urbanixm supports sustainable urban development through custom data analysis, case study research, and interactive tools to support decision-making, combining global best practice with knowledge of local context.
We work with teams tackling the complex challenges of sustainable urban development, local authorities, urban planners, transport engineers, urban activists, city think tanks and NGOs.
Our methodology comes from 15+ years of tackling complex information problems across research and industry—from academic information retrieval through industrial-scale search systems to startup environments where rapid learning matters most.
We tap into the collective knowledge of cities worldwide through our AI driven Web crawl and content annotation tools that collect evidence about the impact of urban interventions. We carry out analyses of heterogeneous urban data to understand how the impact information is applicable to a specific local context.
Our service-first approach reflects the recognition that urban complexity requires both technical rigor and intellectual humility—understanding what the data can tell us while acknowledging what it cannot.
Team
Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Founder
Information scientist and data engineer with competence in software development, search engines, data mining and natural language processing.
15+ years of experience working in startups, academia, commercial research organizations and innovation accelerators.
10+ years working on urban information systems for urban planning and real estate.
Advisors and collaborators
We have assembled a strong international team of advisors and collaborators.
They come from the public and private sector with experience in shaping cities around the globe.
They bring in expertise in urban planning, transport engineering, economics, service design, and more.
