The Wild

What The Wild does

The Wild, legally Wild Technology, Inc., is a cloud-connected extended reality (XR) collaboration platform purpose-built for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered at 2236 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, the company developed a real-time multi-user VR workspace that allows up to eight participants to meet inside shared virtual spaces to review 3D building designs, sketch prototypes, and annotate models using speech-to-text comments. The platform integrates natively with industry-standard BIM and CAD tools via a Revit Add-In (compatible with Revit 2018–2025), direct SketchUp integration, and a BIM 360 marketplace app, and supports cross-platform access through Meta Quest standalone VR, HP Reverb, Pico Neo, HTC Vive, iOS AR, and Windows or macOS desktop clients. File interoperability covers glTF, GLB, SKP, FBX, OBJ, 3DS, DAE, and STL for import, with export to FBX, DAE, and OBJ.

The company monetizes through a subscription-based SaaS model with Standard and Premium tiers sold via enterprise field sales, where Premium unlocks BIM 360 integration and advanced support. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and quotes are routed through a dedicated sales line. Target customers are architecture firms, engineering teams, design studios, enterprise AEC companies, and construction firms; named customers include BORA, Scala, O'Brien & Company, Interior Architects, Dillon Consulting, Contagious, Raumzeit, and Adidas. The company raised approximately $3.05M in disclosed equity funding across 2017, 2018, and 2021, acquired competitor Prospect by IrisVR in 2021, and was itself acquired by Autodesk in March 2022, subsequently operating as 'The Wild by Autodesk' alongside the new Autodesk Workshop XR product introduced by the same team.

Name

The Wild

Legal name

Wild Technology Inc.

Website

https://thewild.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Wild is a cloud-connected XR collaboration platform for architecture, engineering, and construction teams, enabling real-time multi-user VR design review with native Revit, SketchUp, and BIM 360 integrations. Acquired by Autodesk in March 2022, it operates as part of Autodesk's XR portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: The Wild operates on a subscription model with Premium and Standard tiers. The service provides cloud-based VR collaboration with secure storage. BIM 360 integration requires a Premium subscription.
2. Enterprise Licensing: Enterprise teams with multiple users purchase team seats. Guest viewers are free, while guest editors use floating licenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Wild is a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) collaboration platform built for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams. It enables real-time, multi-user design review in shared virtual workspaces (up to eight participants), with native integrations to Revit, SketchUp, and BIM 360, cross-platform access across Meta Quest, HP Reverb, Pico Neo, HTC Vive, iOS AR, and desktop (Mac/PC), and tools such as BIM metadata inspection, speech-to-text commenting, and native sketching.

Product overview

The Wild is a unified VR collaboration platform for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams. The core product is The Wild, a VR platform enabling real-time design review with up to 8 participants in shared virtual spaces. It integrates natively with major BIM and CAD tools including Revit (via the Revit Add-In), SketchUp, and BIM 360. The company offers cross-platform apps including Windows and macOS desktop applications, Meta Quest standalone VR, and an iOS AR viewer. The Wild was acquired by Autodesk in March 2022 and had previously acquired Prospect by IrisVR. The founding team also introduced Autodesk Workshop XR as an additional offering in Autodesk's XR portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Wild
• Autodesk Workshop XR
• Prospect by IrisVR

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% faster project approvals
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Enscape: Real-time VR rendering and visualization plugin tightly integrated with Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, and Archicad for AEC design review. Directly comparable to The Wild as an immersive AEC visualization tool, with similar BIM workflow positioning and AEC enterprise customer base.
• Spatial: Cross-device XR collaboration platform supporting Meta Quest, iOS AR, and desktop for real-time multi-user meetings in shared 3D spaces. Directly comparable as a multi-user VR/AR collaboration platform, though less AEC-specialized and broader in vertical coverage.
• Arkio: VR/AR design and collaboration platform used by architects and designers to sketch, model, and review spatial concepts across Meta Quest and desktop. Closely comparable to The Wild for AEC-focused immersive design review, with similar native sketching and multi-user presence features.
• Mozilla Hubs: Browser-based and VR/AR multi-user 3D collaboration platform for meetings and design review, supporting custom GLTF/FBX model import. Directly comparable multi-user virtual collaboration model, though focused on general audiences rather than AEC-specific BIM workflows.
• IrisVR (Prospect by IrisVR): Original direct competitor in VR design review for AEC, now folded into The Wild after the 2021 acquisition. Historically the closest head-to-head competitor in immersive AEC collaboration and a useful proxy for the niche The Wild dominated prior to consolidation.
• Twinmotion: Real-time immersive visualization tool (owned by Epic Games) for architects, engineers, and construction teams to convert BIM/CAD models into VR/AR experiences. Directly comparable in target customer, AEC vertical focus, and BIM model-to-immersive workflow.

Broad incumbents

• Unity Reflect: BIM-to-real-time-3D pipeline from Unity that brings Revit models into interactive VR/AR experiences for AEC and automotive design. Comparable in BIM-to-immersive-review workflow and AEC target audience, though positioned as a broader platform play rather than a turnkey collaboration product.
• Chaos (Enscape parent): Visualization software company (V-Ray, Enscape) serving AEC, VFX, and product design with rendering and real-time visualization tools. Comparable as a strategic incumbent with deep AEC workflow integrations, now encompassing Enscape's VR capability that overlaps with The Wild's AEC review value proposition.
• Matterport: Industry-leading 3D capture and digital twin platform widely used across AEC, real estate, and facilities management for immersive walkthroughs. Comparable in immersive 3D review use case for AEC and real estate, but built around spatial capture rather than live multi-user BIM collaboration.

Regional players

• Concept3D: 3D virtual tour and interactive map platform primarily used in real estate, hospitality, and higher education for property visualization. Comparable in 3D immersive review use case and AEC-adjacent verticals, but more weighted to marketing/marketing tours than live multi-user design collaboration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/TheWildXR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thewild
• Xx.com/TheWildXR

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

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

M&A2 records

Investments

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

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