M&A Autodesk's $3.6 Billion MaintainX Deal Is a Bet That the Money Is in 'Operate,' Not 'Design' The largest acquisition in Autodesk's history is not a design tool or a construction platform — it's a maintenance app for factory and facility teams. The logic reveals where the company thinks the next decade of value in the built environment actually sits. Hugo Pegley · Jun 13, 2026
Product Autodesk Construction Cloud Is Now Autodesk Forma. Here Is What Actually Changed. On March 24, 2026, Autodesk folded its Construction Cloud brand into Forma — its unified industry cloud for architecture, engineering, construction, and operations. The rebrand is more than a logo change: it marks the formal arrival of Autodesk's AI-native platform strategy, including a Project Data Agent now out of beta and geometry-trained AI assistants coming to Revit. Hugo Pegley · Jun 12, 2026
