# Who does Autodesk, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/autodesk · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-12T00:00:27.842196+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Autodesk, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Amazon, Microsoft. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 4 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-12).

### Payapps Limited (high)
- metric: Amount $387M · acquisition completed 2024-02-20 · Total cash consideration to acquire 100% of Payapps
- note: Autodesk acquired 100% of Payapps on February 20, 2024 for USD 387 million in cash to strengthen construction payment management in Autodesk Construction Cloud. Of the total consideration, USD 381 million was treated as purchase consideration for accounting purposes.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-03-03) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939726000015/adsk-20260131.htm: "acquired 100% ... of Payapps ... for total consideration of $387 million in cash."

### 아마존 (high)  → /amazon.md
- note: Autodesk increasingly uses Amazon Web Services infrastructure for certain cloud products and relies on AWS for operational and technical services. The FY2026 10-K and a 2026 strategic collaboration announcement cross-check the relationship, but Autodesk does not disclose AWS-specific spending.
- [confirms] Autodesk Investor Relations (EN, ir, published 2026-06-03) https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-signs-strategic-collaboration-agreement-amazon-web: "Autodesk ... signed a strategic collaboration agreement ... with Amazon Web Services."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-03-03) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769397/000076939726000015/adsk-20260131.htm: "increasingly Amazon Web Services and to a lesser degree other infrastructure-as-a-service providers."

### 마이크로소프트 (mid)  → /microsoft.md
- note: Autodesk's July 2026 general subprocessor list identifies Microsoft as a cloud service provider embedded in Autodesk offerings. Autodesk also uses Azure OpenAI Service and GPT-image-1 for generative AI features in Fusion, but it does not disclose Microsoft-specific spending.
- [confirms] Autodesk (EN, ir, published 2026-07-01) https://damassets.autodesk.net/content/dam/autodesk/www/pdfs/Subprocessor-list.pdf: "Microsoft Corporation Cloud Service Provider."
- [confirms] Autodesk News (EN, news, published 2025-09-16) https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/new-investments-in-fusion-bring-ai-powered-transformation-to-manufacturing/: "Tapping into Microsoft’s AI services like Azure OpenAI Service and models such as GPT-image-1"

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