Built Robotics vs PTC
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Built Robotics retrofits standard construction equipment (excavators, pile drivers) with autonomous systems; deploys on solar projects for Bechtel; expanding AI-driven excavation fleet in 2026 for complex soil navigation.
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Built Robotics is a San Francisco-based robotics company that transforms conventional heavy construction equipment into autonomous machines by retrofitting standard excavators, pile drivers, and other machinery with GPS, LiDAR, and AI-powered autonomous control systems. Rather than building new hardware from scratch, Built Robotics'' approach attaches its technology stack to Caterpillar and John Deere equipment already owned by contractors, dramatically reducing capital cost and adoption friction. The system enables the machinery to perform site preparation, trenching, grading, and pile installation with minimal human oversight.
Boston industrial CAD/PLM software (NASDAQ: PTC); FY2025 8.5% ARR growth, Kepware/ThingWorx IoT divested to TPG (Nov 2025) under new CEO Neil Barua competing with Siemens Teamcenter for discrete manufacturer PLM.
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PTC Inc. is a Boston, Massachusetts-based industrial software company — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: PTC) as an S&P 500 component — providing computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), application lifecycle management (ALM), service lifecycle management (SLM), and industrial IoT software to manufacturers across aerospace, defense, automotive, medical devices, and industrial machinery. In FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 30, 2025), PTC reported 8.5% ARR growth and 16% free cash flow growth, with Q4 FY2025 revenue up 39% in constant currency and 18% year-over-year. CEO Neil Barua took over from long-tenured CEO James Heppelmann in February 2024 and introduced the "Barua Blueprint" refocusing PTC on its core CAD/PLM/ALM/SLM strengths. In November 2025, PTC announced the divestiture of its industrial IoT assets — Kepware and ThingWorx — to TPG, sharpening its portfolio around design and lifecycle management software. PTC's product portfolio includes Creo (3D parametric CAD for mechanical engineers), Windchill (PLM for product data and process management), Onshape (cloud-native CAD platform), and Arena (cloud-native PLM/QMS).
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