Refresh Miami

Autodesk just announced a $3.6B all-cash deal to acquire MaintainX - AI-Powered Maintenance and Asset Management Platform, the Miami and San Francisco scaleup powering maintenance, inspections, and work orders.

It is Autodesk’s largest acquisition ever, and a big bet that the data created after equipment is deployed will matter as much as the design phase.

Miami’s industrial tech story just got a lot louder.

https://refreshmiami.com/news/autodesk-makes-a-3-6-billion-move-onto-the-factory-floor-with-maintainx-acquisition/

Miami’s investrio.io started by helping young professionals tackle credit card debt, and it has since grown into a human-centered financial platform for small businesses.

Co-founders Joyce Medeiros and Laura Muriel Texidor are building around the real-world stress points of running a business, especially cash flow.

South Florida founders, what is the most painful money workflow you still do manually today?

https://refreshmiami.com/news/miami-startup-investrio-is-building-a-human-centered-financial-platform-for-small-businesses/

A huge chunk of wholesale distribution still runs on PDFs, spreadsheets, and phone calls, and Miami-based Canals thinks this is exactly where AI can have real impact.

Canals just announced a $35M funding round led by Base10 Partners, targeting an $8.2T market that is still stuck in messy workflows.

This is a South Florida startup tackling the boring stuff that keeps the economy moving.

https://refreshmiami.com/news/canals-raises-35m-to-make-wholesale-distribution-feel-a-little-less-like-fax-machine-america/