Read the city
Waylight reads shade coverage, lamppost density, street noise, surface quality, and open businesses — not just distance and traffic.
The Paris story
Six moments that show how the city changes.
00
Hook · Bastille
Start with the arrival, not the algorithm.
Most maps greet you with a blank box and a default fastest path. Waylight starts with the texture of the place: warm noon light, dense blocks, the pace of the street.
01
Shade · Notre-Dame
Comfort changes block by block as the day turns.
Shade matters differently at 2pm than 7pm. Sun exposure, tree cover, and heat all reweight the route when the city gets harder to move through.
02
Choice · Tour Eiffel
The best route is sometimes slower on purpose.
People do not only trade time. They trade stress, noise, glare, and whether they feel comfortable walking a stretch alone. Waylight makes those tradeoffs legible.
Personal fit
28 min
Shaded, calmer, better lit later, with a pharmacy en route.
Fastest
22 min
Quicker, but louder, harsher, and less forgiving after dark.
03
Light · Sacré-Cœur
When daylight drops, the map should notice first.
Lighting is not cosmetic data. It changes whether a route feels supportive, exposed, active, or avoidable. Waylight responds as evening settles in.
04
Quiet · Le Marais
Local knowledge is part of the route engine.
Public datasets rarely know that a pavement is blocked, a shortcut feels hostile, or a corner became a good stop after 9pm. Community reports let Waylight model what the city actually feels like right now.
05
Close · Invalides
One product grows into physical-world intelligence.
The consumer wedge creates the learning loop. Once the system understands suitability for real people in real places, that intelligence can support cities, transport operators, and AI agents that need to reason about the street beyond coordinates.