AI Mapping Company MAPTEC Wins Two Awards at 2026 World Internet Conference Light of Internet Expo
Nov 10, 2026
Singapore, November 10, 2026 -- MAPTEC, an AI company operating at the frontier of Spatial Intelligence, won two honors at the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit Light of Internet Expo. Its MAPTEC Spatial Intelligence Platform was recognized with the Flagship Product Debut Award and the “Light of Innovation” Product Award, and was also unveiled as one of the expo’s Top 10 Flagship Product Debuts.
The “Light of Innovation” Product Awards ceremony at the WIC Light of Internet Expo.
Ivan Zhang, CEO of MAPTEC, accepts the award (fifth from left).
Aa a signature event, the Light of Internet Expo selects flagship products across sectors after multiple rounds of expert review. Under the theme “Intelligent Internet, Envisioning the Future,” this year’s expo placed MAPTEC alongside innovators from a range of industries, highlighting advances in the integration of AI and spatial intelligence and their potential applications across the economy.
Powered by MAPTEC-R1, the company’s proprietary spatial reasoning model, the platform combines a global map data foundation, open APIs, industry solutions and AI agents in a full-stack architecture, offering mapping, search, positioning, navigation and real-time traffic services.
The platform is built for enterprises going global, which have long faced limited choices in global mapping services, high costs, slow response and data-security concerns. As an independently controlled intelligent location-based services (LBS) alternative, MAPTEC serves industries such as smart mobility, e-commerce logistics, local services and ride-hailing, with public, private and hybrid cloud deployment options tailored for different markets.
Through standardized APIs, large models and industry agents can directly access global location services, translating natural-language requests into map-based tasks, thus extending AI’s ability to interpret and act on the physical world.
Ivan Zhang, CEO of MAPTEC, presented the platform at the expo’s flagship debut event on opening day, outlining its technical approach, core capabilities and applications.
The company says it will continue working on spatial reasoning models, global map data foundation and LBS services, while pursuing technology partnerships and joint standards development across industries. It aims to expand its global service network and provide secure, up-to-date and accessible spatial intelligence capabilities to support enterprises entering global markets.
About MAPTEC
MAPTEC is a Singapore-based AI technology innovator at the frontier of Spatial Intelligence, dedicated to building the global spatial digital infrastructure for the AI era. Built on its proprietary spatial reasoning engine and global LBS capabilities, MAPTEC provides global map and LBS intelligent solutions for enterprises going global.
For further information about MAPTEC, visit https://maptec.com/
For MAPTEC Spatial Intelligence Platform, visit https://lbs.maptec.com/
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