CADDi vs PTC
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CADDi is a Japanese manufacturing technology company providing AI-powered drawing digitization and procurement optimization for manufacturers; raised $160M Series C in 2023; serves 350+ enterprise manufacturing companies;
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CADDi is a Tokyo-based manufacturing technology company founded in 2017 by Yushiro Kato and Aki Kobayashi. The company addresses a persistent inefficiency in manufacturing operations: the vast majority of institutional manufacturing knowledge is trapped in 2D CAD drawings (blueprints) stored in fragmented, unsearchable formats across factory floors, procurement departments, and engineering teams. CADDi's core product, CADDi Drawer, uses AI to ingest, digitize, and index these drawings — enabling manufacturers to search for parts by keyword, similarity, or geometric feature and retrieve historical cost data, supplier information, and quality records associated with each part.
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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