Elio raised a $21M Series A led by Innovation Endeavors and Xora to advance adaptive optical sensors that let AI choose what to capture in real time.
MapsGPT / Elio is a map you can talk to like a friend. Skip endless searching by asking for what you want, like "a romantic spot for drinks, dim lights, quiet enough to talk" or "where do locals actually eat in DC Chinatown," and get real, rated places. It plans full trips too: tell it where you're going, and it builds a multi-day itinerary your friends can join, add spots to, and vote on. No more long group chats that end up at the same restaurant. It runs on a new kind of geospatial model we built ourselves, an AI that understands places and how people move through them. It turns spots saved in TikToks and screenshots into a usable map. Free with a waitlist at mapsgpt.es. View startup