AI Arborist Engine - now in development with founding councils
Find the tree that failsbefore it falls.
Arborsist pairs NFC-tagged trees and public reporting with an AI engine that reads a tree's entire history - and flags the danger points humans miss.
01The problem
Tree failure is silentuntil it isn't.
Falling trees and limbs kill people, close roads and cost councils millions in liability. Manual inspections are episodic, subjective, and can't scale across hundreds of thousands of roadside trees.
0%
of tree failures show visible warning signs beforehand
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of trees per council area - far beyond manual inspection capacity
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captured per public report, feeding the AI's visual history
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public reporting via NFC tap - no app install, no account
02The platform
Every tree, connected.Every risk, visible.
NFC-tagged trees
Every tree carries a weather-proof NFC tag. One tap with any smartphone opens its full digital record - no app, no account.
Public reporting
Anyone can report a dangerous tree in under a minute: two photos, a severity rating, done.
AI hazard detection
The AI Arborist Engine reads each tree's complete history - images, inspections, growth data - and compares it with fresh photos to flag danger points automatically.
Triage & work orders
Reports arrive pre-prioritised. Office staff dispatch arborists with full context.
Living tree inventory
Species, location, condition, maintenance history - a complete asset register that updates itself with every scan.
Urgent vs. informational
Two-tier severity ratings ensure critical hazards surface immediately while routine observations feed long-term planning.
03AI Arborist Engine
A second opinion onevery tree. Instantly.
The engine cross-references decades of tree history with real-time photos to detect what manual inspection misses - obscured road signs, low-hanging limbs, structural decline, progressive decay.
Reads historical images, inspections and growth data
Compares against fresh photos from every NFC scan
Flags danger points ranked by severity and urgency
04Who it's for
Built for the peoplewho answer for trees.
Councils
Manage public tree inventories at municipal scale, respond to citizen reports, and demonstrate defensible duty of care across your jurisdiction.
Arborists
Arrive on site with the tree's complete history in hand. Track work orders, document conditions, and build a defensible record for every client.
Property managers
Keep tree inventories current across every managed property and coordinate maintenance with contractors from a single system.
Founding council program
Shape the AI that protects your community.
We're partnering with a small group of founding councils to define pilot scope, priority use cases and grant-ready proposals for the next TAC funding round.