RunPilot grew from more than five years of infrastructure modelling, optimisation and network planning research at the University of Sheffield. The work started from a simple problem: infrastructure planning is inherently iterative, but the tools and workflows used to support it often are not.

Routes, engineering assumptions, land constraints, environmental evidence and consenting risks change as projects develop. When they do, teams can be pushed back into repeated cycles of analysis, redesign and reporting across disconnected systems. RunPilot was built to make that process faster and more structured.

Today, RunPilot is being developed as planning software for consultancies, network operators and infrastructure owners. It helps teams generate and compare infrastructure options, test engineering and delivery constraints earlier, and retain the evidence behind decisions as projects change. The aim is straightforward: help infrastructure teams move from slow rework to faster, better evidenced decisions.