Product Sky Systemz Ships a Mobile App and Pitches an 'Operating Network for Construction' At its first Construction Technology Summit, the Lexington payments-software company launched the SkyOS mobile app and previewed a customer portal, expanded AI and Pay By Bank 2.0 — the pieces of a bet that construction's money and operations should live on one connected platform. Hugo Pegley · Jul 20, 2026
Funding Handle Raises $27M — a Bet That Construction's Most Valuable Software Is Hiding in Accounts Payable The San Francisco payments-and-compliance startup says it now runs more than $160 billion in construction invoices for customers like Ferguson, Cemex and Home Depot's distribution arms. Its Series B, led by Marbruck, funds a push from getting suppliers paid into running construction's whole money flow. Hugo Pegley · Jun 22, 2026
Funding Earlytrade raises $25M to bring agentic AI to construction payments The subcontractor-payments marketplace, led by S3 Ventures, is betting that AI agents can finally unclog an industry where getting paid still takes 60 to 90 days. Hugo Pegley · Jun 12, 2026