How AI Is Transforming Telecom Deployment: Key Takeaways from Sean Shahini’s Interview on Let’s Get Digital

The telecom infrastructure industry is under pressure to move faster than ever—but speed can’t come at the expense of quality, compliance, or cost. That’s why automation is becoming a strategic imperative.

In a recent episode of Let’s Get Digital with host Carrie Charles, Inorsa CEO and founder Sean Shahini broke down what AI can—and can’t—do for telecom teams today. The full conversation is worth watching for anyone managing deployments, documents, or data in the telecom space.

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Here are some key highlights.

From Engineer to Founder: Why Inorsa Exists

Before founding Inorsa, Sean was a structural engineer working in oil & gas and telecom. What he saw was a huge volume of repetitive work—designing the same types of structures over and over again.

The insight: Telecom deployment is a high-volume, low-margin business where speed, accuracy, and consistency are critical—but the workflows are still highly manual. Inorsa was born to automate the repetitive engineering and documentation tasks that slow everything down.

A Smarter Platform for Infrastructure Teams

Sean laid out how Inorsa’s AI-powered platform helps telecom teams ingest, extract, validate, and generate critical documents like leases, lease agreements, and CAD drawings—fast.

Here’s how the platform breaks down:

• Document Ingestion and Extraction: Inorsa trains its own telecom-specific LLM to extract, structure, and organize key information across lease documents, drawings, and RFDS files.
• Data Validation: The platform flags conflicting values and jurisdiction-specific issues across documents—helping teams catch errors early and reduce rework.
• Document Generation: Customers can generate complete, drawings or applications in minutes, tailored to their unique specs and jurisdiction requirements.

In Sean’s words:

“Our top user processed 90 drawings in 3 hours. That’s the scale we’re operating at. It’s not just faster—it’s more accurate and more repeatable.”

Automating Without Replacing: Supporting Teams, Not Cutting Them

One of the most common concerns around AI is job replacement. Sean addressed that head-on.

“We’re not here to replace engineers. We’re here to eliminate the part of their job that drains them—so they can focus on what actually moves the business forward.”

Instead of outsourcing manual work offshore or hiring more drafters, companies are using Inorsa to handle volume at scale and redeploy internal teams toward higher-impact work.

Why the Status Quo Is Risky

Relying on spreadsheets, PDFs, and disconnected vendors isn’t just slow—it’s risky.

• Data security risks from offshore vendors can jeopardize U.S. infrastructure.
• Institutional knowledge loss happens when contractors leave.
• Customer experience suffers when slow, error-prone work delays project timelines.

By contrast, Inorsa gives teams control over their own data, preserves institutional knowledge, and improves speed-to-deployment without compromising quality.

Where to Start With Automation

Sean recommends starting small—pick one task, one workflow, and test how automation can help.

“You don’t have to invest a ton upfront. Most teams can start with a specific pain point and see results fast.”

That might mean automating document labeling for M&A due diligence, running quality checks on fiber drawings, or generating lease summaries.

The Bigger Vision

While Inorsa is focused on telecom today, the platform is built for long-term infrastructure innovation.

“We want to be the end-to-end platform for building, maintaining, and upgrading infrastructure—starting with telecom, but expanding beyond it.”

Inorsa is already supporting M&A diligence, site acquisition, engineering, and permitting workflows. The vision is to expand that intelligence globally—especially into regions that lack access to technical resources.

Final Word

If you’re still relying on manual reviews, offshoring, or legacy workflows, you’re not just moving slowly—you’re falling behind. As Sean puts it:

“AI won’t eliminate your team. It’ll eliminate the busywork that’s been holding them back.”

Whether you lead operations at a towerco, fiber provider, or M&A firm, this interview is a clear look at what’s possible—and what’s next—for telecom infrastructure.

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