What Arcol does

Arcol is a private, venture-backed software company building a browser-native, real-time collaborative building design platform for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York City with a remote team, the company publicly launched its platform on June 2, 2025, after a closed beta and a 12,000+ person waitlist. The platform is positioned as a 'BIM 2.0' entrant that replaces the fragmented toolchain of SketchUp, Revit, Excel, and publishing tools with a single integrated environment for early-stage conceptual design, feasibility studies, and live client collaboration. It serves architecture firms, developers, general contractors, and building owners, with named public customers including Warren and Mahoney, SERA Architects, HCM Architects, Gorman & Company, CDH Partners, /slantis, GWWO, and THW.

The platform is built on a parametric geometry engine and a proprietary planar graph face extraction algorithm, supporting Figma-inspired network sketches, real-time multiplayer collaboration with live cursors, instant live metrics (square footage, unit counts, zoning), automatic site context for North America, and an infinite-canvas documentation tool called Arcol Boards. Differentiating capabilities include AI agentic workflows — a Costing agent (in development), Zoning agent, and Structural agent — that embed autonomous domain analysis directly into the design environment. The product integrates with Revit (export), Excel, Rhino, and IFC.

Arcol operates a freemium, product-led growth model with a Free Solo tier and a Team plan priced at $100 per user per month (monthly billing) with a discounted annual option; enterprise customers receive a dedicated customer success manager and personalized onboarding. The company has raised approximately $20 million in cumulative funding across rounds in 2021, 2022, and 2024 from investors including Cowboy Ventures, Craft Ventures, Figma CEO Dylan Field, Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche, and former Mozilla CEO John Lilly, and has a strategic partnership with construction firm Mortenson.

Name

Arcol

Legal name

Arcol

Website

https://arcol.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arcol is a private, browser-native building design platform for the AEC industry that enables real-time collaborative 3D modeling, live metrics, and AI agentic workflows for architecture firms, developers, general contractors, and building owners. It is positioned as a 'BIM 2.0' replacement for fragmented conceptual design toolchains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Software (Building Information Modeling / BIM)

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Augmented Analytics & AI-Assisted BI (NLQ/NLG, Insights) (HDAEAMAD), Dashboarding & KPI/Performance Management (HDAEAMAF)

Keywords

• Building design software
• BIM 2.0 platform
• AEC collaboration tools
• Architectural modeling software
• 3D design platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Solo (Free): Free tier for solo users on personal projects, providing basic access to the platform with limited features. Serves as a customer acquisition and onboarding channel for the paid tier.
2. Subscription - Team (Per User/Month): Paid per-seat subscription at $100 per user per month (billed monthly) or annual billing at a discounted rate. Includes unlimited collaborators, advanced 3D modeling tools, Revit export, dedicated customer success manager, and personalized onboarding. Revenue is recurring with monthly or annual billing cadence.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Arcol sells a browser-based, real-time collaborative building design and BIM 2.0 platform used by architecture firms, developers, general contractors, and building owners to run feasibility studies, massing exercises, and early-stage design iteration in a single connected, constructible model. The platform combines 3D modeling, live updating metrics (square footage, unit counts, zoning), an infinite-canvas documentation surface (Arcol Boards), real-time multiplayer collaboration, and in-development AI agents for costing, zoning, and structural feedback, with export to Revit for detailed BIM documentation.

