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No. 13July 30, 2026

TerraFirma Raises $115M to Sell Earthmoving as a Service

TerraFirma raises $115M to sell earthmoving as a vertically integrated service, Monumental lands $32M to sell finished walls instead of robots, Aurum PropTech buys Housing.com for $47.5M, Saudi property prices turn positive in Q2, and New York freezes hyperscale data-centre permits.

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No. 12July 21, 2026

Physical AI Hive Raises $15M to Give Jobsite Machines a 'Silicon Brain'

Physical AI Hive raises $15M to retrofit jobsite machines with a 'silicon brain', Sodex lands €4M to turn machines into live site surveyors, Dubizzle backs Takeem for UAE rental protection, and Saudi Downtown moves Al Khobar Downtown into delivery.

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No. 11July 14, 2026

Agave Raises $15M to Automate Construction's Back Office

Agave raises $15M to put AI into construction's back office, Dubai's DFDF anchors MetaProp Fund IV, Saudi June project awards top $7.9bn, and Parsons wins $245M to run the Navy's satellite ground systems.

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No. 10June 21, 2026

Structured AI Raises $4.2M for Drawing-Set QA/QC

Structured AI raises $4.2M to run QA/QC across full drawing sets, Dalton Mills lands $9.2M for plain-English software for the trades, SolarSquare closes ~$53M for India's residential solar, and Saudi May construction awards hit a 2026 high near $8bn.

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No. 9June 10, 2026

Autodesk Acquires MaintainX; NavigateAI Raises $25M

NavigateAI raises $25M for a field-team AI copilot, Autodesk acquires MaintainX for the operate era, Unec wins $517M for Ora's Bayn waterfront, and Kingdom Holding signs a $1bn Riyadh land deal with Sumou.

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No. 8June 1, 2026

August Robotics Raises $30M for Autonomous Site Robots

August Robotics raises $30M for autonomous site robots, CasaPerks lands $15.8M for rent-and-work loyalty, Abu Dhabi earmarks $57B across 500 projects, and Neom cancels its $1.6B Oxagon-to-The Line rail link.

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No. 7May 24, 2026

GovWell Raises $25M for an AI Government OS

GovWell raises $25M for an AI government OS, Martha Stewart's Hint lands $10M for home intelligence, and Saudi tenders its 672km section of the $15B GCC railway.

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No. 6May 17, 2026

ONESTRUCTION Raises ~$58M for Japan's BIM Data Layer

ONESTRUCTION raises ~$58M for Japan's BIM data layer, MRI Software cuts 200 roles as a $10B sale looms, and Diriyah awards $490M for the Saudi Museum of Contemporary Art.

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No. 5May 10, 2026

Avoca Hits Unicorn Status With a $125M Series B

Avoca crosses unicorn status with $125M Series B, Saudi's Foreign Ownership Law enters operational phase, and Parsons wins the Dubai Loop contract from The Boring Company.

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No. 4May 3, 2026

All3 Raises $25M to Robotize Multi-Family Construction

All3 raises $25M to robotize multi-family construction, Saudi real estate prices fall 1.6% in Q1 2026, and Aldar's Yas Park Place hits AED 800M in launch week.

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No. 3April 26, 2026

Nemetschek Scoops Up HCSS; Glydways Closes $170M

Nemetschek scoops up HCSS, Glydways closes $170M for UAE autonomous transit, and The Agency lands its first office in Riyadh.

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No. 2April 19, 2026

Xoople Raises $130M as Q1 PropTech Funding Hits $3.3B

Xoople raises $130M for AI Earth mapping, Q1 proptech funding hits $3.3B, and Saudi tokenization startup Jozo closes seed.

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No. 1April 12, 2026

Mind Robotics Raises $500M; Procore Hits $1B ARR

Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M, Procore hits $1B ARR, and Built Robotics exits to Caterpillar.

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