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Newforma acquires Lumi AI, will incorporate into its tech

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Newforma, a construction information management technology provider, has acquired Lumi AI , an artificial intelligence startup, according to a Wednesday announcement. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With the move, Newforma will connect Toronto-based Lumi’s agentic AI into Vojo, Newforma’s AI assistant that lives on the company’s agentic framework, according to the announcement. Newforma will integrate the agent into its platforms that hold more than two decades of project data, which include RFIs, submittals and communication history. Lumi’s AI helps businesses use plain language queries to investigate and uncover patterns in their data. Going forward, planned capabilities for Vojo include natural language search and cross-project queries across project data, per the announcement. Newforma CEO Peter Cannone told Construction Dive via email that Lumi will not be accessible to non-Newforma customers.

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Key terms in this story

RFI (request for information)
An RFI (request for information) is a formal question, usually from a contractor to the design team, asking for clarification of drawings, specifications or site conditions.
Submittal
A submittal is information a contractor sends to the design team for review before work starts — such as shop drawings, product data sheets or material samples.

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