Artificial Intelligence
Ecolibrium Deal: Built Cybernetics AI Move Adds 600+ Sites
September 29th, 2026Smart Building Startups H1 2026: 169 Funding Rounds, 46 Acquisitions & a Shrinking Pipeline
September 25th, 2026
dormakaba’s CHF 1 Billion Goal Faces a Reality Check
This Research Note examines dormakaba, one of the three largest companies in the global access solutions market. Based on its FY2025/26 results (year ending June 30, 2026), we review the financial highlights and look closely at North America, its largest market. We then assess whether it can reach its goal of more than CHF 1 […]
Hanwha Vision AI Camera Growth: 49% of Q4 Camera Sales
This Research Note explores the 2025 financial highlights and global markets of Hanwha Vision, formerly known as Hanwha Techwin, a video surveillance company listed on the South Korean stock exchange as of January 2025. The analysis is based on Hanwha Vision’s quarterly earnings presentations and our 2025 Memoori Global Video Surveillance report. It updates our […]
Cisco Smart Buildings: The Forgotten Deal Still Relevant in 2026
92% of commercial real estate (CRE) firms are now piloting artificial intelligence (AI). 5% say they have achieved what they set out to do (Source: JLL). Gaps like this have a history, and the Cisco smart buildings story is a good example of one. Between 2005 and 2012, the world’s largest networking company built a […]
Neuron Digital: Arup-Backed Startup Grows to 800+ Buildings
In this Research Note, we explore one of China’s emerging startups in the smart buildings space. Incubated by Arup in 2018 and backed by seed investment from Venturous Group, Neuron Digital solutions are now deployed in over 800 buildings across 9 Asian cities in 6 countries. This article updates our previous coverage of the company […]
Brightly Powers Siemens 2026 Push Toward Autonomous Buildings
This Research Note examines the recent transition of Brightly Software to Siemens Asset Management Software. We highlight the strategic integration into the Siemens portfolio as the foundation for asset health and management, explore the software expansions, recent AI enhancements, and analyse the impact of the acquisition on Siemens SI digital software capabilities and Building X. […]
Delta Building Canvas 2026: Inside Delta IBT’s Bold AI Bet
This Research Note explores Delta Building Canvas, an AI-driven engineering platform from Delta Intelligent Building Technologies (DIBT) that leverages digital twin technology to enable more efficient planning, configurations, simulations, and optimization of building systems. This article is based on a June 2026 webinar on the future of buildings and our view of Delta IBT’s AI […]
Vertiv Moves Upstream: What the $1.45B UIG Deal Means
This Research Note examines the recently announced acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group (UIG) by Vertiv. We explore the transaction details, the target business profile and the strategic rationale of the acquisition before commenting on the M&A history of Vertiv and comparing their microgrid strategy with the group’s data center infrastructure peers. Transaction Details On 2nd September […]
Digital Twin & AI 2026: Startups Trying to Demolish Construction Silos
Digital twin and AI startups are trying to redraw the technology map of the commercial building. For years, that map was drawn along clean lines: architects and engineers used one set of tools, contractors used another, facilities managers a third. Each phase had its own software vendors, its own data, its own logic, and the […]
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