Autodesk is extending its software strategy from design and manufacturing into operations with Autodesk Operations Solutions (AOS) and the proposed acquisition of MaintainX. The move connects asset data, maintenance workflows, digital twins, planning tools, and performance analysis across a continuous lifecycle.
Autodesk’s strategy focuses on linking design, make, and operate workflows so data can move across each stage of an asset’s use. The company plans to use AOS to bring its operations capabilities into one structure for lifecycle data, workflow coordination, and operational decision-making.
MaintainX’s pre-built integrations and growth motion offers expansion potential across customer segments, geographies, and adjacent use cases. And its central position in day-to-day maintenance gives Autodesk access to data on asset history, inspections, maintenance patterns, and performance.
“Autodesk is expanding beyond design and make to operations, ensuring data and insights flow seamlessly in a continuous lifecycle. For decades, we’ve helped customers create the world around us, giving Autodesk a strong foundation of industry workflows, data, and context across the AEC and D&M industries,” said Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk. “Our goal with MaintainX is to bring deep operational expertise, contextual data, and workflows that enhance our ability to use AI to converge digital and physical worlds.”
Operations is a larger focus for Autodesk as organizations work to connect workflow records, performance data, and lifecycle information. These systems can support reliability tracking and downtime analysis. Autodesk also expects operations data to support system-level AI and extend its role across assets and systems.
AOS includes Autodesk Tandem, FlexSim, Fusion Operations, and Factory Design Utilities. These products cover digital twin workflows, planning and execution, factory operations, and performance analysis. Autodesk is using AOS to connect the process of defining and deploying assets, running and maintaining them, and analyzing their performance over time.
“Operations is where organizations manage the systems, assets, facilities, and workflows that keep their businesses running every day,” said Stephen Hooper, SVP of Autodesk operations solutions. “Autodesk is enabling customers to move from managing operations to continuously improving them, deriving more value from their data, and positioning them for the coming wave of AI-driven workflows. MaintainX brings deep expertise in maintenance and frontline operational workflows that complements this broader strategy.”
“MaintainX was built to empower the people who keep the physical world running,” said Chris Turlica, founder and CEO of MaintainX. “Joining forces with Autodesk is an incredible opportunity to accelerate that mission. Together, we can connect the teams who design and build assets with the teams who operate and maintain them every day, and help customers work smarter across the entire lifecycle of their assets.”
Source: Autodesk
About Autodesk
Autodesk, founded in 1982, is a software corporation headquartered in San Francisco, CA, known primarily for its design and engineering software solutions. The company offers software products such as AutoCAD, Revit, Fusion 360, Maya, and Inventor, catering to diverse sectors, including architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, entertainment, and automotive industries. Autodesk employs approximately 15,300 people worldwide. Autodesk provides professionals with tools for designing, visualizing, simulating, and creating projects, including buildings, infrastructure, automotive components, and digital entertainment content. Serving millions of users globally across 180 countries, Autodesk supports industries like architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, and entertainment by utilizing cloud-based technology to enhance collaboration and simplify project management processes.
About MaintainX
MaintainX provides maintenance and asset management software for industrial and operations teams. Its software manages work orders, asset records, parts, inspections, reports, vendors and labor planning. Companies use it to record maintenance tasks, schedule repairs, track equipment and manage compliance work. MaintainX serves manufacturers, facilities operators, food and beverage companies, distribution centers, transportation firms and hospitality businesses. The software supports field checks, safety procedures and routine facility work. Chris Turlica, Hugo Dozois-Caouette, Mathieu Marengère-Gosselin and Nick Haase founded MaintainX in 2018. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. More than 14,000 companies use MaintainX. MaintainX sells software subscriptions and supports mobile use by maintenance, reliability, safety, facilities and operations teams at single-site and multi-site organizations.