Parsable vs PTC
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SF connected worker platform acquired by CAI Sept 2024 after $133M raised; 1,000+ production sites across 90+ countries with Grupo Bimbo/Shell/Suntory customers digitizing frontline manufacturing SOPs competing with PTC Tulip and Augmentir.
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Parsable is a San Francisco-based connected worker platform — having raised $133 million in total funding and acquired by CAI (Corridor Acquisitions Inc.) in September 2024 — providing manufacturing, energy, and industrial companies with mobile-first digital work instructions, real-time process collaboration, structured data capture, and AI-powered operational analytics that replace paper-based and legacy document SOPs (standard operating procedures) with interactive digital workflows that frontline workers execute on smartphones and tablets. Prior to acquisition, Parsable served 1,000+ production sites across 90+ countries with enterprise customers including Grupo Bimbo (world's largest baking company), Shell, Suntory, and Heineken, operating in food and beverage, oil and gas, chemicals, and consumer goods manufacturing.
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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