Product overview

Arcol is a browser-based BIM 2.0 platform for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The platform consists of a core product (Arcol Platform) with integrated modules including Arcol Boards (documentation), Arcol Modeling (3D design), Arcol Metrics (live data), Arcol Collaboration (real-time multiplayer), and Arcol AI/Agentic Workflows (autonomous agents). The platform is designed to connect design intent and construction reality, enabling architects and developers to explore massing, run feasibility metrics, and review designs in real-time before committing to detailed BIM documentation. Arcol positions itself as 'Figma for BIM' - bringing Figma-like collaboration to building design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arcol Platform Core browser-based building design and BIM 2.0 platform enabling real-time collaboration, 3D modeling, and live metrics for AEC professionals. Built from the ground up as a connected, constructible model with structured data and real-time intelligence.
• Arcol Modeling Advanced 3D modeling tools including massing, complex geometry operations (sweep, loft, push/pull, boolean operations), walls, windows, doors, and vector network-based sketch tools that support network sketches with more flexibility than traditional closed-loop CAD.
• Arcol Metrics Live updating metrics dashboard providing real-time building metrics including square footages, unit counts, program metrics, and zoning information; reports refresh automatically when design changes are made.
• Arcol Collaboration Real-time multiplayer collaboration allowing teams to work simultaneously on models with live editing, commenting, and sharing via live links, enabling instant client presentations and feedback.
• Arcol Boards Infinite canvas for documentation where users can place views, sheets, text, links, images, or shapes, with dynamic pie and bar charts, comments, copy-paste across sheets, and step-by-step tutorials, supporting flexible collaborative documentation from moodboards through drawing sets.
• Arcol AI / Agentic Workflows AI-powered agentic workflows including a Costing agent (in development) for real-time cost estimates on massing changes, a Zoning agent for live setback, height limit, and FAR constraints, and a Structural agent that adapts structural design as the form changes; the agents work alongside humans inside the model in real time to close workflow gaps between design and downstream processes.
• Arcol Team plan (per-user subscription) Paid per-seat Team subscription including unlimited collaborators, advanced 3D modeling, create sheet sets, automatic site context, team project browser, project templates, sheet set templates, Revit export, site parcel data for North America, zoning information, dedicated customer success manager, and personalized onboarding, with an annual billing option at a discounted rate.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% reduction in project delivery time for HCM Architects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MortensoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMortenson is a major U.S. construction and real estate development firm. Andrew Wise (Mortenson) is quoted praising Arcol's costing agent as transformative for design teams moving from concepts to real-world construction, suggesting a co-development or pilot partnership for agentic workflow development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Rhino (McNeel): 3D modeling tool widely used in architectural conceptual design. Arcol offers a Rhino integration so users can remain in Rhino while Arcol handles floor plans and metrics, making it an adjacent/partner tool.

Emerging players

• Testfit: AI-driven real estate feasibility platform for developers and architects that overlaps with Arcol's developer/feasibility use cases (massing, unit counts, yield analysis), but with a narrower focus on site optimization.
• nTopology: Engineering-grade generative design and advanced manufacturing software. Matt, a founding nTopology hire, now leads engineering at Arcol, creating direct talent and technical lineage between the two.

Broad incumbents

• Graphisoft Archicad: Established BIM platform with strong foothold in architectural practices. Competes in the same architectural design market with a desktop-first product, contrasting Arcol's browser-native approach.
• Trimble: Large AEC software and hardware conglomerate (Tekla, SketchUp, Trimble Connect) with overlapping conceptual design and BIM offerings. Represents the broader competitive landscape in the AEC vertical.
• Bentley Systems (OpenBuildings, AECOsim): Major infrastructure and AEC software vendor with building design offerings. Exhibited at NXT BLD 2026 alongside Arcol; represents the broader incumbent landscape Arcol aims to disrupt.
• Autodesk Revit: Industry-standard BIM authoring tool from Autodesk. Arcol explicitly positions itself as a complement to Revit for feasibility, exporting to it for detailed documentation. Dominant incumbent with massive install base.

Direct peers

• Qonic: Browser-based BIM modeling tool for architects that similarly emphasizes real-time collaboration, parametric modeling, and live metrics. Direct competitor in the BIM 2.0 category, also featured at NXT BLD 2026 alongside Arcol.
• Snaptrude: Browser-native, real-time collaborative 3D building design platform targeting the same AEC feasibility and conceptual design workflow as Arcol. Closely aligned product category, target customers, and BIM 2.0 positioning; exhibited alongside Arcol at NXT BLD 2026.
• Motif: Cloud-native BIM platform for AEC with real-time collaboration and AI-assisted design. Competes head-to-head in the same architectural feasibility and conceptual design market as Arcol.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ArcolTech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arcol-tech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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