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Augmenta Releases ACP 2.0, the Complete AI-Native Design Environment Built to Multiply Electrical VDC Team Output and Capacity

Augmenta Releases ACP 2.0, the Complete AI-Native Design Environment Built to Multiply Electrical VDC Team Output and Capacity

Augmenta Releases ACP 2.0, the Complete Design Environment for Electrical Contractors

Automation You Steer: Augmenta 2.0, Customer-Driven Development, and the Expanding Role of VDC Teams

One VDC Team, Three Projects, And AI-Powered Electrical Raceway Automation

The AI Boom Has a Construction Problem.

Building Frontier AI for the Physical World

E-J Electric Installation Co. and Augmenta Announce Five-Year Strategic Partnership

Augmenta Wins EC&M 2026 Product of the Year

Dispatches from the Road with Richard Zhang

AI: How Electrical Firms Are Preparing for What’s Next

Experts Weigh In on Electrical Industry’s AI Adoption

Webinar: How AI Is Being Applied to Electrical Design on Real Projects

Webinar: AI That Turns Weeks of Electrical Modeling into Hours

Podcast: VDC Workflows, Field Realities, and Model Handoffs

Power Isn’t the Only Challenge for AI Data Centers

The Agentic Future of BIM

Why Spatial AI Requires More Than Prompt Engineering

Augmenta AI Helps Organize Electrical Work on School Jobs

Why Serious Enterprise AI Leaders Have Stopped Talking About AI

How AI is Transforming Electrical Design and Delivery

Stop Inheriting Other Trades' Problems

Augmenta Named on the 2026 Global Cleantech 100

#118: Chris Summers - NECA Innovation Overload Podcast

Electrifying Mission-Critical Buildings with AI-Powered Design

Agentic AI accelerates electrical design

Augmenta Designs Entire Elementary School Electrical System With AI

AI Is Designing The Future Of Sustainable Construction

Listen Now: An AI first: building electrical layout

Augmenta Unveils Comprehensive Agentic Design Environment, Making AI-Powered Design a Reality for Electrical Contractors

AI can’t do what an architect does (yet!), but it’s already reshaping buildings

Making History: How Mt. Hope Elementary Became America's First Building with an AI-Designed Electrical System

Lansing, Mich., school is America's first building with AI-designed electrical system

Augmenta Appoints Spatial AI Expert, Richard Zhang, as VP of AI and R&D to Accelerate Generative Design for the Built Environment

Listen Now: AI Won't Replace Construction Workers - Here's Why (Former Autodesk Director Explains)

A Michigan elementary school is kicking off a new era of generative design

Toronto AI platform cuts time for electrical design in MI

Powered by Augmenta, Mt. Hope Elementary Becomes America's First Building with an AI-Designed Electrical System

Is the Deadliest Job in America Ready for an AI Safety Net?

Implementing AI in Electrical Applications— Part 2

Listen Now: Augmenta Co-Founder Frio Iorio Joins the Critical Path

Solving Construction's Labor Shortages With AI

Listen Now: From Silos to Ecosystems: Rebuilding Construction Futures with Advanced Technologies | Ecosystemic Futures

Listen Now: From Bad Plans to Brilliant Builds: Practical Applications of AI in Construction | Ep. 331

The Construction Industry’s Labor Crisis: Can AI Bridge the Workforce Gap?

Listen Now: Cutting construction design time by 80% with AI - a conversation with Aaron Szymanski and Francesco Iorio

6 contech startups take in combined $194M

CERAWeek 2025: More power, more problems #237

Smaller Fundings

Augmenta Raises $10 Million in Funding

Augmenta, a Toronto-based autonomous design platform for the built environment, raised $10m in new seed funding.

Former Stripe CBO Jeanne DeWitt Grosser joins Vercel as COO - Newsletter

Augmenta secures $10M USD in funding for AI-driven building design

Augmenta Secures $10M to Drive AI-Powered Building Design Innovation

Augmenta Secures $10M to Advance AI-Powered Construction Design

Are Enterprises Actually Using Reasoning Models?

Augmenta's Recent Funding: A Leap Toward Smart Building Design

Augmenta secures $14.4M CAD to advance AI-Driven Building Design Technology

Augmenta Secures $10 Million USD in Funding to Pioneer AI-Driven Building Design

Augmenta raises US$10M for AI building-design software

Augmenta Raises $10M in Seed Funding

Augmenta closes $14.4 million CAD to advance quest towards AI-driven building design

Augmenta Closes $10M in Funding to Pioneer AI-Driven Building Design

Listen Now: Artificial Intelligence in Construction is the Sure Fire Way to Improve Projects

AI Is Coming for Your Job…Posting

Proptech firms hit ‘reset’ as real-estate industry struggles

Listen Now: AI in MEP Design with the CEO of Augmenta Francesco Iorio

AI in Home Building: Enhancing Efficiency Without Replacing Jobs

The Return Of The Master Builder: How AI Can Revolutionize Construction

Reimagining Construction Design

Listen Now: Augmenta Gives Designers Superpowers

Francesco Iorio Of Augmenta On Pushing the Boundaries of AI

Augmenta’s productivity promise

Intelligent Design

AI-Native Applications: A Framework for Evaluating the Future of Enterprise Software

What's in a Tech Stack? Selecting software platforms means choosing what’s right for you

25 AI-Powered Solutions Transforming the Built World

NECA 2024: Mike Eby’s Product Picks — Part 3

Augmenta and ENG Join Forces To Introduce AI-Powered Design Modeling Capabilities to the Construction Industry

An AI Assistant To Accelerate Electrical Modeling

Is AI the Future of BIM?

Navigating New Technology: A Roadmap for VDC Teams & Electrical Contracting Firms

Augmenta’s Upcoming Summer and Fall Events

Augmenta's Year with Endless Frontier Labs

Webinar: Automated Electrical Modeling

Webinar: The Future of Automated Design for Electrical

Coalition of Generative Design Technology Leaders Publish First of Its Kind Report Highlighting Impact of Generative Design on Climate Change

A national shortage of construction workers is driving high home prices. The industry is struggling to fill the gap.

The AI Supercycle: AI’s Emerging Impact on the Built World

Augmenta’s CEO Francesco Iorio Participated in Suffolk Technologies Event on AI & Design for the Built Environment

AI is about to change the homebuilding process, from start to finish

AI startups bet on construction, an industry plagued by slow tech adoption

Is construction ready for generative AI?

Bits Behind Atoms: Using AI to Design Building Systems

Augmenta's CEO participates in fireside chat on AI, CAD Design, & the Built World.

EC&M On Air - AI Insights in the Electrical Construction Industry

Sustainability From The Ground Up: Designing Eco-Friendly Buildings With AI

AI can now design buildings. Could it solve the Bay Area housing crisis?

Revolutionising building design with generative AI

Case Study: Owen Electric Runs 3 Projects in 3 Months, Cuts Modeling Time 50%

Case Study: How C&R Electric Cut BIM Time by 50% with Augmenta