The Black Arcs

The Black Arcs’ mission is to foster a deep understanding of the impacts of our decisions through widespread access to meaningful predictive models. 

Black Arcs creates interactive analytics software to support professionals, corporations, governments, and the general public. Their products illustrate the likely impacts of changes to our environments, allowing users to prototype new ideas.

Citisketch, their first product, is a community-scale simulator. Users explore civic issues by constructing their specific land-use scenarios in a digital twin of their community, which can be used to compare potential plans and engage stakeholders. They facilitate collaborative planning, helping users to punch through silos with a broad suite of features that make discussing complex issues simple and fun. Citisketch employs agent-based artificial intelligence to model mobility behaviour.