Outsight and AWS Sign Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Spatial AI adoption in Aviation

Frequently Asked Questions

• What does listing a spatial intelligence platform on AWS Marketplace actually change for airport operators?

  AWS Marketplace lets operators purchase and activate software directly against existing AWS spend commitments, which removes a separate procurement cycle and consolidates billing into one vendor relationship. For airport IT teams operating under multi-year AWS enterprise agreements, this means Outsight's SHIFT platform can be activated without a standalone contract negotiation, cutting weeks off typical deployment timelines. The software runs on the same cloud infrastructure the operator already trusts for security and compliance audits, making it easier for airports to adopt real-time 3D Spatial Intelligence capabilities across terminals and airside zones without the friction of a traditional enterprise software procurement.

• Why would a spatial AI deployment run on cloud infrastructure rather than purely on edge hardware?

  Edge hardware handles the latency-critical work: raw LiDAR processing and entity tracking run on-site at sub-50ms to support live alerts. Cloud infrastructure handles the workloads that benefit from scale and persistence: storing months of 3D trajectory data, running demand-forecasting models across multiple sites simultaneously, and serving analytics dashboards to distributed operations teams. Outsight's SHIFT platform is built around this hybrid split, with the real-time perception layer deployed in the infrastructure on-site and longer-horizon analytics, multi-site aggregation, and integrations running in the cloud. The partnership with AWS reflects that architecture, giving enterprise customers in aviation and other sectors a faster path to procurement and deployment without forcing one layer to absorb responsibilities better handled by the other.

• How does a privacy-by-design architecture satisfy GDPR differently from a system that anonymizes camera footage?

  A camera-based system records pixel data that can contain faces and license plates, then applies post-processing to blur or strip identifying information. If the anonymization step fails or is bypassed, personal data was still captured. LiDAR captures shape, position, and motion as 3D points: no pixel, face, or biometric is ever recorded at any stage. There is nothing to anonymize after the fact. GDPR compliance follows from the physics of the sensor, not from the reliability of a software filter. Outsight's Motional Digital Twin is built on this principle, using infrastructure-based LiDAR so that anonymity is a property of the data acquisition itself rather than a downstream process that could be misconfigured or circumvented.

• Can the same spatial intelligence deployment cover both airside and landside at an airport?

  Yes. Infrastructure-mounted LiDAR sensors can be placed across both zones, feeding a single shared 3D point cloud. Outsight's Motional Digital Twin is built around exactly this architecture: sensors installed in the infrastructure (not on moving entities) cover any combination of zones within a site, while the SHIFT platform applies zone-level permissions so different operations teams query only their own area. Landside use cases include curbside vehicle dwell monitoring, drop-off congestion, and pedestrian flow from parking to check-in. Airside use cases include checkpoint queue measurement, gate boarding flow, and baggage claim occupancy. Deployments at airports such as Dallas Fort Worth and Paris-Charles de Gaulle demonstrate that both zones can be unified under a single analytics layer without requiring separate systems.

• Does running spatial AI on cloud infrastructure create a latency problem for real-time safety alerts?

  Not when the architecture separates edge from cloud correctly. Safety-critical events, such as a perimeter intrusion or a person falling, require sub-50ms response and are handled entirely by on-site edge processing without a cloud round-trip. This is the approach Outsight takes with its SHIFT platform: the real-time perception pipeline runs at the infrastructure edge, while cloud infrastructure receives the processed entity stream after the fact, or at reduced frequency, for analytics workloads that do not need millisecond response. Operators can configure delivery rates per use case, trading latency headroom for lower storage and bandwidth costs on non-critical pipelines. The result is that cloud adoption accelerates deployment and procurement without compromising the latency guarantees that safety alerting demands.

• When was the strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services for aviation announced?

  Outsight published the announcement of its strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in December 2025. The partnership includes making Outsight's Spatial Intelligence platform available on AWS Marketplace. Outsight and AWS collaborate on large-scale deployments across transportation hubs. The stated aim is to help enterprise customers adopt Spatial Intelligence more easily, with fast and secure integration, streamlined procurement and faster time-to-value.

• Which airport and transport hub problems does the AWS partnership tackle?

  Outsight and AWS collaborate on large-scale deployments across transportation hubs to tackle operational challenges including security bottlenecks, crowd management and space optimization. In airports, the platform is used to manage checkpoint queues and other use cases. Real-time dashboards give operators actionable data for resource allocation, staffing, infrastructure planning and security enhancements. The partnership is designed to make these capabilities faster to adopt at scale.

