AI for Engineering & Product Development: Product Data, PLM & Digital Thread AI contains 15 companies across
1 categories.
Startups applying AI to product data, BOMs, requirements, documentation, and engineering history, creating intelligence layers on top of PLM and fragmented engineering systems.
New category
SPREAD
Website: spread.ai
SPREAD is an AI-native engineering intelligence platform that connects fragmented product data across PLM, CAD, ERP, ALM, and related systems into a unified engineering ontology and virtual product twin for complex product development.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Series B.
Founded: 2019.
Country: Germany.
Employees: 100+ employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it is explicitly positioned around engineering intelligence for complex products, unifying product data into a digital thread-like ontology across PLM and adjacent systems to support product development and lifecycle decisions.
Funding rounds
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Series B
announced 2026-04-01
: 30000000 USD
; investors: DTCP Growth, IQT, OTB Ventures, Salesforce, Thesiger Capital, Christian Schulz
; source: SPREAD
; https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/spread-ai-raises-30m-series-b-to-propel-software-defined-defense-vehicles-and-machines-from-concept-to-mission?hs_amp=true
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Series A
announced 2023-05-01
: 16000000 USD
; investors: HV Capital, Cavalry Ventures, Dylan Field, Sennder founders, Walter Kortschak
; source: SPREAD
; https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/series-a
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Seed
announced 2019-11-01
: 2900000 USD
; investors: Cavalry Ventures, La Famiglia, Business Angels
; source: Seedtable
; https://www.seedtable.com/funding-round/Spread_November_2019_Seed_Funding_Round-VXMAE4N
Company timeline
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2026-05-01:
SOC 2 Type II deepens enterprise trust motion
(gtm)
. SPREAD announced completion of SOC 2 Type II after obtaining SOC 2 Type I in August 2025, emphasizing operational controls and reduced security-review friction for enterprise buyers.
Source: SPREAD blog.
https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/spread-completes-soc-2-type-ii-examination
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2026-05-01:
Active hiring across core functions
(hr)
. SPREAD’s careers page showed open roles across engineering, solutions, product, customer, and go-to-market, indicating an ongoing hiring push.. Team size observed: 100+ employees employees.
Source: SPREAD Careers.
https://www.spread.ai/careers
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2026-04-29:
Yves Bonnefont joins advisory board
(hr)
. SPREAD announced that former Stellantis Chief Software Officer Yves Bonnefont joined its advisory board.. Team size observed: 100+ employees employees.
Source: SPREAD Blog.
https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/spread-ai-raises-30m-series-b-to-propel-software-defined-defense-vehicles-and-machines-from-concept-to-mission
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2026-04-23:
AWS Marketplace launch and partner network entry
(product)
. SPREAD joined the AWS Partner Network and launched on AWS Marketplace to simplify enterprise procurement and scale Engineering Intelligence deployments.
Source: SPREAD.
https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/spread-joins-the-aws-partner-network-and-launches-on-aws-marketplace-to-scale-engineering-intelligence
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2026-04-01:
Series B
(funding)
. Amount: 30000000 USD. Investors: DTCP Growth, IQT, OTB Ventures, Salesforce, Thesiger Capital, Christian Schulz
Source: SPREAD.
https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/spread-ai-raises-30m-series-b-to-propel-software-defined-defense-vehicles-and-machines-from-concept-to-mission?hs_amp=true
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2025-12-08:
CUBE 2025 shifts the narrative from connected systems to contextual intelligence
(gtm)
. At CUBE 2025, SPREAD positioned its platform as an intelligence layer across engineering workflows and emphasized a standardized suite spanning requirements, aftermarket intelligence, and agentic reasoning.
Source: SPREAD blog.
https://www.spread.ai/resources/stories/cube-2025-engineerings-next-era-begins-with-ai-ready-teams
Makersite
Website: makersite.io
Makersite is an AI-powered product lifecycle intelligence platform that connects product data with cost, carbon, compliance, and supply-chain risk information so manufacturers can make better design and procurement decisions.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Series B.
Founded: 2018.
Country: Germany.
Employees: 170+ employees.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development category because it plugs into PLM/CAD/ERP systems, cleans and connects fragmented product data, creates a digital twin/product model, and supports engineering trade-offs for design, cost, sustainability, and compliance decisions.
Funding rounds
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Series B
announced 2025-07-01
: 60000000 EUR
; investors: Lightrock, Partech, SE Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, KOMPAS VC, Translink Capital, Planet A Ventures
; source: Makersite Press Release
; https://makersite.io/press/makersite-raises-60m-in-series-b-with-ai-product-life-cycle-intelligence/
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Series A
announced 2022-10-01
: 18000000 USD
; investors: Hitachi Ventures, Translink Capital, KOMPAS VC, Planet A Ventures
; source: Business Wire
; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221013005926/en/Makersite-the-AI-data-platform-that-powers-sustainable-product-and-supply-chain-decisions-at-scale-secures-18M-USD-Series-A
Company timeline
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2026-06-04:
SiGREEN rebranded as Mattermaps under Makersite ownership
(product)
. Makersite completed the ownership transition and said SiGREEN would operate as Mattermaps while keeping the same product experience and supply-chain data exchange functionality. ([makersite.io](https://makersite.io/press/sigreen-becomes-mattermaps-as-makersite-completes-ownership-transition/?utm_source=openai))
Source: Makersite.
https://makersite.io/press/sigreen-becomes-mattermaps-as-makersite-completes-ownership-transition/
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2026-06-04:
Acquires SiGREEN and rebrands it as Mattermaps
(gtm)
. Makersite acquired Siemens’ SiGREEN platform and later completed its transition to Mattermaps, extending its commercial footprint into product carbon footprint data exchange and Scope 3 collaboration networks.
