\u201cOur mission is to help change how we interact with the built world, and we\u2019re starting with interior design,\u201d Mahoney [pictured above] told Refresh Miami.<\/p>\n
ImaageQ\u2019s spatial intelligence platform helps homebuyers see what an empty or poorly staged property could become. A broker scans a room to generate an AutoCAD-style model. The platform then uses a buyer\u2019s preferences, budget and lifestyle to furnish the space virtually with products from participating brands, all through a phone, without virtual reality glasses.<\/p>\n
The idea grew out of a career that began far from artificial intelligence. Born and raised in New York City, Mahoney\u2019s first job after college involved selling copy machines door to door. It taught her \u201cwhat it really meant to have professional salesmanship,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n
Mahoney later worked at Cushman & Wakefield, studied technology management at Columbia University and helped build multifamily real estate startup redIQ, which Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s Berkadia eventually acquired.<\/p>\n
Although redIQ produced sophisticated financial models, some properties still had vacancy rates around 10%. Mahoney began wondering whether prospective residents struggled to envision themselves inside those spaces.<\/p>\n
After moving to Miami, she met veteran interior designer Geri Weiner, who would become her business partner, after offering a blunt initial review.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe said, \u2018If you\u2019re building a design app, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever going to work,\u2019\u201d Mahoney recalled.<\/p>\n
That skepticism sharpened the concept. Together, they began developing technology that could extend a designer\u2019s expertise across markets and reach buyers as they considered a home.<\/p>\n
ImaageQ is starting in luxury real estate, where buyers may dismiss multimillion-dollar properties because they are empty or badly staged. Furniture brands can reach customers at the beginning of a move, while brokers and developers get a tool intended to accelerate sales and reduce the carrying costs of unsold units.<\/p>\n
The company was preparing to move from beta testing into a pilot, with plans to generate revenue by the end of the year. It had also raised more than $1 million and was finishing its fundraising round, according to Mahoney.<\/p>\n
Its ambitions extend beyond interior design. Mahoney sees possible applications wherever technology needs to understand physical environments and plans to develop ImaageQ Labs to explore them.<\/p>\n
Miami, where she has lived for three years, is central to that vision. Mahoney hopes to create local jobs, collaborate with educational institutions and give students access to emerging technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe in Miami for Miami,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a city of innovation, and there\u2019s no better city to curate that here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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