What Niantic does
Niantic is known for real-world augmented reality games and apps such as Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now, along with companion apps like Campfire and Wayfarer, which encourage outdoor exploration and social interaction. In 2025 the company spun off its geospatial AI business into a separate company, Niantic Spatial Inc.
Key capabilities
The geospatial AI work centers on building a Large Geospatial Model, a world model powered by large-scale machine learning that helps people and machines understand and navigate physical spaces. It builds on Niantic's Visual Positioning System and a proprietary database of billions of posed images, trained on scans, splats, LiDAR, drone imagery, and VPS anchors, providing spatially grounded understanding that can enhance reasoning in large language models.
Who it's for
Niantic's consumer games reach a broad global player base, while its geospatial intelligence is positioned for developers and applications spanning AR experiences, AR glasses, robotics, content creation, and autonomous systems. The company is headquartered in the United States.