Niantic Spatial
nianticspatial.com
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Total raised
$248M
1 round on record
Latest round
$248M
Venture round · May 2025 · 16 mo ago
Hiring now
15
+6 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Javelin Venture Partners, M.G. Siegler
The money's age
Due for its next round
16 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
16/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 2026
Formerly Scaniverse (scaniverse.com)
May 29, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $248M · SEC Form D
2025
Founded
Dec 17, 2020
Released an app Scaniverse - 3D Scanner · App Store
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.08%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.8 ★
12k ratings
Hacker News stories
1
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2025 | $248M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Niantic Spatial, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Katherine Richard-DodsonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
John HankeExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Christopher ChowExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Thomas GeweckeExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 9
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Overview
Niantic Spatial is the geospatial software company formed when Niantic sold its games business to Scopely and kept the mapping technology. It builds a large geospatial model and visual positioning system from the imagery collected by location-based games. Customers use it to anchor augmented reality and robotics to real places.
News
Niantic Spatial Issues Official Statement on Pokemon GO Military Drone Controversy
The developers of Pokemon GO address controversial reports that the game's AR scans were used to train drones for military purposes.
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Niantic Spatial partners with Kojima Productions to merge storytelling with geospatial AI
Niantic Spatial has partnered with Kojima Productions to bring Hideo Kojima
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Hideo Kojima Partners With Niantic Spatial On... A Multiplayer AR Game?
Hideo Kojima's game studio is partnering with Niantic Spatial on what sounds like a multiplayer AR game. But the announcement is extremely vague.
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Kojima Productions Announces New Partnership With Niantic Spatial
During Beyond the Strand, the 10th Anniversary livestream for Kojima Productions, the company revealed a new partnership with Niantic Spatial
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Hideo Kojima's Studio Partners with Niantic Spatial on Enigmatic AR Game of the "near future"
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Hideo Kojima and Niantic Spatial Tease New AR Project
Kojima Productions and Niantic Spatial during Kojima Productions
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Kojima Productions Partners With Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Spatial For New Real-World Project
Kojima Productions and Niantic Spatial announced a new technology partnership that will leverage Niantic Spatial's geospatial AI technology to bring Hideo Kojima's iconic storytelling into the real world.
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Niantic Spatial confirms more layoffs following $3.5bn sale of games business to Scopely
Niantic Spatial has laid off five additional employees as part of its ongoing restructuring after selling its games business to Savvy Games Group subsidiary Scopely.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Niantic Spatial over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
63
Postings analysed
26
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
Python46%
C++23%
TypeScript8%
Go4%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch35%
CUDA15%
JAX12%
COLMAP12%
Cloud & platforms
AWS8%
GCP8%
Spark4%
Azure4%
AI & ML
Gaussian Splatting23%
ChatGPT4%
Claude4%
Core ML4%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$230k
Typical range
$114k – $340k
Open positions
13
8
Jobs
Junior
12.5%
Senior
37.5%
Staff
25%
Architect
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $114k | $114k |
| Senior | 3 | $255k | $222k – $255k |
| Staff | 2 | $290k | $265k – $315k |
| Architect | 2 | $278k | $215k – $340k |
Highest paying role
Head of Legal
$340k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Niantic Spatial
By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay
People
Katherine Richard-Dodson
Executive Officer
John Hanke
Executive Officer, Director
Christopher Chow
Executive Officer
Thomas Gewecke
Executive Officer
Gilman Louie
Director
Megan Quinn
Director
Kenji Okubo
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
80/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
15
8 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
43 days
faster than 31% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
28% ▲
Backend
11% ▲
HR
11% ▲
Sales
11% ▲
Data Science
6% ▲
Hardware
6% ▲
Actively hiring for AI/ML (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added SciPy to stack
Oct 2026
Added NumPy to stack
Oct 2026
Added TensorRT to stack
Oct 2026
Added Self-Supervised Learning to stack
Oct 2026
Added ONNX to stack
Oct 2026
Added Localization to stack
Oct 2026
Added Fine-tuning to stack
Oct 2026
Added Core ML to stack
Oct 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added TypeScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added Three.JS to stack
Sep 2026
Added React.js to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
12 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 58% engineering $236k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Sales, Backend
London
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $271k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Data Science
Sunnyvale
United States
2 open roles 100% engineering $285k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML
Houston
United States
1 open roles $215k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Earlier presence
Washington, United States
Jobs
$257k – $315k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco • Sunnyvale
Python
C++
Computer Vision
Gaussian Splatting
World Models
Machine Learning
Apply
Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • London
Python
SciPy
Computer Vision
NumPy
PyTorch
World Models
Machine Learning
Robotics
SLAM
Localization
Sensor Fusion
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≈ $92k – $210k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • London
Python
C++
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Gaussian Splatting
CUDA
Machine Learning
Robotics
SLAM
COLMAP
Apply
$166k – $221k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
Fine-tuning
Computer Vision
ONNX
TensorRT
PyTorch
Self-Supervised Learning
World Models
Mobile
Core ML
Robotics
SLAM
Localization
Digital Twin
Apply
$207k – $265k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Computer Vision
Embodied AI
Frontend
Next.js
Three.JS
React.js
Robotics
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
Isaac Lab
Sim-to-Real
Management
Google Maps
Apply
$142k – $193k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
Physical AI
Robotics
ROS
Isaac Sim
Isaac Lab
Teleoperation
Sim-to-Real
Apply
$158k – $210k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
Cython
Bottleneck
AI/ML
Computer Vision
LLM
Physical AI
Apply
$230k – $255k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
C++
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Gaussian Splatting
Embodied AI
Machine Learning
Robotics
SLAM
Sim-to-Real
Management
Google Maps
Apply
$138k – $271k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • London
Python
C++
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Gaussian Splatting
CUDA
Embodied AI
Machine Learning
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Management
Google Maps
Apply
$189k – $255k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco • Sunnyvale
Python
C++
OpenCV
JAX
Computer Vision
PyTorch
CUDA
World Models
Physical AI
DevOps
Git
Robotics
COLMAP
Apply
$171k – $215k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • San Francisco • Houston
ROS
ROS2
SLAM
Sensor Fusion
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$248M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $248M | Details |