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 cannot come at the expense of quality, compliance, or cost control. That tension is exactly why automation is becoming a strategic priority for infrastructure teams.

In a recent episode of Let’s Get Digital with host Carrie Charles, Inorsa CEO and founder Sean Shahini breaks down what AI can—and can’t—do for telecom teams today. The full conversation is especially relevant for anyone responsible for deployment timelines, document-heavy workflows, or infrastructure data.

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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 stood out wasn’t a lack of expertise, it was the sheer volume of repetitive work required to move projects forward.

The insight: Telecom deployment is a high-volume, execution-driven business where speed, accuracy, and consistency matter but many underlying workflows still rely on manual effort. 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—quickly and at scale.

Here’s how the platform breaks down:

• Document Ingestion and Extraction: Inorsa applies telecom-aware AI models to extract, structure, and organize information across leases, drawings, and RFDS files.
• Data Validation: The platform surfaces conflicts, gaps, and jurisdiction-specific issues across documents so teams can resolve them early and avoid downstream rework.
• Document Generation: Customers can generate drawings and applications in minutes, aligned to their specifications and local 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 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 remove the work that slows them down—so they can focus on the decisions and expertise that actually move projects forward.”

Rather than adding headcount or increasing reliance on external review cycles, teams are using Inorsa to handle volume at scale while keeping expertise in-house and focused on higher-impact work.

Why the Status Quo Is Risky

Relying on spreadsheets, PDFs, and disconnected vendors introduces more than inefficiency—it introduces risk.

• Fragmented workflows increase the chance of missed issues and rework.
• Knowledge gets trapped in files, inboxes, or individual contributors.
• Delays compound across permitting, engineering, and deployment timelines.

By contrast, Inorsa gives teams clearer visibility into their data, preserves institutional knowledge, and enables faster execution without sacrificing control or 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. Start with one workflow, solve a real bottleneck, and build from there.”

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 long-term vision is to extend that intelligence across additional infrastructure sectors facing similar scale and execution challenges.

Final Word

If you’re still relying on manual reviews, offshoring, or legacy workflows, it becomes harder to move fast with confidence. 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 offers a practical look at what’s possible today—and what comes next—for telecom infrastructure.

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