Source: Makersite press release.
https://makersite.io/press/sigreen-becomes-mattermaps-as-makersite-completes-ownership-transition/
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2026-06-01:
Open vacancies page shows broad hiring cluster
(hr)
. Makersite’s careers page currently lists open roles across Engineering, Finance, Operations, Sales, and Services, including Engineering Manager, Senior Data Scientist, Finance Accountant, Strategy & Operations Intern, Enterprise Account Executive, Sales Development Representative, and Project Manager - Software Implementation.. Team size observed: 170+ employees employees.
Source: Makersite careers page.
https://makersitegmbh.recruitee.com/
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2026-04-14:
Acquisition of SiGREEN announced
(product)
. Makersite announced it would acquire Siemens’ SiGREEN platform to expand PCF and Scope 3 data exchange capabilities. ([makersite.io](https://makersite.io/press/makersite-acquires-sigreen/))
Source: Makersite.
https://makersite.io/press/makersite-acquires-sigreen/
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2025-09-15:
Siemens Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment powered by Makersite
(product)
. Siemens described a Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment solution developed with Makersite, adding AI-powered predictive LCA capabilities and lifecycle intelligence inside Teamcenter. ([makersite.io](https://makersite.io/press/siemens-drives-sustainable-product-development-with-ai-powered-lifecycle-assessment-software/))
Source: Siemens / Makersite.
https://makersite.io/press/siemens-drives-sustainable-product-development-with-ai-powered-lifecycle-assessment-software/
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2025-07-15:
Integrates into Siemens Teamcenter for PLM buyers
(gtm)
. Makersite and Siemens announced a cooperation to bring environmental, cost, and supply-chain risk data directly into Teamcenter, extending Makersite from a standalone platform into a native PLM workflow.
Source: Makersite press release.
https://makersite.io/press/makersite-and-siemens-collaborate-to-deliver-integrated-sustainability-intelligence-in-product-lifecycle-management/
Trace.Space
Website: trace.space
Trace.Space is an AI-powered systems engineering and requirements management platform that ingests product and engineering data from tools like PDFs, JIRA, Git, Confluence, and APIs to build a connected traceability graph for complex product development.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Seed.
Founded: 2022.
Country: Latvia.
Landscape fit: It fits the category because it sits at the intersection of product data, PLM-adjacent workflows, and digital thread/traceability, helping engineering teams manage requirements, trace links, and cross-tool product development data with AI.
Funding rounds
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Seed
announced 2025-02-01
: 4000000 USD
; investors: Cherry Ventures, Outlast Fund, Nebular, Fiedler, Change Ventures
; source: TechCrunch
; https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/aiming-to-accelerate-product-design-with-ai-trace-space-raises-a-seed-round/
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Pre-Seed
announced 2023-02-01
: 1500000 USD
; investors: Fiedler Capital, Change Ventures, Tiny VC, Foreword VC, Nebular, Charlie Songhurst
; source: BalticVC
; https://www.balticvc.com/2023/02/latvian-saas-startup-tracespace-has.html
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Current open role: Senior React Engineer Europe
(hr)
. The Trace.Space careers page currently lists an open role for Senior React Engineer Europe • United Kingdom, Full-Time.
Source: Trace.Space careers page.
https://www.trace.space/about-us/careers
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2026-05-05:
Webinars and demos package the product into a repeatable sales motion
(gtm)
. Trace.Space combined an INCOSE Canada webinar, a Space Agent live demo, and a 'from disparate docs to a connected graph' session to explain the product and move prospects toward evaluation.
Source: Trace.Space Events.
https://www.trace.space/events
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2026-04-02:
Space Agent launches as the first AI agent for systems engineers
(gtm)
. Trace.Space launched Space Agent, an AI agent embedded in the platform to handle core systems engineering tasks directly inside the requirements environment.
Source: Trace.Space Blog.
https://www.trace.space/blog/space-agent-the-first-ai-agent-built-for-systems-engineers
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2026-04-02:
Space Agent launched for systems engineers
(product)
. Trace.Space launched Space Agent, an in-platform AI agent that works inside the engineering data model and supports trace suggestions, coverage analysis, risk assessment, impact analysis, requirements drafting, and traceability analysis.
Source: Trace.Space blog.
https://www.trace.space/blog/space-agent-the-first-ai-agent-built-for-systems-engineers
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2026-04-01:
Publicly visible technical hire/role: Matt Maclaine appears as Forward Deployed Systems Engineer
(hr)
. Trace.Space's April 2026 product launch post and related event pages identify Matt Maclaine as Forward Deployed Systems Engineer at the company.
Source: Trace.Space blog.
https://www.trace.space/blog/space-agent-the-first-ai-agent-built-for-systems-engineers
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2026-02-03:
AI requirements-management positioning emerges
(product)
. Trace.Space published a detailed product article framing the platform as AI-powered requirements management for trace link management, quality analysis, impact prediction, and test-case generation.
Source: Trace.Space blog.
https://www.trace.space/blog/what-is-ai-powered-requirements-management
Monolith AI
Website: monolithai.com
Monolith AI provides an engineering-focused AI platform that helps product development teams analyze test, simulation, and CAD data to optimize designs, reduce physical testing, and accelerate development cycles.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Acquired.
Founded: 2016.
Country: United Kingdom.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because its core product applies AI to engineering workflows and product development data—especially test, simulation, CAD, and validation data—to improve decision-making across the digital thread and shorten product development cycles.
