshot from a demo account.
University · Colombia

UNIMINUTO · Leo, the Socratic tutor inside Moodle

Leo dashboard: weekly students and professors in conversation, 2024 to 2026
Problem
Students in distance programs study alone between classes, and faculty cannot answer every question in the virtual classroom.
What we built
Leo, an AI tutor inside Moodle that co-constructs answers with the student instead of giving them away. Professors design and publish Moodle activities from Leo, and WhatsApp reminders reach students with pending deliveries.
Result
15,565 students and 1,385 professors in 2026 · 58,730 conversations · 52% of students came back
Source: Leo production database, cut 20 August 2026; students and professors with at least one valid conversation in 2026.
University · Colombia

UNIMINUTO · TOM, the faculty companion

Problem
Hundreds of professors need to align with institutional mission, tools and virtual classrooms, and the induction program cannot reach each of them personally.
What we built
TOM, an AI companion for faculty culture and development that mentors professors and tracks KPIs for the academic leadership.
Result
600 professors invited to the pilot · 551 have logged in and talked with TOM
Source: TOM operational metrics in LiDARit's PMO, cut 1 September 2026; pilot documented since February 2026.
University · Colombia

UNIMINUTO Centro Progresa · HERA, the entrepreneurship mentor across 13 campuses

HERA operating dashboard for Centro Progresa, aggregated figures only
Problem
Each campus entrepreneurship centre serves hundreds of entrepreneurs with a few mentors. The first diagnostic interview takes 45 to 60 minutes per person, and nobody knows what happens between appointments.
What we built
HERA runs the diagnostic interview by chat or voice, places each business on the institutional matrix (idea, validation, productive unit, company), agrees a real action in the market, follows up, and hands the prepared case to the campus mentor, who decides in 5 to 10 minutes.
Result
2,718 people have talked with HERA · 13 campuses, 26 mentors and 198 entrepreneurs assigned to a mentor at Centro Progresa
Source: HERA production data, cuts 16 September and 22 October 2026; operating with Centro Progresa since October 2026.

📡 Construction, mining, agriculture and infrastructure

LiDAR capture, processing platform and analysis since 2016

Infrastructure · Panama

Seconpa · LiDAR processing at scale, from solar farms to the Bridge of the Americas

Problem
A surveying company in Panama needed to turn drone LiDAR flights into deliverables (terrain models, contours, classified clouds, CAD drawings) for many projects in parallel, without a processing team of its own.
What we built
The LiDARit processing platform under an annual enterprise plan: Seconpa flies, LiDARit processes and delivers. Projects range from 2-hectare ports to a 310-hectare solar farm, plus the digitization of the Bridge of the Americas to detect cracks and maintenance needs.
Result
19,610 hectares and 12 projects processed by September 30, 2025 · 5 more projects in 2026
Source: LiDARit processing ledger (cut 30 Sep 2025) and project list, October 2026.
Mining · Chile

SQM Salar · Stockpile measurement in the Atacama salt flat

"We spent 2 weeks in stockpiles measurement using a terrestrial laser, then tried photogrammetry, but it didn't reach the precision we need. LiDARit provides the technology that allows us to get precise and quality results in 3 days."

— Patricio Mouat, SQM (Chile)
Problem
Measuring mineral stockpiles with terrestrial lasers took two weeks per cycle, and photogrammetry could not reach the required precision.
What we built
Drone-mounted LiDAR systems (two Miniranger units with RGB photogrammetry tools) delivered to the potassium sulfate plant in the Salar de Atacama, with LiDARit processing.
Result
Stockpile measurement cycle from 2 weeks to 3 days · systems purchased June 2018
Source: SQM purchase order 1000139537 (18 June 2018) and client statement.
Agriculture · Colombia

Agrodinco · LiDAR for drainage and irrigation design in cacao plantations

Problem
Designing drainage and irrigation for a plantation requires centimeter-level terrain elevation. Photogrammetry could not deliver the vertical accuracy.
What we built
Capture, processing and analysis of high-density LiDAR and RGB data for the Colombiana de Cacao project, delivered as terrain models the engineers could design on.
Result
2,356 hectares delivered between November 2016 and March 2017
Source: experience certificate issued by Agrodinco Ltda., 26 May 2017.
Construction · Mexico

WD360 · Construction progress for Mexico's large homebuilders

Problem
Homebuilders need to know, every few weeks, whether each housing development is being built as planned. Walking the site does not scale across cities.
What we built
A LiDAR capture and processing service for WD360, which reports progress to builders such as RUBA and Casas ARA on developments in Querétaro and Jalisco.
Result
Continuous processing contract since November 2024 · monthly operating reviews · 3 developments delivered in 2026
Source: signed processing platform contract (2024) and project list, October 2026.

