# George Bolanos

> George Bolanos is the co-founder and CEO of InsideMaps, which uses phone-based image capture to create property tours, floor plans, models and building data. His career includes Netscape, Nokia, founding web conferencing company Wanadu, and a technology leadership role at Sony Mobile. Raised on a California grape ranch, he has built a business around applying mobile technology and computer vision to the practical work of understanding buildings.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at InsideMaps
- **Organizations:** InsideMaps, Wanadu, Sony Mobile Communications, Nokia, Netscape
- **Education:** Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads InsideMaps., Founded web conferencing company Wanadu, which was sold to Latitude., Named co-inventor with Paul Joergen Birkler and Juan Lozano on US9787904B2, granted October 10, 2017.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Grew up on a grape ranch in California’s Central Valley, one of eight children of Mexican immigrants.
- **—** — Attended Stanford University; worked in Europe helping establish Netscape’s presence and also worked at Nokia.
- **—** — Founded and led web conferencing company Wanadu, sold to Latitude, which was later acquired by Cisco.
- **2009-2012** — Director of Technology at Sony Mobile Communications, August 2009 to October 2012.
- **2013** — Listed as InsideMaps founder and CEO from January 2013; the company publicly debuted smartphone room-scanning technology that September.
- **2014** — Named as a co-inventor on the application for US9787904B2, filed October 28, 2014.
- **2017** — GREE launched InsideMaps distribution in Japan on May 23; the room-capture patent was granted on October 10.
- **2019** — InsideMaps partnered with Class Valuation, which made an equity investment to support home digitization and appraisal workflows.
- **2025** — InsideMaps announced integration of its 3D tours with Zillow Rentals in April.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads InsideMaps.
- Founded web conferencing company Wanadu, which was sold to Latitude.
- Named co-inventor with Paul Joergen Birkler and Juan Lozano on US9787904B2, granted October 10, 2017.
- Led mobile-services development teams at Sony Mobile Communications.
- Led InsideMaps during its expansion into Japan distribution, appraisal partnerships and rental-tour integration.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — InsideMaps announced that its 3D tours were integrated with Zillow Rentals; this is a company milestone during Bolanos’ tenure as CEO.
- **2021-10** — Ulu Ventures published a profile describing his family background, career and interest in applying AI and computer vision to buildings.

## Links

- Website: https://www.insidemaps.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebolanos

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Last updated: 2026-10-22