India, Nov. 30 -- A decade ago, Chandigarh-based entrepreneur KS Bhatia made headlines when his startup Pumpkart was praised at India's first Digital India event in Silicon Valley, inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Among all the global tech leaders present, Google CEO Sundar Pichai singled out Pumpkart as an example of India's rising digital innovation. Today, KS Bhatia and his son Aagman Bhatia are reshaping yet another trillion-dollar industry - real estate. They have built what is being termed as world's first AI-powered SaaS marketplace for real estate, a platform designed to revolutionise how people discover, compare, and book properties anywhere in the world. The idea emerged from a simple question a father asked his son: "Is it possible for a property to be booked like a movie or a flight ticket?" Aagman, an AI engineer from Plaksha University, replied, "It is possible. But the world is not ready yet." That conversation sparked the creation of MrProptek and its innovation engines - OORA.AI and AUG. The platform enables customers to take 4K virtual tours of entire projects, compare properties instantly, view furnished or unfurnished spaces with one click, negotiate with builders virtually, and book properties instantly without middlemen. Launched in May by Punjab governor, MrProptek has on-boarded inventory worth over Rs.50,000 crore, including top builders from Dubai, tricity region and Himachal. The company is now expanding aggressively into Delhi-NCR. By March, it aims to enter Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. OORA.AI is the brain of MrProptek, which is positioned as the world's most-advanced AI search engine for real estate. Here, customers can search for properties through voice or natural language, ask anything - amenities, locations, nearby places, or airport distances, compare units based on buyer preferences, have builder agreement details read out and explained by AI, and quickly receive 60-second market analysis and future price appreciation insights. OORA also eliminates the need for filters, sales agents, or manual research by enabling instant, conversational discovery. AUG, meanwhile, is India's first registered virtual reality brand for real estate, which offers 4K VR walk-throughs of entire projects and sample flats along with AI-powered toggling between furnished and unfurnished spaces, virtual measurement of room dimensions, and augmented reality overlays for clearer visualisation. This allows buyers to experience properties without ever visiting a site. The company's latest innovation is MrProptek ORBIT, described as the world's first AI-enabled property-booking kiosk that can be installed in builder sales offices, malls, airports, or corporate spaces. Customers can view virtual shoots, explore inventory, ask questions through AI voice assistance powered by OORA, and book properties instantly with as little as Rs.10,000, which is refundable after booking with builders. MrProptek is now setting up AI-powered global experience centres, the first of which will open in Delhi-NCR, where visitors will be able to book properties from any location worldwide. According to co-founder and CEO KS Bhatia, these experience centres will be game-changing. "They will transform how customers think, explore and buy real estate. The future of property buying will be digital, AI-driven, and borderless," he added. HTC...