Funding rounds
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Series B
announced 2025-07-01
: 21000000 GBP
; investors: Volta Energy Technologies
; source: Volta Energy Technologies (LinkedIn)
; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/volta-energy-technologies_coreweave-to-acquire-monolith-expanding-activity-7381075668383682560-R57O
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Series A
announced 2021-08-01
: 8500000 GBP
; investors: Insight Partners, Pentech, Touchstone, Alejandro Agag, Apex Black, Stanford Angels of the UK
; source: Monolith AI
; https://www.monolithai.com/press-release/monolith-series-a-funding
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Seed
announced 2019-05-01
: 1900000 GBP
; investors: Pentech Ventures, Stanford Angels of the UK, Ascension Ventures, Charlie Songhurst
; source: Pentech Ventures
; https://www.pentech.vc/monolith-raises-seed-round-of-1-9-million-2/
Company timeline
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2026-06-10:
Current hiring cluster across customer success and engineering
(hr)
. Monolith’s careers page currently lists five open roles: Senior Technical Customer Success Engineer, Lead Technical Customer Success Engineer, QA Engineer (Load Testing Specialist), Data Migration Specialist, and Head of Engineering.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Monolith Careers.
https://monolithai.teamtailor.com/
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2026-04-20:
Jungheinrich adoption expanded Monolith into industrial mobility
(gtm)
. Monolith announced that Jungheinrich appointed it to accelerate battery innovation for next-generation electric forklifts.
Source: Monolith press hub.
https://www.monolithai.com/press
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2025-11-05:
Monolith AI acquired by CoreWeave
(acquisition)
. CoreWeave agreed to acquire Monolith AI on 2025-10-06 and completed the acquisition on 2025-11-05; deal terms were undisclosed.. Acquirer: CoreWeave. Status: completed
Source: CoreWeave SEC filing.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000176962826000104/crwv-20251231.htm
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2025-11-01:
Nissan extended Monolith partnership through 2027
(gtm)
. Monolith announced a strategic extension with Nissan to reduce physical vehicle testing and accelerate development.
Source: Monolith press release.
https://www.monolithai.com/press-release/nissan-harnesses-power-of-ai-to-speed-up-physical-vehicle-tests-monolith
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2025-09-30:
MCP for Engineering introduced as a workflow automation layer
(product)
. Monolith published a webinar on Model Context Protocol for engineering workflows and showed examples of MCP-connected automation across analysis tasks.
Source: Monolith webinar.
https://www.monolithai.com/webinars/model-context-protocol-for-engineering
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2025-08-05:
CamMotive partnership added test-services channel credibility
(gtm)
. Monolith partnered with CamMotive to improve battery testing with AI-powered data validation and hybrid anomaly detection.
Source: Monolith press release.
https://www.monolithai.com/press-release/cammotive-ev-battery-testing-ai
Duro
Website: durolabs.co
Duro is an AI-native, cloud-based PLM platform for hardware engineering that centralizes product data, revision control, BOMs, and integrations across the product development lifecycle.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Acquired.
Founded: 2017.
Country: United States.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development category because it manages product data and product lifecycle workflows for hardware teams, including BOM management, revision control, CAD/ERP/MES integrations, and AI-powered search/analysis for digital-thread-style traceability across design and manufacturing.
Funding rounds
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Seed
announced 2024-04-01
: 7500000 USD
; investors: Primary Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Riot Ventures
; source: Duro
; https://durolabs.co/press/duro-takes-another-step-in-reshaping-hardware-engineering/
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Seed
announced 2021-11-01
: 4000000 USD
; investors: Bonfire Ventures, Riot Ventures
; source: TechCrunch
; https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/18/duro-fundraise/
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Duro announced Justin A. Gatewood joined the team
(hr)
. Duro posted that Justin A. Gatewood joined the company and welcomed him to the team.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Duro on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/duroplm
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2026-06-01:
Duro announced a new Senior Product Designer
(hr)
. Duro said Todd C. joined as the company’s new Senior Product Designer.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Duro on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/duroplm
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2026-06-01:
Careers page shows active engineering openings
(hr)
. Duro’s careers page lists openings for Sr. Software Development Engineer and Sr. QA Engineer.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Duro careers page.
https://durolabs.co/careers/
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2026-04-01:
Founder says Duro is scaling hiring across functions
(hr)
. Michael Corr posted that Duro is ready to scale and is about to hire across engineering, product, customer success, and more.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Michael Corr on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelgcorr_big-momentum-at-duro-now-that-we-are-fully-activity-7425248099465474048-0qO0
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2026-03-01:
Duro opened a content marketing role
(hr)
. Duro posted a LinkedIn hiring notice for a Content Marketing Manager in its LA office in a hybrid role.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Duro on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/duroplm_content-marketing-manager-activity-7429935487861301248-64gn
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2025-12-01:
Duro acquired by Altium
(acquisition)
. Altium completed the acquisition of Duro Labs on December 5, 2025.. Acquirer: Altium. Status: completed
Source: MarketScreener.
https://uk.marketscreener.com/news/altium-llc-acquired-duro-labs-inc-ce7d51dcd18bf322
Tandem
Website: tandem.inc
Tandem is an AI platform for hardware engineering that captures design intent, requirements, design changes, reviews, and decisions in one system to reduce rework and speed up design and compliance workflows.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Pre Seed.
Founded: 2025.
Country: United States.
Employees: 2-10 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it focuses on product engineering data, requirements traceability, design changes, reviews, and export into PLM/QMS workflows—core elements of AI for engineering, product development, and digital thread use cases.
Funding rounds
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Seed
announced 2026-06-01
: 4700000 USD
; source: Antler
; https://www.antler.co/blog/announcing-the-spring-2026-u-s-portfolio-showcase
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Seed
announced 2025-09-01
: 200000 USD
; investors: Antler
; source: Dealroom
; https://app.dealroom.co/companies/tandem_29
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Added founder-led credibility and early team-building for AI-native hardware engineering
(gtm)
. Tandem’s LinkedIn presence shows the company recruiting a machine learning engineer and publicly reinforcing the message that it is building an AI-native platform for hardware engineering.
