Photoneo vs PTC
Side-by-side comparison of AI visibility scores, market position, and capabilities
3D Machine Vision & Robotic Intelligence for Industrial Automation
Photoneo is a Slovak 3D machine vision company developing high-speed structured-light 3D scanners and AI-powered robotic intelligence software for industrial automation; raised $20M+;
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Photoneo is a machine vision and robotic intelligence company founded in 2013 by Matej Šmíd and headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia, with offices in the US, Germany, Japan, and South Korea. The company develops high-performance structured-light 3D scanning hardware and AI-powered robot vision software used in industrial automation applications including bin picking, assembly inspection, quality control, palletizing, and order fulfillment. Its core technology — Parallel Structured Light — enables high-speed, high-resolution 3D scanning of both static and moving objects, addressing a major limitation of earlier 3D vision systems that required scene stillness for accurate capture.
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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