Cloud platform PlanGrid, widely used in field-office document sharing, will have more reach with its December purchase by Autodesk, says CEO Young. Tracy Young says she became a construction engineer ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Autodesk Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlanGrid, a provider of construction productivity software, for $875 million net of cash. This acquisition will enable ...

A company that saw the potential in the iPad as a tool for work, not just play, is PlanGrid, a construction management software application that’s like a Google Docs for blueprints. But getting the ...

The acquisition of Plangrid will strengthen the connection between construction activity on the jobsite, and Autodesk project design tools. PlanGrid has been used on more than 1 million projects and ...

Autodesk said it will acquire PlanGrid for $875 million. PlanGrid has developed a software-as-a-service (SaaS) system focused on construction general contractors. ADSK will integrate PlanGrid into its ...

Autodesk on Tuesday announced plans to acquire the construction software firm PlanGrid for $875 million net of cash. The deal is Autodesk's largest acquisition to date. PlanGrid's software helps ...

Autodesk will acquire the construction-productivity-software-startup PlanGrid for $875 million, the company announced Tuesday. PlanGrid was last valued at $419 million in a 2015 Series B. It was ...

Why would anyone with a mortgage and family leave a stable job at a big company to go work for a start-up that has a less than 1% chance of surviving for more than a few years? It sounds like a wildly ...

The construction industry has always been a late adopter. While other major U.S. industries have gone digital, builders have clung to paper. PlanGrid co-founder and CEO Tracy Young made a bet in 2011 ...