Autodesk moves into proptech with AEC deals
Autodesk moves into proptech with AEC deals Autodesk announced last night that it will acquire partner company Payapps for an undisclosed amount. Payapps (aka GCPay in North America) makes a cloud-based solution that automates the payment process between general...
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI
AU 2023: Focus on platforms, granularity and AI Ah, Autodesk University. Thousands of people and too few escalators. Designers and makers and architects and construction teams, all in one place. Las Vegas, usually prettying itself up for holiday visitors at this time...
Bentley YII 2023 highlights spectacular projects, reinforces data stewardship
Bentley YII 2023 highlights spectacular projects, reinforces data stewardship How to describe Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII)? It’s a chance for the AEC world’s media to hear from some of the most innovative infrastructure projects on the planet, how they use...
Nemetschek goes all in on dTwins
Nemetschek goes all in on dTwins When I was with Graphisoft last month, I had the chance to speak with Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts and Nemetschek’s César Rodriguez about Nemetschek’s vision of the future, one in which its brands are better integrated (while remaining...
Hexagon’s Q1 showed growth –also in China– even as the company exited unprofitable US defense contracts
Hexagon’s Q1 showed growth –also in China– even as the company exited unprofitable US defense contracts Hexagon reported results this morning — and they tell a different story of the environment in China. Read on. Total revenue in Q1 was €1287...
Deal roundup: Extension not reinvention at Bentley, Hexagon, Altair, Nemetschek, and Trimble
Deal roundup: Extension not reinvention at Bentley, Hexagon, Altair, Nemetschek, and Trimble There has been so much earnings news –generally good retrospectively with varying degrees of caution looking ahead– that I’ve lost sight of one of the...
Nemetschek hits 2022 revenue target — just
Nemetschek hits 2022 revenue target — just Nemetschek announced preliminary results for fiscal 2022 earlier today, indicating that business slowed slightly in Q4. For 2022, the company reported revenue of €802 million, which means Q4 revenue of €203 million...
5 on a Friday: Bentley, Cadmatic, FARO, GoEngineer and Graphisoft all acquire
5 on a Friday: Bentley, Cadmatic, FARO, GoEngineer and Graphisoft all acquire SO much news to catch up on: FARO acquired SiteScape, a maker of low-res iOS LiDAR scanning software that’s used in indoor AEC and operations and maintenance applications....