Source: Tandem LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tandem-intelligence
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2026-06-01:
Seed
(funding)
. Amount: 4700000 USD
Source: Antler.
https://www.antler.co/blog/announcing-the-spring-2026-u-s-portfolio-showcase
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2026-05-01:
Built an SEO and comparison-content engine around hardware traceability
(gtm)
. In May 2026, Tandem’s blog shifted into a high-volume library of comparison pages, glossaries, checklists, and how-to guides about design rationale, traceability, and review workflows.
Source: Tandem Blog.
https://blog.tandemai.io/
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2026-05-01:
Broadened the product story into CAD-native workflow modules and enterprise trust signals
(gtm)
. By spring 2026, Tandem’s website presented a more complete product suite—Design Sessions, Requirements Workspace, Review & Context, Assist, and upcoming formal packet export—while also emphasizing CAD integrations and security for sensitive hardware programs.
Source: Tandem website.
https://tandemai.io/
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2026-05-01:
Founding engineer hiring push
(hr)
. Tandem's LinkedIn updates later said it was hiring founding engineers, including Founding Engineer and Founding Forward Deployed Engineer roles in San Francisco.. Team size observed: 2-10 employees employees.
Source: Tandem LinkedIn updates.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tandem-intelligence
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2026-01-01:
Expanded educational content around hardware decision-making and AI limits
(gtm)
. In late 2025 and early 2026, Tandem published a series of articles explaining why hardware decisions, timing, and rationale capture matter, reinforcing the product as an engineering-memory layer for technical buyers.
Source: Tandem blog.
https://tandemai.io/blogs/thoughts-the-curve-nobody-draws
Miura Simulation
Website: miurasimulation.com
Miura Simulation is a French deeptech startup that turns industrial simulation data into AI-ready engineering data infrastructure, helping engineers build and deploy AI models for product design and simulation workflows.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Seed.
Founded: 2020.
Country: France.
Employees: 12 people.
Landscape fit: It fits the category because its core product, Miura Nexus, focuses on engineering data management for simulation/PLM-adjacent workflows—unlocking proprietary engineering data, reducing silos, and making it usable for AI across product development and digital-thread processes.
Funding rounds
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Seed
announced 2026-01-01
: 2000000 EUR
; investors: Atlantique Business Angels Booster, Arts et Métiers Business Angels, Aerospace Angels, Pays de la Loire Participations, Centrale Innovation
; source: Miura Simulation press release
; https://miurasimulation.com/miura-simulation_raises-2m-to-democratize-the-use-ai-in-industrial-simulation/
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Team size updated to 12 people
(hr)
. Miura Simulation’s team page currently states the company is a team of 12 people, including 6 PhDs and 5 nationalities.. Team size observed: 12 people employees.
Source: Miura Simulation team page.
https://miurasimulation.com/meet-miura-simulation-team/
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2026-05-01:
Full-Stack Developer opening posted
(hr)
. Miura Simulation posted that it was hiring a Full-Stack Developer in Nantes.. Team size observed: 12 people employees.
Source: Miura Simulation LinkedIn.
https://fr.linkedin.com/company/miura-simulation
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2026-05-01:
Backend Developer join announced
(hr)
. Miura Simulation announced that Alexandre joined as Backend Developer.. Team size observed: 12 people employees.
Source: Miura Simulation LinkedIn.
https://fr.linkedin.com/company/miura-simulation
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2026-05-01:
Product Owner join announced
(hr)
. Miura Simulation announced that Katell joined as Product Owner.. Team size observed: 12 people employees.
Source: Miura Simulation LinkedIn.
https://fr.linkedin.com/company/miura-simulation
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2026-01-01:
Miura launched a white paper and sharpened Nexus messaging
(product)
. Miura published a white paper on scalable AI adoption that presented Nexus as an open-standards, interoperable layer that centralizes simulation data and exposes AI-ready endpoints.
Source: MIURA SIMULATION.
https://miurasimulation.com/library/how-to-build-a-data-driven-culture-for-scalable-ai-adoption/
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2026-01-01:
Miura launched Nexus Pioneers beta co-design program
(product)
. Miura opened the Nexus Pioneers Program to recruit early users for product demos, prototype access, co-design workshops, and beta feedback before launch.
Source: MIURA SIMULATION.
https://miurasimulation.com/nexuspioneersprogram/
Flow Engineering
Website: flowengineering.com
Flow Engineering builds an AI-native requirements and systems-engineering platform for hardware teams, connecting requirements, design artifacts, CAD, simulation, code, and test in a living system of record.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Series A.
Founded: 2016.
Country: United Kingdom.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it helps engineering and product teams manage product data, requirements, traceability, and change impact across connected tools—essentially a digital-thread layer for hardware development.
Funding rounds
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Series A
announced 2025-10-01
: 23000000 USD
; investors: Sequoia Capital, Patrick Collison, John Collison, David Helgason, Odyssey Ventures
; source: Flow Engineering
; https://flowengineering.com/blog/flow-raises-23m-from-sequoia-to-accelerate-the-future-of-hardware-development/
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Seed
announced 2022-12-01
: 8500000 USD
; investors: EQT Ventures, Backed VC
; source: Flow Engineering
; https://flowengineering.com/blog/flow-engineering-raises-8-5-m/
Company timeline
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2026-06-04:
Launch of Flow v3 and agentic platform messaging
(gtm)
. Flow’s homepage and blog now present Flow v3 as the first agentic platform for systems engineering, with AI agents running impact analysis, checking test coverage, and propagating changes across connected engineering tools.
