The first working version of what we then called Market Insights AI (and what would later become Curated): an interactive ArcGIS map and a chatbot, in one screen, holding a real conversation about places.
What shipped
- ArcGIS map with layer list, legend, and drag-to-reorder
- Chat panel alongside the map for natural-language questions
- Map bottom toolbar for layer controls
- First version of the Curated group layer API — the data backbone every later release builds on
Why it mattered
Most GIS tools treat the map as the destination — you fly around layers and read what's there. We started from the inverse: you have a question, and the map is the answer. This first version made that loop work for one user at a time. Everything since has been making it work for organizations, at scale, with the right answer the first time.