What AEC Daily does

AEC Daily is a private continuing education company serving the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Founded over 25 years ago and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, the company operates an online learning management system delivering free, accredited self-paced courses, live webinars, and face-to-face learning sessions to architects, engineers, specifiers, interior designers, landscape architects, and facility managers. The platform holds accreditations from over 50 industry associations and licensing bodies, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), GBCI for LEED, LA CES, RCEP, and numerous US state and Canadian provincial boards, and has issued nearly 4 million CE credits to date, with 99% of the top 500 architectural and engineering firms among its users.

The core technology stack comprises course authoring and delivery infrastructure, accreditation tracking that reports learning units directly to professional organizations, custom-branded Learning Portals for manufacturers, a Metrics and Statistics reporting platform, and EventStream — a data integration service that delivers event, attendee, and course data to manufacturer CRM and BI systems via SFTP, RESTful API, HTTP put, and email. The platform is AICPA SOC 2 Type I compliant and supports both North American and European operations from offices in Buffalo, Newmarket (Ontario), and Paris.

AEC Daily monetizes a two-sided, product-led model. The professional side is freemium: architects, engineers, and specifiers consume courses and webinars at no cost, generating scale and engagement data. The manufacturer side is a fee-based, subscription-oriented B2B service in which building product manufacturers pay for course development, sponsored learning portals, live learning hosting, analytics, and EventStream data feeds; 90% of manufacturers renew annually and 86% of course completers report intent to specify the featured manufacturer's product. AEC Daily is the only recipient of the AIA Award for Continuing Education Excellence and is co-led by founders Jeff Rice (President) and Stéphane Deschênes.

Name

AEC Daily

Legal name

AEC Daily Inc. and AEC Daily Corporation

Website

https://aecdaily.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AEC Daily is a private continuing education platform for the AEC industry, offering free accredited self-paced courses and live webinars to architects, engineers, and specifiers across 50+ accreditations, and monetizing via B2B education marketing, learning portals, and data integration services to building product manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Education Platform

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate/L&D Course Licensing from Creators (B2B Upskilling) (MPACALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architecture, Construction & Building Codes Reference (Design, BIM, Safety Codes) (EDAGAGAH)

Keywords

• Continuing education platform
• Online learning management
• AEC professional development
• Accredited CE courses
• Education marketing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Manufacturer Services: AEC Daily provides fee-based services to building product manufacturers including course development, webinar/live learning services, learning portals, metrics/statistics, and EventStream data integration. These services help manufacturers reach and educate specifiers with 90% manufacturer renewal rate.
2. Lead Generation for Manufacturers: Free courses for AEC professionals generate qualified leads for manufacturers. 75% of designers and specifiers tell AEC Daily they have a future project in mind for products they learn about, and 86% of course completers say they will specify manufacturer's products in a future project.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AEC Daily operates an online continuing education platform that delivers free accredited courses, webinars, and live learning to architects, engineers, specifiers, and other construction professionals. The company monetizes this audience by selling B2B services to building product manufacturers, including sponsored course development, custom branded learning portals, data analytics, and lead generation via the EventStream data integration API.

Product overview

AEC Daily operates as a continuing education platform for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. The platform offers a suite of educational products including Online/Self-Paced Courses (on-demand professional development), Webinars/Live Learning Services (real-time instruction), and Learning Portals (custom branded content delivery for manufacturers). Supporting these core offerings are Metrics and Statistics (analytics and reporting) and EventStream (data integration via SFTP/RESTful API for CRM/BI systems). The company connects building product manufacturers with professional specifiers through education, with courses approved by over 50 industry accreditations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online/Self-Paced Courses Self-paced online continuing education courses available free to architects, engineers, specifiers, and construction professionals across various Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry topics, offered with accreditation by over 50 industry associations.
• Webinars/Live Learning Services Live webinar and face-to-face educational sessions delivered in real time, enabling AEC professionals to earn continuing education credits through real-time instruction, including multi-session events that deliver multiple credits.
• Learning Portals Custom branded learning portals sold to building product manufacturers, allowing them to deliver their own branded educational content to specifiers and designers with built-in tracking and analytics capabilities.
• Metrics and Statistics Data analytics and statistical reporting platform that enables building product manufacturers to explore, analyze, and interpret data from hosted courses and events through dashboards and data visualization tools.
• EventStream Data integration service that delivers event data, including attendee information, event details, and course analytics, to manufacturers' CRM and Business Intelligence systems via SFTP, RESTful API, HTTP put, or email with aggregate data files.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• American Institute of Architects (AIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIA-approved continuing education provider; AEC Daily reports Learning Units on members' behalf and is the only winner of the AIA Award for CE Excellence.
• Carbon Leadership ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership providing embodied carbon education courses including Embodied Carbon 101, Buy Clean policies, and Embodied Carbon Transparency courses presented by Carbon Leadership Forum experts.
• Green Building Certification Inc. (GBCI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGBCI-approved continuing education provider for LEED credential maintenance and other green building certifications.
• Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLA CES registered provider for landscape architects continuing education requirements.
• Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRCEP-approved continuing education provider reporting credits to various engineering and design boards.
• Various State and Provincial Licensing BoardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccredited by numerous state and provincial licensing boards across North America for professional continuing education including Florida Board of Professional Engineers, California Architects Board, and various Canadian provincial associations.
• Building Product ManufacturerscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBuilding product manufacturers sponsor courses on AEC Daily to reach and educate specifiers. 90% of manufacturers renew with AEC Daily annually.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vector Solutions (RedVector): Vector Solutions owns RedVector, a direct competitor in the online continuing education space for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. Both platforms offer accredited CE courses sponsored by manufacturers, making this the closest direct competitor to AEC Daily.
• PDH-Pro: PDH-Pro is a continuing education provider focused on engineering CE/PDH credits, operating with a similar free-to-learner, manufacturer-sponsored model. It competes directly with AEC Daily in the engineering continuing education segment.
• CED Engineering: CED Engineering provides online continuing education for professional engineers, with sponsored content from product manufacturers. It is a direct competitor for engineering CE credits.

Emerging players

• McKissock Learning: McKissock Learning offers accredited continuing education primarily for land surveyors, real estate appraisers, and home inspectors. It overlaps with AEC Daily's specifier-adjacent professional base but targets different primary verticals.
• Coursera for Business: Coursera for Business partners with universities and companies to deliver professional content. It could move into AEC continuing education through partnerships with engineering schools or associations, creating generalist competition.

Broad incumbents

• Construction Specifications Institute (CSI): CSI is the leading professional association for building specifiers and offers its own continuing education programs. It is a broader incumbent in the same space, with overlapping audience but association-driven rather than independent platform model.
• Skillsoft: Skillsoft is a major corporate learning platform with a broad catalog of professional and technical content. While not AEC-specialized, it represents the type of large incumbent that could bundle accredited content and compete for manufacturer education budgets.
• LinkedIn Learning: LinkedIn Learning offers broad professional development content and could expand into AEC-specific accredited CE. It represents a generalist incumbent with significant reach and enterprise sales motion.

Others

• Bizzuka (LMS provider): Bizzuka and similar niche LMS platforms provide the underlying technology infrastructure for association and member-based continuing education. They are ecosystem enablers that could either compete with or partner alongside AEC Daily.
• MasterControl (training compliance platforms): MasterControl and other regulated-industry training platforms serve compliance-driven learning needs. While focused on life sciences and manufacturing, they represent adjacent enabling technologies for accredited CE delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AECdaily
• Facebookfacebook.com/AECDaily

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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