# Snaptrude

> Snaptrude is a cloud-based, AI-native design platform for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) teams. It lets architects move from a brief to a BIM-ready model inside one connected, browser-based workspace - handling site analysis, space programming, massing, BIM modeling and presentation while staying interoperable with legacy tools like Revit, Rhino and Archicad. Founded in 2017 by Altaf Ganihar and backed by Foundamental and Accel, Snaptrude positions itself as a modern, collaborative alternative to design software largely built in the late 1990s.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States (with an office in Bengaluru, India)
- **Founders:** Altaf Ganihar (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~68-100 employees (architects, construction professionals, software engineers and mathematicians)
- **Products:** Snaptrude Cloud Design Platform, Sketch to BIM, Interoperability (Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, IFC, DWG), Snaptrude AI
- **Notable:** Raised $21.8M total from Foundamental and Accel, with Accel and Foundamental re-upping for the Series A just 10 months after seed., Grew to 20,000+ users across 30+ countries within a year of launch momentum., Signed enterprise customers including Hines, WeWork and Square Yards.

## Products & services

- **Snaptrude Cloud Design Platform** — A browser-based AEC workspace that keeps space programs, diagrams and 3D massing in one live-linked model, taking teams from brief to BIM without switching tools.
- **Sketch to BIM** — Converts early sketches and massing into BIM-ready 3D Building Information Models with one click, including Revit families and curtain walls.
- **Interoperability (Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, IFC, DWG)** — Imports and exports high-fidelity models between Snaptrude and legacy tools without breaking geometry, families or material textures.
- **Snaptrude AI** — An agentic AI that assists with research, creation and rendering - and can generate a code-aware building option from an RFP to an LOD 300 model in roughly 7-10 minutes, following adjacencies, zoning, building codes and climate.

## Achievements

- Raised $21.8M total from Foundamental and Accel, with Accel and Foundamental re-upping for the Series A just 10 months after seed.
- Grew to 20,000+ users across 30+ countries within a year of launch momentum.
- Signed enterprise customers including Hines, WeWork and Square Yards.
- Announced interoperability with Nemetschek's Archicad, Allplan and Vectorworks in December 2024.
- Shipped Snaptrude 3.0 and an agentic AI platform in 2025 with active users up ~30x year over year.
- Built a working CAD geometry kernel in the browser, a long-standing technical barrier for cloud design tools.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced Snaptrude AI - an agentic design AI that can automate much of concept design, taking a project from RFP to an LOD 300 model in roughly 7-10 minutes.
- **2025-01** — Rolled out the Snaptrude 3.0 (v3) experience with a redesigned interface and expanded human-AI collaboration; active users reported up ~30x year over year.
- **2024-12** — Announced enhanced interoperability with the Nemetschek Group, connecting Snaptrude to Archicad, Allplan and Vectorworks.
- **2023-11** — Raised a $14M Series A led by Foundamental and Accel (with Fortius Ventures) and launched Sketch to BIM workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://snaptrude.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/snaptrude
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/snaptrude
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@snaptrude
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snaptrude/

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Last updated: 2026-07-18