• Which industries besides airports can buy the Spatial Intelligence platform through AWS?

  Outsight's platform serves operators of airports and train stations, sports venues, road infrastructure and industrial sites, who use its real-time analytics to improve operations, enhance visitor experience and increase safety. The AWS partnership further expands Outsight's distribution channels across all of these segments. Stadiums use it to handle large crowds, smart cities to enhance pedestrian safety and traffic flow, and industrial facilities to streamline workflows and space utilization.

• What data does the Spatial Intelligence platform on AWS capture about people and vehicles?

  Outsight's solutions track people and vehicles as anonymous 3D points. They rely on Physical AI based on advanced 3D LiDAR sensors and Edge AI, with no cameras, no facial recognition and no personal data captured, and they work at large scale. This privacy-by-design architecture ensures compliance with GDPR and other regulations. Operators still receive detailed real-time analytics on movement, which feed dashboards for staffing, planning and security.

• What did Raul Bravo say about the AWS partnership?

  Raul Bravo, President Founder of Outsight, said that it is now faster for operators to adopt privacy-first Spatial Intelligence with real-time insights at scale. His statement reflects the purpose of the partnership with Amazon Web Services, which includes listing Outsight's Spatial Intelligence platform on AWS Marketplace. For operators, this means simpler procurement and integration. It also connects Outsight's privacy-by-design approach with the scale and security of AWS.

• What decisions can airport teams make from real-time dashboards hosted on AWS?

  Outsight's real-time dashboards provide actionable data for resource allocation, staffing, infrastructure planning and security enhancements. In international airports on five continents, the platform manages checkpoint queues and other use cases. Outsight and AWS collaborate on large-scale deployments across transportation hubs to tackle security bottlenecks, crowd management and space optimization. Running on AWS ensures robust performance, scalability and security, and the data comes from anonymous 3D points with no personal data captured.

• How widely deployed was the Spatial Intelligence platform at the time of the AWS deal?

  At the time of the AWS partnership, Outsight's platform was driving improvements in international airports on five continents, where it manages checkpoint queues and other use cases. It is also used in stadiums handling large crowds, in smart cities enhancing pedestrian safety and traffic flow, and in industrial facilities streamlining workflows and space utilization. Outsight and AWS collaborate on large-scale deployments across transportation hubs.

• How does the AWS partnership expand reach to new customers across transportation and industrial markets?

  The AWS partnership further expands Outsight's distribution channels across transportation hubs, sports venues, road infrastructure operators and industrial sites. It includes making Outsight's Spatial Intelligence platform available on AWS Marketplace. The Marketplace listing streamlines billing and integration for organizations already using AWS. According to the announcement, enterprise customers can adopt Spatial Intelligence more easily, with fast, secure integration, streamlined procurement and faster time-to-value.

• How does buying the platform through AWS shorten time-to-value for enterprise customers?

  The agreement lets enterprise customers adopt Spatial Intelligence more easily through fast, secure integration, streamlined procurement and faster time-to-value. Running on AWS ensures robust performance, scalability and security, while the AWS Marketplace listing streamlines billing and integration for organizations already using AWS. Raul Bravo, President Founder of Outsight, said it is now faster for operators to adopt privacy-first Spatial Intelligence with real-time insights at scale.

• How do smart cities use the Spatial Intelligence platform for pedestrian safety?

  Outsight's platform is used by smart cities to enhance pedestrian safety and traffic flow. It tracks people and vehicles as anonymous 3D points using Physical AI based on 3D LiDAR sensors and Edge AI, with no cameras and no personal data captured. Road infrastructure operators are among the groups that use these real-time analytics to increase safety and improve operations. The AWS partnership expands Outsight's distribution to road infrastructure operators as well as transportation hubs.

• Can I buy a people flow monitoring platform through AWS Marketplace?

  Yes. Outsight's Spatial Intelligence platform is available on AWS Marketplace, which streamlines procurement and billing for organisations that already buy through AWS. The partnership with AWS covers large-scale deployments across transportation hubs, addressing security bottlenecks, crowd management and space optimisation. Running on AWS supports performance, scalability and security. The platform tracks people and vehicles as anonymous 3D points, with no cameras, facial recognition or personal data.