Procore’s AI could read the blueprints. For $845M, it just bought eyes on the site.
Procore’s AI can read a construction project’s paperwork. Now it is paying $845m to give that AI eyes on the actual site.
The construction-software company said it will buy DroneDeploy, a reality-capture and robotics firm, for about $845m in cash, Procore announced. DroneDeploy’s drones, ground robots and cameras are used on more than 3 million jobsites in over 180 countries.
Eyes for the digital coworker
Procore has spent the year building AI agents it calls digital coworkers. They handle construction paperwork: requests for information, submittals, safety reviews. Last week it expanded the line to 20 agents. One customer, the design-build firm Haskell, says it cut submittal reviews from seven days to ten minutes.
The catch is that agents reading documents are half-blind. They know what the plans say, not what the site looks like. DroneDeploy supplies the missing sense. It captures 3D imagery from the air and the...
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