Source: Flow Engineering homepage/blog.
https://www.flowengineering.com/
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2026-06-01:
Careers page lists 12 open roles
(hr)
. Flow's careers page currently shows 12 open roles spanning engineering, sales, and recruiting, including SF and London positions.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Flow Engineering careers page.
https://www.flowengineering.com/careers
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2026-06-01:
Nitin A. joined as Head of Engineering
(hr)
. Pari Singh announced Nitin A. as Flow's Head of Engineering, highlighting his prior leadership at Rippling after RunX and earlier engineering experience at Google, Lyft, and Stripe.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/flowengineer_systemsengineering-space-defense-activity-7383895198432538624-do2I
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2026-04-15:
AI Systems Engineering handbook and agentic repositioning
(product)
. Flow introduced a new handbook framing the product around continuous alignment powered by AI agents, with a living system of record and cross-tool automation across requirements, CAD, simulation, code, and test.
Source: Flow Engineering blog.
https://flowengineering.com/blog/ai-handbook
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2026-04-15:
Shift from iterative to agentic engineering positioning
(gtm)
. Flow published a new handbook framing the market as moving from waterfall to iterative to agentic systems engineering, with AI agents continuously aligning requirements, interfaces, and test coverage.
Source: Flow Engineering blog.
https://www.flowengineering.com/blog/ai-handbook
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2026-03-16:
Testing, collaboration, and API workflow expansion
(product)
. Across January through March 2026, Flow added cross-project document and requirement links, improved test-case creation, iterations, DOCX report export, unified testing views, execution tabs, external sharing, stage reviewers, Jira-linked test runs, and new API methods for interfaces, documents, and test artifacts.
Source: Flow Engineering changelog.
https://flow-engineering.productlane.com/changelog
Cognyx
Website: cognyx.io
Cognyx builds an AI-powered engineering acceleration platform for hardware manufacturers, centered on a universal, collaborative BOM and digital continuity across engineering systems.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Pre Seed.
Founded: 2023.
Country: France.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it applies AI to hardware engineering workflows, product data/BOM management, and digital continuity between engineering IT systems—core elements of PLM and the digital thread.
Funding rounds
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pre-seed
announced 2024-07-01
: 1700000 EUR
; investors: Bpifrance (Digital Venture), Christophe Raynaud, Roxanne Varza, Simon Dawlat, Ning Li, Philippe Varin, Arno Zinke, other business angels
; source: Bpifrance
; https://presse.bpifrance.fr/cognyx-leve-17-million-deuros-en-pre-seed-pour-accelerer-et-fiabiliser-les-processus-de-conception-industrielle/
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
AI-native BOM platform adds collaboration, versioning, ontology, and integrations
(product)
. Cognyx’s technology page describes a fully customizable BOM platform with real-time collaboration, version history, AI copilot features, custom ontology modeling, and CAD/PLM/ERP integrations.
Source: Cognyx Technology page.
https://www.cognyx.io/technology
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2026-05-01:
Deployment Strategist Associate opening
(hr)
. Cognyx posted a LinkedIn opening for a Deployment Strategist Associate in Paris.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: LinkedIn.
https://fr.linkedin.com/jobs/view/deployment-strategist-associate-at-cognyx-4403477336
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2026-03-01:
Senior Knowledge Graph Data Engineer opening
(hr)
. Cognyx posted a LinkedIn job opening for a Senior Knowledge Graph Data Engineer in Paris.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: LinkedIn.
https://fr.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-knowledge-graph-data-engineer-at-cognyx-3804250769
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2025-11-01:
Platform framing shifts to a universal collaborative BOM
(product)
. Cognyx’s company positioning evolved to describe the product as an engineering acceleration platform built around a universal and collaborative BOM with digital continuity between engineering systems.
Source: Cognyx About page.
https://www.cognyx.io/about
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2025-06-01:
Direct sales motion formalized through book-a-demo and sales contact paths
(gtm)
. Cognyx routes prospects into a lightweight direct-sales funnel via book-a-demo prompts and a public sales contact address, indicating founder-led or AE-assisted selling.
Source: Contact us.
https://www.cognyx.io/contact-us
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2025-06-01:
Enterprise trust and integration story added to the product pitch
(gtm)
. The technology page emphasizes real-time collaboration, version history, custom ontology, seamless CAD/PLM/ERP integrations, and AI copilot functionality, while the site also references ISO 27001, GDPR, and SOC 2 trust signals.
Source: Technology.
https://www.cognyx.io/technology
Ketryx
Website: ketryx.com
Ketryx provides AI-native compliance and application lifecycle management software for regulated product teams, especially in medical devices and life sciences, connecting tools like Jira and GitHub into a traceable development workflow.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Series B.
Founded: 2021.
Country: United States.
Employees: 51-200 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development / Product Data / PLM & Digital Thread AI category because it centralizes traceability, compliance, and lifecycle orchestration across engineering tools, helping regulated teams manage product development data and release workflows as a connected digital thread.
Funding rounds
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Series B
announced 2025-09-01
: 39000000 USD
; investors: Transformation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MIT's E14 Fund, Ubiquity Ventures, 53 Stations
; source: PR Newswire
; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ketryx-raises-39m-series-b-round-to-power-the-future-of-regulated-artificial-intelligence-for-life-sciences-302545101.html
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Series A
announced 2023-12-01
: 14000000 USD
; investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, MIT's E14 Fund, Ubiquity Ventures
; source: PR Newswire
; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ketryx-raises-14m-in-series-a-funding-led-by-lightspeed-venture-partners-302005431.html
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Seed
announced 2022-06-01
: 2000000 USD
; investors: E14 Fund
; source: Owler Ketryx Funding History
; https://www.owler.com/company/ketryx/funding
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Seed
announced 2021-11-01
: 2000000 USD
; investors: MIT's E14 Fund, Ubiquity Ventures
; source: Ketryx About | Company Information
; https://www.ketryx.com/about/company
Company timeline
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2026-05-01:
Current open software engineering role posted
(hr)
. A LinkedIn job post for Software Engineer at Ketryx was visible and described the role as part of an engineering team in Cambridge.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees.
