An engineer walks a site, photographs an exposed slab and records a few observations. The inspection is finished. The report is still waiting. [2][3]
Back at the office, those notes need sentences, captions, tables and the firm’s formatting. A senior engineer needs time to review the result. [3]
Opusense brings that work into the inspection.
Its mobile app turns typed notes, voice recordings and photos into inspection reports. The reports follow the firm’s existing templates and writing conventions. [2][3]
The engineer supplies the observations. Opusense handles the first draft.
A reporting assistant that knows the firm’s format
Inspectors capture information as they walk, using a phone or tablet. They can dictate observations, type details and attach photographs. Offline capture keeps work moving without a signal. [1][2]
Opusense organizes those inputs into report sections, captions and tables. Firm-specific rules determine the structure and presentation. Reports can be exported as Word or PDF files. [2][3]
The built-in DOCX editor gives teams a familiar place to make changes. A reviewer workflow moves the draft toward the people responsible for checking it. [4]
The engineering team reviews and signs the report. Opusense gives that team a document to review, with its observations already organized. [3]
Built by people who have written the reports
Roya Cody worked as a site inspector before starting Opusense. Reporting meant reconstructing the day from photos, short notes and memory. That frustration became the starting point. [2][3]
Cody holds a PhD in civil engineering from Waterloo. Co-founder Michael Bacani studied electrical and computer engineering there and worked at construction technology startups. [2]
Founded in 2024, Opusense joined Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch. It serves engineering consultants, inspectors and construction teams documenting work across active sites. [2]
From the site walk to the reviewer’s desk
Here’s how a field review team would use it.
An inspector photographs a defect and dictates what was observed. Opusense turns those inputs into a draft using the firm’s report format. Photos and written observations travel together. [2][3]
The engineer edits the draft in the DOCX editor, then sends it through review. In Roya’s example for this article, generating that first draft takes under two minutes. [4]
The same reporting approach supports structural, environmental and geotechnical work, where freeform observations matter more than a checklist alone. [2][3]
Field information that stays with the project
Opusense is expanding from report writing into a broader field operations platform. Contractors, field review teams and property owners each get their own workspace. [1]
Findings can become tasks for construction teams. Reports give owners an organized project record. Property teams can use condition information to identify the next inspection. [1]
The direction is to make information captured on site available for the work that follows. [1]
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The bigger picture
Field teams need their observations to reach the next person while the details are still fresh. [3]
Opusense starts with the formats and review processes those teams already know. [4]
The aim is a shorter path from a site walk to a finished field report.
Written by SOTA2 from Opusense’s public materials and information its founders provided. Customer experiences and product plans are reported by Opusense. Ranking analysis and comparison data are from SOTA2.
Sources
- Opusense — field operations platform
- Y Combinator — Opusense team and public launch
- Launch HN — Opusense and founder discussion
- Opusense — report workflow and example supplied for this article by co-founder Roya Cody