Analysis 28% of US AEC Firms Run AI in Production. A Year Ago Bluebeam's Number Was 27%. Bluebeam's 2027 AEC Technology Outlook, published 13 October, reports adoption flat and the middle of the market filling up: 7% with AI across multiple core workflows, 32% parked in pilots, 31% exploring. Its methodology section is the part worth reading: it tells readers why its own year-over-year comparison should not be read as a trendline. Hugo Pegley · Oct 15, 2026
Product Bluebeam Is Giving Its Paid AI Tier to Students for Free, and That Is a Distribution Strategy Bluebeam said on 24 September that Bluebeam Max — the AI subscription tier it launched globally in May, carrying an introductory price of $590 per user a year — is now available at no cost to eligible students and educators worldwide. The tier includes Revu connected to language models over MCP. Hugo Pegley · Sep 24, 2026
Funding Buildforce Raised $10M on Two Million Hours of Electricians A Series A led by Saepio Capital for a tech-enabled staffing platform placing electricians with commercial contractors. Seven years in, the traction number is hours worked — which is a harder metric to manufacture than most. Hugo Pegley · Aug 13, 2026
Funding Trayd Raised $10M in Three Weeks to Fix the Payroll Nightmare No One Builds Software For White Star Capital led a $10 million Series A for Trayd, with Y Combinator and Suffolk Technologies doubling down and real-estate owner RXR joining. The bet: specialty-trade payroll — union rules, prevailing wage, multi-state tax — is a software business hiding in plain sight. Hugo Pegley · Jul 20, 2026
Funding DPR and Suffolk Technologies Invest in Skillit, Arguing Construction's Labor Problem Is Really a Data Problem Two of the most technology-focused general contractors in the country have made undisclosed equity investments in Skillit, an AI hiring platform with 190,000 vetted craft workers across 45 trades. Their thesis: the industry doesn't have a worker shortage — it has a broken market for finding the workers it already has. Hugo Pegley · Jun 25, 2026