Source: LinkedIn Jobs.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-at-ketryx-4403521595
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2026-03-31:
MCP beta brings compliance context into AI tools
(product)
. Ketryx announced a beta Model Context Protocol server that lets tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot access live compliance data and query release readiness and traceability gaps.
Source: Ketryx.
https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/ketryx-announces-mcp
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2026-03-30:
Validated AI Conference launches as a demand-gen and category-building event
(gtm)
. Ketryx launched its inaugural Validated AI Conference to convene engineering, quality, and regulatory leaders around the AI compliance challenge in regulated industries. ([ketryx.com](https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/ketryx-launches-validated-ai-conference-a-first-of-its-kind-industry-event-for-ai-in-regulated-industries?utm_source=openai))
Source: Ketryx press release.
https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/ketryx-launches-validated-ai-conference-a-first-of-its-kind-industry-event-for-ai-in-regulated-industries
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2026-02-26:
2026 momentum update emphasizes marquee customers and category leadership
(gtm)
. Ketryx said it entered 2026 with record momentum, citing four of the top five Fortune 500 MedTech companies, Meta Reality Labs, Flo Health, and its first validated AI agents as evidence of category traction. ([ketryx.com](https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/momentum-as-demand-for-validated-ai-surges?utm_source=openai))
Source: Ketryx press release.
https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/momentum-as-demand-for-validated-ai-surges
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2026-02-26:
Leadership and hiring expansion disclosed in 2026 momentum update
(hr)
. Ketryx said it added Tim Brodeur to lead Success and Delivery, and that employee headcount more than doubled year over year.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees.
Source: Ketryx newsroom.
https://www.ketryx.com/press-release/momentum-as-demand-for-validated-ai-surges
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2025-12-12:
Customer validation package becomes part of the adoption motion
(gtm)
. Ketryx documented a customer-shareable validation package and trust-center approach, making supplier validation and audit readiness a more formal part of the commercial offer. ([ketryx.com](https://www.ketryx.com/blog/inside-ketryxs-customer-validation-package?utm_source=openai))
Source: Ketryx blog / support.
https://www.ketryx.com/blog/inside-ketryxs-customer-validation-package
CoLab
Website: colabsoftware.com
CoLab is an AI-powered engineering collaboration platform that helps hardware and mechanical engineering teams review designs, connect product data, and make faster product decisions.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Series B.
Founded: 2017.
Country: Canada.
Employees: 160 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development category because its platform is built around engineering review workflows and uses AI to connect design feedback, PLM-related data, and other systems into a digital thread for product development.
Funding rounds
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Series C
announced 2025-11-01
: 72000000 USD
; investors: Intrepid Growth Partners, Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Pelorus VC, Killick Capital, Spider Capital
; source: Business Wire
; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110476949/en/AI-Is-Changing-Engineering.-CoLab-Just-Raised-%2472M-to-Lead-the-Transformation.
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Series B
announced 2024-05-01
: 21000000 USD
; investors: Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Killick Capital, Pelorus VC
; source: CoLab Software
; https://www.colabsoftware.com/post/colab-software-raises-21m-to-help-hardware-engineering-teams-accelerate-product-development
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Series A
announced 2021-10-01
: 17000000 USD
; investors: Insight Partners, Xometry, Onshape, GrabCAD, Bosch, Tesla, Atlassian
; source: CoLab Software
; https://www.colabsoftware.com/post/colab-raises-17m-series-a-to-modernize-collaboration-for-mechanical-engineering-teams
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Seed
announced 2019-10-01
: 2700000 CAD
; investors: Spider Capital, Liquid 2, FundersClub, Killick Capital, Pelorus Venture, Panache Ventures
; source: BetaKit
; https://betakit.com/colab-raises-2-7-million-after-y-combinator-demo-day/
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pre-seed
announced 2018-06-01
: 600000 CAD
; investors: Pelorus Venture, Killick Capital, Panache Ventures
; source: CoLab Software
; https://www.colabsoftware.com/post/colab-software-raises-600k-pre-seed-round
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Multiple open roles visible on LinkedIn Jobs
(hr)
. CoLab's LinkedIn jobs page showed active openings in business development, sales, key account, industry strategy, sales engineering, product management, mechanical engineering, and performance marketing.. Team size observed: 160 employees employees.
Source: CoLab LinkedIn Jobs.
https://ca.linkedin.com/company/colabsoftware/jobs
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2026-05-07:
2D pins and measurement enhancements
(product)
. CoLab added direct 2D feedback pins and more flexible 3D measurement controls, reducing the steps needed to capture location-specific review comments. ([colabsoftware.com](https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates))
Source: Product updates - CoLab.
https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates
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2026-04-17:
Drive notebooks become standalone assets
(product)
. CoLab let users create Notebooks directly in Drive, separating pre-reads, requirements, decision logs, and supplier context from individual reviews. ([colabsoftware.com](https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates))
Source: Product updates - CoLab.
https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates
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2026-04-01:
Careers page shows rapid headcount growth and active hiring
(hr)
. CoLab's careers page says the company welcomed 64 new teammates in the last 12 months, growing from 96 to 160 employees, and includes an open-roles section with a hiring contact.. Team size observed: 160 employees employees.
