Autodesk has announced a new $100 million venture which they are calling the Forge Initiative, which aims to bring together 3D developers and companies, large and small, to collaborate and develop products in the cloud. At the heart of the initiative is the new cloud-based Forge Platform, which will provide tools including APIs and SDKs for developers. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/108644/autodesk-forge-initiative/