An app from the urbanOS ecosystem

Ask yourcity’s data.

NOVA is your urbanOS copilot: ask your live sensors, dashboards and documents in plain language — and get cited answers and triggered actions, straight from your own data.

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Opens NOVA in the demo environment — simulated city data, no account needed.

NOVA is the AI assistant in the urbanOS ecosystem: it turns every sensor reading, dashboard and document into a conversation. Ask questions, get cited answers, trigger actions — grounded in your own data, not the open web.

Why it matters

An assistant that actually knows your city.

Not the open web — NOVA answers from your own live data, with sources. Everyone on the team asks in plain language and gets defensible answers instead of gut feeling.

Ask your data

Plain-language answers over your live sensors, dashboards and history — "How busy was the Marktplatz on Saturday?"

RAG grounding

Answers cited from your own documents and records — backed by a source or not given at all (cite-or-abstain).

MCP actions

Connected to your systems via the Model Context Protocol — NOVA fetches data and triggers actions, not just answers.

Grounded

How NOVA is built — open, grounded, bounded.

Via MCP, NOVA docks onto your sensors, data sources and urbanOS apps — and onto your own systems. Every persona gets its own RAG store with its own data permissions: the citizen assistant sees different things than planning.

And NOVA doesn’t stay inside urbanOS: the assistant can be embedded into your own and external apps — website, citizen app, case-work systems.

  • MCP: sensors, data sources, urbanOS apps & your systems
  • One RAG per persona — with its own data permissions
  • Embeddable into your own & external apps

Every connection is explicit — NOVA sees only what you share.

The architecture at a glance
Data silosMany silosNOVAOne copilot
How it all connectsMCP connections · RAG per persona · data permissions · embedding
What NOVA can do

One chat — the whole city.

From a simple question through cited analyses to triggered actions — NOVA reaches into every urbanOS system and into your own tools.

Ask your data.

Query live and historical readings in plain language — across all sensors and dashboards.

Plain languageLive & historyAll systems

Cited, not guessed.

RAG grounds every answer in your documents and records — with a citation. What NOVA can’t back up, it says so openly.

RAG groundingWith citationsCite-or-abstain

Not just talk — act.

Connected to your systems via MCP: NOVA fetches data and triggers actions — create a ticket, start a workflow, release a route.

MCP toolsTrigger actionsAutomations

One assistant per team.

Role personas with their own scope, tone and tools — planning, operations, citizen-facing. Everyone gets the right NOVA.

Role personasOwn scopeOwn tone

Patterns across all systems.

NOVA links sources: "Where does the city need attention?" — prioritized hotspots across Smart Garden, Waste, Parking and BLE.

Cross-sourcePrioritizedRAG

Dashboards from text.

Describe your dashboard in one sentence — NOVA builds widgets, charts and layout automatically.

Text → dashboardAuto widgetsIn seconds

Private & EU-hosted.

Your data stays in your workspace. NOVA runs on EU infrastructure and answers with citations — or not at all.

EU-hostedYour workspace onlyCite-or-abstain
One assistant, three angles

Ask, understand, embed.

The same NOVA, shown three ways: the cited answer in chat, the architecture behind it — and the embedding into your own channels.

Question → cited answer
Architecture — MCP, RAG & permissions
Embedding — NOVA in your apps
Built on trust

Honestly answered, strictly bounded.

NOVA answers only from your data — with a source or not at all — and runs EU-hosted in your workspace.

Cite-or-abstain

Every statement is backed by your source. If the evidence is missing, NOVA says so openly — instead of hallucinating.

Your workspace only

NOVA sees exclusively what you share — strictly scoped to your workspace and your roles.

EU-hosted

Runs on EU infrastructure. Your data never leaves your span of control.

3connected urbanOS apps as live sources
RAGgrounded in your documents, with citations
5RAG stores per persona — with their own permissions
100%of answers openly name their source

Every connection is explicit — NOVA sees only what you share.

Runs on the Urban Data Platform.

Every urbanOS app inherits the platform underneath it. You never buy an island.

Sovereign by default

GDPR-compliant, ISO-certified, hosted in Germany. Your city's data stays your city's data.

Live in days

Standard IoT sensors over LoRaWAN and existing networks. Deployment takes days, not months.

Grows with you

Add or remove apps as your city's needs change. The platform and your data stay in place.

For your workspace

Pricing on request.

NOVA is tailored to your workspace, your personas and connected tools. Tell us your setup — we’ll put a package together.

Always included
  • RAG grounding in your documents & data
  • MCP connection to your systems
  • Role personas per team
  • EU hosting & cite-or-abstain
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Ask it yourself.

The open demo runs on simulated city data: ask questions, experience cited answers and triggered actions. No account — it’s the same assistant our cities use.

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NOVA, explained by your AI

Let the AI you trust walk you through NOVA and its concrete value for your municipality — tailored to your role and your city.

ChatGPTClaudePerplexity

Opens your AI in a new tab with a prepared question. You can edit it before sending.