Field Service Optimization
Optimize technician scheduling and routing with 50+ constraints, reoptimize in real time for last-minute changes, plan territories at scale, and reduce response times across sprawling utility service areas.
Utility operations face relentless pressure — aging infrastructure, sprawling service territories, and crews that must respond fast. NextBillion.ai's Field Service Management Software gives utility operators intelligent scheduling, real-time technician tracking, optimized multi-stop routing, and automated dispatch — so every job gets done on time, every asset stays visible, and every service mile works harder.
End-to-end tools purpose-built for utility field operations — from intelligent scheduling and route optimization to live crew tracking and automated dispatch.
Optimize technician scheduling and routing with 50+ constraints, reoptimize in real time for last-minute changes, plan territories at scale, and reduce response times across sprawling utility service areas.
Automatically generate dispatch-ready multi-stop routes for utility crews in seconds. Reduce driving hours, lower fuel consumption, and absorb demand spikes without overshooting operational budgets.
Gain real-time visibility into every technician and service vehicle. Monitor location, route adherence, and on-road behavior with sub-meter accuracy, including offline tracking in low-connectivity field zones.
Intelligently assign technicians to jobs using dynamic parameters — location familiarity, shift timings, skill sets, and order priority — ensuring optimal crew-to-task pairing at scale.
Define virtual boundaries around service zones, depot sites, and customer premises. Trigger automated arrival confirmations, unauthorized movement alerts, and territory-based dispatch workflows instantly.
Automate the handoff from planning to execution. Push optimized job queues and routes directly to technician mobile apps, eliminating manual communication delays and dispatch errors.
Utility networks span vast territories — from dense urban grids to remote rural infrastructure — and field crews must respond to planned maintenance, emergency callouts, and regulatory inspections simultaneously. NextBillion.ai's FSM platform handles the operational complexity utilities face daily: multi-crew scheduling with 50+ constraints, real-time reoptimization when outages or emergency jobs disrupt the plan, live technician tracking across low-connectivity regions, and automated dispatch that eliminates manual handoffs. The result is faster response times, lower cost-per-job, and a mobile workforce that's always on the most efficient route.
See how utility and field service operators cut costs, reduced response times, and scaled their mobile workforces with NextBillion.ai.
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"I admire NextBillion.ai's fast response and friendly manners whenever we need professional support in geospatial data processing. They have delivered a valuable service and support to our company that we appreciate."
"By substantially reducing the number of developer hours spent on scheduling, NextBillion.ai's MVRP and large Distance Matrix API have helped us improve our operational efficiency and increase our cost savings significantly!"
"Support very good and friendly. Nextbillion provide the maps distance calculation with the low price but high value service to us. Nextbilions has help us reduce the cost and provide the same service as google!"
"Rich in features, light in the pocket. NextBillion.ai is solving the complex processes of the best route for the right vehicle."
"We were unhappy with the pricing from big players in this space and needed a scalable alternative that offered customizability. NextBillion.ai's Maptiles API was exactly what we were looking for. For companies in the ferry and nautical map domain, we'd highly recommend NextBillion.ai."
"I admire NextBillion.ai's fast response and friendly manners whenever we need professional support in geospatial data processing. They have delivered a valuable service and support to our company that we appreciate."
"By substantially reducing the number of developer hours spent on scheduling, NextBillion.ai's MVRP and large Distance Matrix API have helped us improve our operational efficiency and increase our cost savings significantly!"
"Support very good and friendly. Nextbillion provide the maps distance calculation with the low price but high value service to us. Nextbilions has help us reduce the cost and provide the same service as google!"
"Rich in features, light in the pocket. NextBillion.ai is solving the complex processes of the best route for the right vehicle."
"We were unhappy with the pricing from big players in this space and needed a scalable alternative that offered customizability. NextBillion.ai's Maptiles API was exactly what we were looking for. For companies in the ferry and nautical map domain, we'd highly recommend NextBillion.ai."
Built from the ground up for operational complexity, NextBillion.ai delivers the routing intelligence, flexibility, and reliability that utility field service teams demand.
Model real-world utility scheduling complexity — shift hours, skills, vehicle types, time windows, and regulatory requirements — with over 50 hard and soft optimization constraints.
Per-vehicle and per-order pricing replaces unpredictable per-API-call billing, so seasonal demand spikes and reoptimization cycles never create budget overruns.
Round-the-clock hands-on support from dedicated solutions engineers ensures your utility operations stay running without delays when issues arise in the field.
SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR and CCPA compliant, with on-premise deployment options for utilities operating under strict data residency or government compliance mandates.
The founders and engineers behind the platform that powers utility field operations globally.
Co-Founder
Ajay Bulusu is a co-founder of NextBillion.ai, bringing deep expertise in geospatial technology and large-scale location platform engineering. His journey began in 2017 as part of Grab's pioneering Geo team, where he helped build the location infrastructure underpinning one of Southeast Asia's largest mobility and logistics platforms. That experience revealed how critical — and how underserved — accurate, flexible location technology was for real-world operations. Driven by a mission to democratize sophisticated location intelligence, Ajay co-launched NextBillion.ai in 2020. Under his technical leadership, the platform has scaled to serve 150+ businesses globally, optimize over 10.9 million deliveries and field tasks, and deliver more than $11 million in documented cost savings to customers.
Co-Founder
Gaurav Bubna drives product innovation at NextBillion.ai, bringing a proven track record of building successful products from scratch across ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics. Before co-founding NextBillion.ai, Gaurav held product leadership roles at Grab, Ola, and Morgan Stanley — organizations where location technology and operational efficiency are existential. His time on Grab's Geo team alongside Ajay and Shaolin crystallized the vision: logistics and field service businesses needed enterprise-grade location intelligence without prohibitive per-call pricing. Since launching NextBillion.ai in 2020, Gaurav has led the product evolution that has helped the platform navigate over 557 million miles and raise $34.25M in venture capital from investors including Lightspeed and Microsoft's M12.
Co-Founder
Shaolin Zheng is a co-founder of NextBillion.ai, contributing deep technical expertise in geospatial systems and scalable mapping infrastructure. Like his co-founders, Shaolin's formative experience building location technology for Grab's Geo team gave him firsthand insight into the operational gaps that generic mapping solutions leave unaddressed — particularly for field service and logistics businesses operating at scale. His engineering perspective shapes NextBillion.ai's core philosophy: location technology must be customizable, cost-predictable, and production-reliable. The platform he helped build now powers GPS tracking, route optimization, and field service intelligence for over 150 businesses worldwide, with on-premise deployment options and SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certifications ensuring enterprise-grade security.
NextBillion.ai's Field Service Management (FSM) platform is an AI-powered suite of APIs and software tools that enables utility operators to schedule technicians, optimize multi-stop service routes, dispatch jobs automatically, and track field crews in real time. It handles complex operational constraints — shift hours, vehicle types, skill requirements, time windows — and reoptimizes routes dynamically when plans change in the field.
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