CitiIQ Announces AI-Powered City Analysis
Multi-language advancements celebrate the spirit of WUF13 with data-driven insights into 3,000 global cities
Toronto, May 17th, 2026— Urban leaders, planners, and policymakers from around the world gather this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13). CitiIQ is proud to announce a series of advancements to ensure that cities are effectively measured, understood, and compared, reflecting CitiIQ's deep commitment to equipping the world with the data it needs to build better cities.
WUF13 is one of the most important gatherings in the global urban agenda. It invites the international community to turn its collective attention to the challenges and opportunities that define city life for billions of people.
"As the world's urban community gathers in Baku to grapple with the defining challenges of our cities, we're proud to be expanding the tools available to understand them. The scoring of 3,000 global cities combined with a new AI Agent is a powerful resource highlighting that scalable, data-driven city measurement is not just possible, it is here. And this is only the beginning."
— Don Simmonds, CEO, CitiIQ
A New Window into City Analysis: The CitiIQ AI Agent
CitiIQ's Measurement System has always provided a rigorous, structured lens for evaluating cities using 107 Indicators to drive its signature scoring out of 100 for a city’s 35 most important Considerations. Now, a powerful new AI tool sits at the heart of that system, transforming the way users engage with a city’s data – in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.
The CitiIQ AI Agent is designed to do more than surface numbers or drill down into them. It opens a dialogue. Users can interact with a city's scores and ask probing questions, receiving contextual, intelligent analysis that deepens their understanding of what the measured results are saying.
Exploring a city's performance, trajectory, and opportunities for improvement, the CitiIQ AI Agent stands as a knowledgeable concierge helping our world move from observation to insight, and from insight to action.
Key capabilities of the CitiIQ AI Agent include:
• Natural-language exploration of city scores and underlying indicators
• Contextual explanations of what scores mean and why they matter
• Guided analysis to help identify a city's core strengths, vulnerabilities, and improvement pathways
• Seamless integration with CitiIQ's broader measurement framework for deeper, multi-layered analysis and drill-down insights
Measurement as a Foundation for Better Cities
The work being discussed at WUF13, from housing equity to climate resilience to inclusive governance, cannot advance without a clear, honest picture of where cities stand today. CitiIQ was built on the conviction that rigorous, consistent, and accessible city measurement is foundational to progress. You cannot improve what you cannot measure.
The launch of these advancements brings CitiIQ closer than ever to its mission: to give everyone, from mayors and urban planners to investors, researchers, and engaged citizens, the tools they need to understand cities deeply, compare them honestly, and chart a course toward something better.
About CitiIQ
CitiIQ is a standardized city measurement platform where evidence-based methodology meets human-centric design. Its comprehensive measurement and dashboard system spans 5 dimensions, 35 considerations, and 107 indicators, delivering quarterly data collection and scoring benchmarked out of 100. The platform empowers city stakeholders to make informed, data-driven decisions for their cities. Learn more at citiiq.com.
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