📊 Back-office and accounting operations

AI agents that take over repetitive processing and learn from your team

Accounting · Colombia

Jolly FinanceOps · The complete accounting operation run by an agent, with human approval

Problem
A small company's accounting arrives as e-mails, electronic invoices and bank statements. Posting, reconciling, DIAN support documents and tax filings all depend on one person's time.
What we built
Jolly FinanceOps: an agent that takes instructions by chat and documents by e-mail, posts and reconciles movements, prepares electronic documents, tax formats and traceable reports. The accountant reviews and approves; nothing is filed or paid without a human.
Result
745 accounting movements from 2020–2026 consolidated and reconciled for a shareholders' review (June 2026) · 10 tax-information formats reviewed and 27 of 27 checks passed on two pre-validated DIAN files (2 June 2026) · 12 billing e-mails triaged to an empty inbox on 23 October 2026
Source: accounting operation of a Colombian services company run by Jolly in 2026 (anonymized case); counts verified 23 October 2026. The video is a recreation of real 2026 operations with names and amounts hidden. See Jolly FinanceOps →
Accounting · Colombia

Centro Comercial Único · IAContable, the agent that posts invoices

Problem
The accounting team of a shopping-centre group with four companies spent its days keying supplier invoices and warehouse entries into the ERP, and volume grew faster than headcount.
What we built
IAContable receives invoices through Microsoft Teams, reads them, posts them into the Siesa ERP three times a day and learns from each correction the accountants make.
Result
Live since April 2025 · 2,286 invoices read and 326 posted autonomously in the first months · still operating in October 2026
Source: client operating report, cut 30 April 2025; processing pipeline records to 22 October 2026.

🏭 Sales, retail and restaurants

Consultative sales agents for manufacturers, and an AI host for restaurants and supermarkets

Industrial manufacturing · Colombia

Industrial fan manufacturer (Cali) · A consultative sales agent on WhatsApp

Problem
WhatsApp attention was inconsistent: the advisor asked again for data she already had, offered the wrong equipment and dropped the conversation after sending the datasheet. The criteria for choosing the equipment were not written down.
What we built
A consultative sales agent on WhatsApp that qualifies the lead, sizes the equipment, quotes, sends datasheets and images and follows up with Meta-approved templates, plus a web CRM with a 14-stage pipeline, every conversation, AI or manual mode, reports and forecasts.
Result
Monthly sales of the commercial line two to three times higher in September 2026 than before the agent, all originated in the CRM (client-reported) · the agent handles 487 of 610 active leads (80%) as of 20 October 2026 · in production since 11 June 2026
Source: the client's CRM built by LiDARit (cut 20 October 2026) and the client's own sales report of 13 October 2026. The client's name will be published once it authorizes it.
Restaurants and supermarkets · Panama

Restaurant and supermarket operators · NOMI, the AI host

NOMI Staff, the AI host mascot
Problem
Restaurant and supermarket operators lose customers to slow attention and lose staff to weak onboarding.
What we built
NOMI, an AI host that attends customers and trains new staff on the operator's own menus and procedures.
Result
Deployed for a Panamanian operator's supermarkets and restaurants under contracts signed in November 2024 and January 2025
Source: signed service contracts, 2024–2025. Usage metrics will be published once the operator authorizes them.

Also in progress or delivered

  • DroneEarth (Colombia) · LiDAR processing since 2019 · 71 ha in 2026
  • Icasa (Paraguay) · LiDAR client since 2020 · 12-ha viaduct in 2026
  • Broward County (Florida) · project scanning with a local partner
  • Drone Nerds (Florida) · LiDAR distribution agreement, 2023
  • LearnEnglish (Colombia) · NIAN, AI English conversation practice · 14,882 exchanges with 117 learners in the 60 days to 23 Oct 2026
  • ClassLAB (UNIMINUTO) · AI-assisted class labs since May 2025 · 2,077 sessions completed by 23 October 2026
  • Museums and arts districts (Florida) · 3D scanning into WebXR, 2022–2024

Our rule: a case is published only with the organization's name, a measured number and its date. Cases without the three appear in the list above until we can show them properly.

2016

First certified LiDAR project

20,623

Students who have used MIA

58,730

Leo conversations in 2026

19,610

Hectares processed for one client

9

Countries with LiDAR or AI clients

MIA: unique students in the production database, read 23 October 2026. Leo: valid conversations in 2026, cut 20 August 2026. Hectares from the Seconpa processing ledger, cut 30 September 2025. Countries: Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama, Mexico, Dominican Republic and the United States, per client records 2016–2026.

We don't sell products. We solve problems.

Our clients value us because we start by deeply understanding their bottlenecks. We've worked across mining, agriculture, construction, education, accounting and retail. That cross-industry experience is our superpower.

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Understand the Problem

We sit with you, learn your operations, identify bottlenecks. We bring ideas and concepts from years of cross-industry experience — not a pre-made product.

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Engineer the Solution

Our team builds custom solutions — whether it's a LiDAR processing pipeline, an AI agent for your operations, or a platform that integrates into your workflow.

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Measure & Evolve

Every solution learns and improves. Our AI agents get feedback, adapt, and get better. We track impact and iterate based on real results.

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Where the AI came from

We started in 2016 building laser sensor systems and a processing platform to digitize mines, farms, bridges and cities into 3D point clouds. Millions of points per flight demanded intelligence, so we trained models to process them autonomously. That first AI colleague is the origin of the agents our clients use today.

Organizations we have worked with

UNIMINUTO
UNICAFAM
Centro Comercial Único
SQM Salar (Chile)
Agrodinco (Colombia)
Seconpa (Panamá)
WD360 (México)
DroneEarth (Colombia)
Icasa (Paraguay)
Broward County (USA)
Drone Nerds (USA)
Alianza Francesa
LearnEnglish
The people behind the vision
AV

Andres Valencia

Co-founder & CEO

CB

Carlos Buitrago

Co-founder

MM

Monica Moreno

Co-founder

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