Source: CoLab Careers.
https://www.colabsoftware.com/careers
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2026-02-06:
Enterprise API and review governance updates
(product)
. CoLab launched a versioned Enterprise API, portal guest permissions for review management, and review keys for consistent external reference. ([colabsoftware.com](https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates?0dfeb690_page=2))
Source: Product updates - CoLab.
https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates?0dfeb690_page=2
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2026-01-09:
AutoReview becomes a more capable AI review engine
(product)
. CoLab expanded AutoReview with user input prompts, processing stages, unread badges, reliability fixes, expanded 2D agent coverage, and custom checklists. ([colabsoftware.com](https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates?0dfeb690_page=2))
Source: Product updates - CoLab / AutoReview.
https://www.colabsoftware.com/product-updates?0dfeb690_page=2
AI Marketplace GmbH (portal0)
Website: portal0.engineering
portal0 is an AI-native requirements management platform that helps engineering teams turn specs, PDFs, emails, and legacy documents into structured, traceable requirements with quality checks and integrations into existing engineering tools.
Category: New category.
Founded: 2022.
Country: Germany.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it targets engineering and product development workflows around requirements, traceability, PLM integration, and cross-disciplinary hardware/system development—the core data layer of a digital thread.
Funding rounds
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Grant
announced 2020-01-01
: 11000000 EUR
; source: prostep ivip: AI Marketplace
; https://www.prostep.org/en/projects/ai-marketplace
Company timeline
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2026-03-10:
Trade-show packaging sharpened for embedded systems
(gtm)
. portal0 appeared as a new exhibitor product at embedded world 2026, positioned specifically as an AI-first requirements platform for embedded systems with booth presence and a product video.
Source: embedded world exhibitor page.
https://www.embedded-world.de/en/exhibitors/ai-marketplace-gmbh-2559386/portal0-%E2%80%93-ai-first-requirements-platform-for-embedded-systems-2561704
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2026-03-01:
Broadened from requirements assistant to full AI-native requirements platform
(product)
. Official product surfaces shifted from an AI assistant for extracting and structuring requirements from documents to a broader platform with smart import, automatic traceability, AI-based requirement analysis, quality improvement, integrations, security, and tiered plans.
Source: portal0 homepage + LinkedIn product page.
https://www.portal0.engineering/
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2026-01-01:
Team size observed at 11-50 employees
(hr)
. AI Marketplace (KI-Marktplatz) showed a LinkedIn company size range of 11-50 employees.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ki-marktplatz
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2025-12-02:
Enterprise engineering credibility via prostep ivip AI Day
(gtm)
. AI Marketplace participated in prostep ivip's AI Day on AI-ready data and intelligent agents, presenting a framework for AI-supported collaborative engineering alongside Schaeffler and ZF.
Source: Fraunhofer IEM / prostep ivip AI Day.
https://www.iem.fraunhofer.de/de/termine/ai-day.html
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2025-12-01:
portal0 publicly introduced as AI-native requirements platform
(gtm)
. AI Marketplace began publicly introducing portal0 as an AI-native platform for smarter requirements and systems engineering, with messaging around smart import, requirement analysis, quality checks, multilingual support, and demo-led outreach.
Source: LinkedIn post by AI Marketplace / Nikhil Jha.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jhanikhil19_portal0-demo-requirementsengineering-activity-7386365864805101568-8Vri
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2020-01-01:
Grant
(funding)
. Amount: 11000000 EUR
Source: prostep ivip: AI Marketplace.
https://www.prostep.org/en/projects/ai-marketplace
Bild
Website: getbild.com
Bild is a cloud PDM/PLM platform for modern hardware teams that helps automate engineering workflows such as version control, BOM management, engineering change management, and supplier collaboration.
Category: New category.
Funding stage: Seed.
Founded: 2020.
Country: United States.
Employees: 11-50 employees.
Landscape fit: It fits this category because it manages product data and hardware engineering workflows in the cloud, which is directly adjacent to PLM and digital-thread use cases for engineering and product development.
Funding rounds
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Series A
announced 2025-11-01
: 9000000 USD
; investors: Mucker Capital, Shasta Ventures, Tola Capital, Counterview Capital
; source: Bild LinkedIn post
; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/getbild_were-thrilled-to-announce-our-9m-raise-activity-7386059587566809088-z9wL
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Seed
announced 2021-10-01
: 3000000 USD
; investors: Tola Capital, Lux Capital, Shasta Ventures, Counterview Capital, Frontier Ventures, Techstars
; source: TechCrunch
; https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/25/bild-takes-in-funding-to-share-collaborate-on-hardware-designs-in-the-cloud/
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Meru AI introduced for CAD reasoning and engineering intelligence
(product)
. Bild introduced Meru, a mechanical engineering reasoning unit with Delta for CAD diffs, Echo for part discovery, and Sigma for automated documentation and reports. ([getbild.com](https://www.getbild.com/meru/overview?utm_source=openai))
Source: Meru: AI for Mechanical Engineering & CAD Workflows | Bild.
https://www.getbild.com/meru/overview
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2026-06-01:
Meru launches as an AI layer for mechanical engineering workflows
(gtm)
. Bild introduced Meru, a mechanical engineering reasoning unit that understands CAD geometry, revisions, BOMs, and release context, with modules for design-change intelligence, semantic search, and automated documentation.
Source: Bild Meru overview.
https://www.getbild.com/meru/overview
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2026-06-01:
Case-study-led proof expands across larger hardware programs
(gtm)
. Bild added another customer story centered on PDM and BOM management for a UAV company, using operational pain points like slow collaboration, siloed data, and manual BOM reconciliation to reinforce the platform value proposition.
Source: Bild blog.
https://www.getbild.com/blog/creating-a-single-source-of-truth-for-cross-functional-collaboration-with-pdm-and-bom-management
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2026-06-01:
Active hiring across sales and engineering roles
(hr)
. Bild’s careers page lists a Business Development Representative role in Chicago and two engineering roles in Hyderabad: Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Software Engineer.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees.
