Procore Technologies has agreed to acquire DroneDeploy for approximately $845 million in cash, the construction management software provider announced this week. The deal would bring DroneDeploy's aerial and ground reality capture platform, along with its robotics capabilities, into Procore's software.

DroneDeploy's platform is used on more than three million job sites in over 180 countries, according to the announcement. The company's technology spans drone and ground robot imaging, along with mobile, fixed, and wearable cameras.

Procore framed the acquisition as central to its AI strategy. The company said pairing DroneDeploy's visual capture technology with Procore AI would let construction teams automatically document jobsite conditions, flag issues earlier, and trigger actions within the platform without manual inspection.

Ajei Gopal, president and CEO of Procore, said the company plans to cross-sell DroneDeploy's products to its existing customer base and vice versa once the deal closes. He said the acquisition would help Procore build what he called “digital coworkers” that monitor a project, interpret jobsite data, and act on it.

Mike Winn, CEO of DroneDeploy, said customers have pushed the company to make reality capture a built-in part of construction workflows rather than a standalone add-on. He said joining Procore would let DroneDeploy continue developing its aerial and ground capture products while expanding its AI and robotics investments.

The transaction would combine two large construction datasets. Procore reported nearly 400 million photos, more than 126 million drawings, and over 10 million RFIs, submittals, and inspections logged in the past year. DroneDeploy reported roughly 20 trillion square feet of visual data, tens of millions of user annotations, and more than 100,000 labeled safety issues.

Procore said the deal addresses labor shortages in construction by shifting manual site inspections toward automated, camera- and robot-driven monitoring.

The transaction is expected to close later this year, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Goldman Sachs is advising Procore on the deal, while Citi is advising DroneDeploy.