Spaceos
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spaceOS provides a workplace experience platform and building operating system for building owners, operators, tenants and office managers, supporting tenant engagement, hybrid work, and flexible workspaces. The platform combines technology, digital content, community engagement, and integrations to manage workplace communities.
Also known as spaceOS · SpaceOS
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026spaceOS is a workplace experience and community engagement platform that digitizes life in office buildings and workplace communities. It is aimed at building owners, operators, tenants and office managers, and covers tenant experience, flexible-space management, hybrid working, and integrations via an open API.
The platform is packaged into three products: an asset/building product positioned as an all-in-one building operating system and tenant engagement platform for asset owners and managers, developers and REITs; a flex product serving coworking, flexible office, incubator and innovation campus operators as a community and hospitality layer; and a hybrid/team product serving HR and people operations, workplace strategists and corporate teams as an employee engagement tool. Feature modules include custom-branded experience apps, social desk and amenity booking, events, community and chat, newsfeeds and announcements, help center and support, ratings, feedback and surveys, visitor management, parking, marketplaces, and access control and elevator integrations.
According to Coworking Europe, spaceOS was acquired in May 2023 by Equiem, an Australian firm providing tenant services for office buildings; spaceOS was described at that point as Dublin- and Warsaw-based, with the combined companies powering more than 800 buildings across over 25 countries.
Founding story
The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland; a third-party data profile lists a founding year of 2017.
Business model
spaceOS sells a software platform to commercial real estate owners and managers, flex-space operators and corporate occupiers, complemented by digital content, on-site community engagement and partnerships with integration providers that customize the workplace ecosystem for each community. It also works with affiliate vendors, resellers and integration partners.
Traction
spaceOS stated 70+ staff worldwide and partnered with Commerz Real to power the 290,000 sq ft Fulton West development in Chicago's West Loop. Following the May 2023 Equiem acquisition, the combined companies were reported to power more than 800 buildings across over 25 countries.
Latest developments
In May 2023 spaceOS was acquired by Australian tenant-experience software company Equiem, with terms undisclosed; the deal was intended to provide capital for further acquisitions and to integrate the spaceOS platform into Equiem's tenant experience offering.
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Market position
spaceOS positioned itself as an award-winning workplace experience platform serving public companies, coworking brands, innovation campuses and multinational office portfolios. It was characterized in trade press as a European workplace management software provider prior to its acquisition by Equiem, whose enlarged footprint after the deal spanned more than 25 countries and over 800 buildings.
spaceOS presents an end-to-end 'phygital' operating platform spanning asset, flex and hybrid use cases from a single vendor, combining tenant engagement software with building-systems integrations, marketplaces and on-site community programming, plus an open API and analytics intended to personalize workplace experiences and inform amenity and service design.
Technology
The platform acts as a technology layer for buildings, combining custom-branded tenant and employee apps with an open API and pre-built integrations into building management systems, access control, elevator dispatch, parking, visitor management and sensor technologies. It applies machine learning to feedback, ratings, engagement and tenant behavior to generate real-time building and tenant insights, and supports marketplace and payment transactions with retail merchants. spaceOS references the SmartScore building certification standard in positioning its platform.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales through demo requests and inbound enquiry forms segmented by customer type (building owner/CRE, flex operator, enterprise/hybrid working, asset management firm) and office size, supported by an affiliate vendor, reseller and integration partner program and case studies such as Fulton West in Chicago.
Building owners and asset managers, developers and REITs; coworking, flexible office, incubator and innovation campus operators; and corporate HR/people operations, workplace strategy teams and enterprise hybrid-working occupiers, along with the tenants and employees using those spaces.
Geography
Founded in Dublin, Ireland, with staff worldwide; at the time of the Equiem acquisition spaceOS was described as Dublin- and Warsaw-based. A separate data profile lists the company in Galway, Ireland. Deployments include Fulton West in Chicago, United States. Following the acquisition, the combined Equiem/spaceOS footprint extended beyond North America, Britain and Ireland to more than 25 countries.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAustralian tenant-experience software firm Equiem acquired spaceOS. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction expanded Equiem's footprint beyond North America, Britain and Ireland to more than 25 countries, with 800+ buildings powered by the combined companies, and integrates the Dublin- and Warsaw-based spaceOS platform into Equiem's tenant experience platform.
spaceOS partnered with Commerz Real to serve as the workplace experience platform for Fulton West, a nine-story, 290,000 sq ft Gensler-designed building complex in Chicago's West Loop, including a 20,000 sq ft amenity rooftop, with marketplace and payments, access control and elevator dispatch integrations and daily tenant content management.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Spaceosspaceos.io · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Spaceos do?
- spaceOS is a workplace experience and building operating platform for landlords, flex operators and hybrid teams; acquired by Equiem in 2023.
- Who are Spaceos's investors?
- Spaceos's investors include Ff Venture Capital.