Procore Technologies, the construction management software company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, acquired Datagrid, a San Francisco-based startup that builds AI agents for the construction industry. Procore announced the deal on 20 January 2026.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Datagrid chief executive Thiago da Costa joined Procore to lead its AI and data strategy.
Procore said Datagrid's products would be available immediately to both Procore customers and companies that do not use Procore. Core AI features stay built into the Procore platform, while the Datagrid offering is aimed at customers with many data sources and more complex reasoning tasks.
What Datagrid built
Datagrid describes itself as a vertical AI platform for data connectivity and autonomous execution of workflows. Its software connects to third-party systems such as ERP software, cloud storage, document repositories and project platforms, and applies AI reasoning and deep search across them.
Procore highlighted uses such as managing submittal reviews and drafting requests for information (RFIs) across platforms. Construction Dive, citing Datagrid's website, listed agents for deep search, RFI validation, scope checks, pre-qualification, audits and daily reports.
AEC Magazine noted that the product is not a conventional chatbot: it is meant to carry out tasks across several systems, and it works with third-party software as well as with Procore's own.
“Our focus has always been on building an AI that can execute, not just talk.”
The founders and the funding
Da Costa, whom Construction Dive described as Datagrid's founder, previously started a design app in Montreal and sold it to Autodesk, according to The Logic. Co-founder Dov Amihod and a large part of the team are based in Montreal.
Datagrid raised $37.7 million in venture funding before the sale, The Logic reported, citing PitchBook data. Its backers included the Canadian firms Garage Capital, Leaders Fund and Real Ventures. The company's founding year and headcount were not disclosed.
Why Procore is buying
Procore said the deal advances the long-term AI strategy it set out at Groundbreak, its annual customer event. Datagrid gives it ready-made connections to outside data sources, including ERP and cloud storage systems, which Procore said would help reduce data silos for customers.
Steve Davis, Procore's president of product and technology, said Datagrid's AI and deep search would let customers close the gaps between separate data stores and start actions across all of their systems. He said that this connectivity was what unlocked the value of construction data, and that together the two companies offered one of the broadest AI portfolios in construction.
Da Costa said that manual processing of information had outgrown what people could handle, and that joining Procore would let Datagrid raise productivity and quality for a much larger customer base.
What happens to customers
Procore said it would keep offering Datagrid to companies that are not Procore customers, which means the product will continue to connect to rival project management and document systems. AEC Magazine said Datagrid's deep search and orchestration engine is designed to span several systems at once, with uses that also include document classification and search across platforms.
For existing Procore users, the AI features already built into the platform remain in place. Datagrid is positioned as an additional product for firms whose data sits in many places and who want agents to handle multi-step tasks such as managing submittal reviews or drafting RFIs.
A wave of construction tech deals
The purchase followed a run of construction technology acquisitions in late 2025, Construction Dive noted, including OpenSpace's purchase of Disperse and Buildots' purchase of Genda.
Procore, which is based in Carpinteria, California, is one of the largest software providers to the construction industry. Construction Dive said the Datagrid deal was expected to speed up Procore's AI plans and improve data connectivity for its customers. Datagrid is its route to selling AI that works across the other tools contractors use, not only inside its own platform.
