Product and example data
Product notes.
We're building Empla to help expansion teams and AI agents decide where to open next. The platform will use demographic, mobility, competitor and catchment-area data to rank locations and explain why they fit. It will also help teams find relevant properties.
In development. The product preview is scripted; the functional MVP and MCP interface are not publicly available yet.
Data we plan to use
Demographics: Learn about the people near a potential location and how they compare with your target customers.
Mobility: Look at how people move through an area and what that could mean for your business format.
Competitors: See which competitors operate nearby and consider their presence when comparing sites.
Catchment areas: Estimate the area a storefront could serve and compare it with the reach of your existing stores.
We plan to use these sources to rank locations and explain their fit, with relevant properties to investigate. These data connections aren’t live in the preview.
What the preview does
The homepage preview follows a script for the conversation, map layers and agent tools. It doesn’t run a live service or connect to a model, MCP client, property owner or mailbox.
Where the example data comes from
The preview adapts the question, context layers and workspace-to-agent story from the owner-supplied Lovable YC prototype.
The map uses the supplied OpenStreetMap/Nominatim prototype data, credited to OpenStreetMap contributors under ODbL. It does not run a live map query.
The layers export records retrieval on 2026-10-25. The cells file has no snapshot date. Its latest tagged-node timestamp does not establish how fresh the whole dataset is.
The website review date records when we reviewed the copy. It does not record a data refresh or establish market coverage.
What the example can tell you
Mapped OpenStreetMap object counts are not footfall, customer demand, vacancy, a commercial-competition measure or a site-suitability score.
You need to verify property availability, commercial terms and practical suitability separately. The preview has no live property inventory or purchasing service.
Website copy reviewed: 2026-10-27. This is not a dataset refresh date.