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- Autodesk shows construction agents and a Daily Log Agent at AU 2026, with its next-gen Assistant due in 2027At Autodesk University 2026, Autodesk announced a mobile Daily Log Agent that turns a superintendent's spoken update into a daily log, plus agents for document search, submittal review and bid proposals. Its next-generation Autodesk Assistant was only previewed, with rollout planned to begin in 2027.
- Buildots raises $130M led by O.G. Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $297MBuildots, which uses AI and site capture to track progress on large projects, announced $130 million in new funding led by O.G. Venture Partners, with Lightspeed, Intel Capital and others. Its total raised is now $297 million. CTech reported a valuation of nearly $1 billion.
- Weekly roundup: week of Sep 14, 20263 verified construction AI stories announced Sep 14 to Sep 20, 2026. Each item links to our full brief, with a primary source and independent coverage.
- OpenSpace unveils live indoor location, Site Mode and an AI agent platform at Waypoint 2026At its Waypoint 2026 event, OpenSpace announced AI Autolocation 2.0 with Live Location for real-time indoor positioning, a Site Mode that shows your location on drawings and BIM even offline, and an early-access Agent Ecosystem that gives AI agents jobsite visual data, including through MCP.
- Weekly roundup: week of Sep 7, 20262 verified construction AI stories announced Sep 7 to Sep 13, 2026: Buildcheck raises $12M Series A for AI drawing review, with DPR's venture arm participating; OpenSpace unveils live indoor location, Site Mode and an AI agent platform at Waypoint 2026.
- Procore agrees to buy DroneDeploy for about $845 million in cash, and closes the deal in SeptemberProcore announced a definitive agreement to buy DroneDeploy, the drone and robotics reality-capture platform, for about $845 million in cash. Procore says the deal will feed jobsite imagery into its AI agents. Construction Dive reported the deal closed on September 9.
- Weekly roundup: week of Jul 27, 20262 verified construction AI stories announced Jul 27 to Aug 2, 2026: EU AI Omnibus takes effect, pushing back high-risk AI Act rules to December 2027 and August 2028; Procore agrees to buy DroneDeploy for about $845 million in cash, and closes the deal in September.
- Buildots launches Buildots Field for workforce, safety and logistics, with integrated app targeted for Q4Buildots announced Buildots Field, which sells the workforce, safety and logistics tools from its Genda acquisition under the Buildots name alongside its progress tracking. The company says a fully integrated Buildots Field app is on track for general availability in Q4 2026, with pre-sales open now.
- Weekly roundup: week of Jul 13, 20261 verified construction AI story announced Jul 13 to Jul 19, 2026: Buildots launches Buildots Field for workforce, safety and logistics, with integrated app targeted for Q4.