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Launch HN: Opusense (YC X25) – AI assistant for construction inspectors on site

Published on: 2025-07-01 12:35:29

Hi HN, we're Roya and Michael, co-founders of Opusense AI ( https://www.opusense.com/ ), a tool to help engineers and consultants automatically generate construction site reports from typed or voice notes, plus photos. Here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Pi1iih1_Y. Before this, I (Roya) worked in human-machine interaction at Huawei, and before that as a construction site inspector for civil engineering firms. I have a PhD in Civil Engineering, and in my experience reporting was by far the most tedious and mind-numbing part of the job. You’d walk around a site all day taking short notes (maybe, often you'd rely on memory) and snapping photos, then go to three more sites before finally making it back to the office and try to remember everything you wanted to write. Sometimes you’d fill in gaps from memory or you’d keep it purposefully vague. Reports had to be consistent, branded, and checked by senior engineers. It was a huge time sink across the team. Writing reports w ... Read full article.