Real-world place intelligence for AI apps and agents
Hey everyone 👋
We’re Vlad and Yarik, founders of VOYGR.
Have you ever asked ChatGPT for a restaurant recommendation, only to have it suggest a place that hasn’t been open in years?
VOYGR is the most accurate API for companies to validate and enrich their place records at scale. We deliver comprehensive, up-to-date information about places and local businesses for AI apps, agents, and analytics. We also offer far richer place attributes than standard mapping APIs (for example, which sauna Justin Bieber frequents).
👥 Team
Vlad knows this space inside and out – he worked on the Google Maps APIs GTM, plus firsthand customer experience from building in ridesharing and travel. Yarik has spent over a decade leading ML/search teams at Apple, Google, and Meta.
❌ The problem
Real-world interactions rely on mapping data: 15M+ websites, 40% of search queries, and up to 20% of LLM prompts need local context. Yet even a simple restaurant recommendation often fails: the place may no longer exist, there’s no menu-level search, or – god forbid – you need to ask something nuanced (“what’s available that’s gluten free?”).
The gap is place data – it goes stale, and the attributes are shallow. Google Maps API comes with strict terms, but companies need flexible access, plus analytics and the ability to match against proprietary data.
✅ Our solution
VOYGR keeps place data accurate and current at scale. We confirm what’s live, resolve inconsistencies, and combine rich, fresh web context like news, articles, and events.
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Place validation & operating status – Confirm a place exists and is currently operating. We detect discrepancies, rebrands, and closures.
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Place data enrichment – Populate and continuously enrich place records using web, social, and authoritative data sources, from foundational attributes (address, category, contacts, web presence) to operating data (hours, features, amenities, etc.).
🎯 Who it’s for
Teams with large-scale place data and real-world ops: mapping, geospatial analytics, transportation & logistics, search/discovery apps. We support a broad range of industry workflows: transaction enrichment for banks and issuers, property indexing for real estate, site selection for retail, sales territory planning, ads measurement, and more.
🤝 Our ask
We’re looking for customers and design partners who have place datasets and high freshness requirements. If you’re building anything where “local” matters, we’d love to talk!
📩 founders@voygr.tech
🌐 voygr.tech
Maps tag places – VOYGR understands.