Source: Careers - Bild.
https://www.getbild.com/careers
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2026-05-01:
Customer proof shifts toward cloud-native hardware collaboration
(gtm)
. Bild published customer stories showing that teams chose it for cloud-native collaboration, easier adoption, and less admin burden than legacy PDM or fragmented file-sharing workflows.
Source: Bild blog.
https://www.getbild.com/blog/how-cellino-bio-streamlined-hardware-collaboration-with-bild
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2025-11-01:
Series A
(funding)
. Amount: 9000000 USD. Investors: Mucker Capital, Shasta Ventures, Tola Capital, Counterview Capital
Source: Bild LinkedIn post.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/getbild_were-thrilled-to-announce-our-9m-raise-activity-7386059587566809088-z9wL
Cadenza
Website: cadenza-alm.com
Cadenza is an AI-powered intelligence layer for requirements engineering and ALM that connects to tools like Polarion, Codebeamer, Jama Connect, and DOORS Next to automate traceability, compliance analysis, test/requirement generation, and workflow updates. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Category: New category.
Country: Germany.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development category because it is explicitly built for requirements management and ALM, helping engineering teams keep requirements traceable, testable, and audit-ready while automating traceability, gap detection, compliance analysis, and generation inside the product development workflow. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Company timeline
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2026-06-01:
Expanded workflow scope into meeting-driven operations
(gtm)
. The product narrative added meeting-driven updates via a Flow Agent and process modeling for V-model, classic, and iterative workflows, broadening the use case from traceability into day-to-day ALM operations. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
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2026-06-01:
Pricing and deployment packaging published
(gtm)
. Cadenza introduced explicit per-user pricing and segmented packaging across Entry, Pro, and Enterprise, along with Cloud SaaS, Private VPC, and On-Premise deployment options and BYOK messaging. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
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2026-06-01:
Demo-led commercialization motion introduced
(gtm)
. Cadenza’s main conversion path is a book-a-demo flow plus a 30-minute live-project walkthrough, signaling a founder-led, proof-first sales motion rather than self-serve distribution. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
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2026-06-01:
Formalization of regulated-industry proof points
(gtm)
. The site emphasized ASPICE scoring, SYS.1–3 and SWE.1–6 coverage, ISO 26262 and SOTIF support, audit logs, role-based access, and EU data residency to reassure assessors and procurement teams. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
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2026-06-01:
Enterprise deployment, security, and pricing packaging
(product)
. Cadenza adds formal deployment choices and commercial packaging, including cloud SaaS, private VPC, on-premise, SSO/SAML, audit logs, EU residency, role-based access, and Entry/Pro/Enterprise tiers. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/?utm_source=openai))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
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2026-06-01:
Public launch of AI requirements-engineering positioning
(gtm)
. Cadenza surfaced a public website framing the product as an AI-powered intelligence layer for requirements engineering with automated traceability, compliance analysis, intelligent generation, smart search, and workflow updates across major ALM tools. ([cadenza-alm.com](https://cadenza-alm.com/))
Source: Cadenza website.
https://cadenza-alm.com/
oroForge Inc.
Website: oroforge.com
oroForge is a cloud-based PLM platform for hardware startups and small-to-mid-size hardware teams, with BOM management, change tracking, component data management, document storage, and related engineering operations tools.
Category: New category.
Country: United States.
Landscape fit: It fits the AI for Engineering & Product Development category because it is built around product data and PLM workflows for hardware teams—centralizing BOMs, ECO/change control, component data, and engineering documents, which are core building blocks of a digital thread. Its roadmap also mentions AI agents for BOM and documentation work.
Company timeline
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2026-06-04:
Competitive repositioning and public pricing strategy became explicit
(gtm)
. oroForge published a Duro comparison post and an Arena comparison page that emphasize self-serve signup, same-day time to first BOM, a permanent free plan, and a $50 Team plan for 10 seats.
Source: oroForge Blog / Comparison Pages.
https://www.oroforge.com/blog/duro-plm-alternatives
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2026-06-01:
Pricing and packaging add AI and enterprise tiers
(product)
. oroForge's pricing now shows Free, Team, and Enterprise plans, with Team including agentic workflows and Enterprise adding SSO/SAML, ERP & MRP integrations, migration support, audit export, and private cloud or self-hosted deployment.
Source: Pricing.
https://www.oroforge.com/pricing
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2026-05-15:
PLM category framing sharpened around BOM, PDM, and PLM
(gtm)
. oroForge published a terminology guide that defines the operational floor for small hardware teams as a versioned BOM, linked engineering files, and structured change management.
Source: oroForge Blog.
https://www.oroforge.com/blog/bom-pdm-plm
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2026-05-06:
Documentation-and-change-control messaging broadened
(gtm)
. oroForge published a hardware documentation piece framing BOMs and change orders as the difference between prototype chaos and scalable manufacturing, reinforcing the need to write engineering decisions down.
Source: oroForge Blog.
https://www.oroforge.com/blog/write-it-down-hardware-documentation
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2026-05-01:
Minimum viable PDM+PLM framing expands the core workflow
(product)
. oroForge described its product as 'minimum viable PDM + PLM,' emphasizing a single place for mechanical and electrical data linked to a structured BOM and ECO-controlled change management.
Source: What Is a PDM System? A Hardware Founder's Answer.
https://www.oroforge.com/blog/pdm-systems
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2026-04-22:
BOM education content added for early production-stage buyers
(gtm)
. oroForge published BOM-focused educational content explaining what BOM management software is and when a hardware startup actually needs it, using spreadsheet failure as the core pain point.
Source: oroForge Blog.
https://www.oroforge.com/blog/bom-management-software
