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CADDi hits $1.2B valuation in $114M Series D, doubling 2025 value

The manufacturing AI startup raised funding from Toyota, Salesforce, and other investors to expand its data platform for engineers.

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What to know

  • CADDi's $1.2 billion valuation represents a 155% jump from its $470 million valuation in March 2025, driven by strong growth in sales (doubling year-over-year) and global expansion to 22 countries.
  • The startup has evolved from a parts-duplication tool into a comprehensive AI data platform that integrates CAD files, ERP systems, and HR data, using proprietary models for design analysis and LLMs for documents.
  • The company has penetrated Japan's manufacturing deeply—more than half of the nation's 100 largest manufacturers use CADDi—and is now scaling aggressively in the U.S. with 900 employees, up from 600 in early 2025.
  • Kato argues CADDi uniquely addresses the 'physical bottleneck' in manufacturing by capturing the 80% of tacit engineering knowledge that lives only in the heads of experienced workers.

“CADDi wants to break what it calls 'the physical bottleneck' that stymies AI's impact on manufacturing.”

Fortune, Publication · Fortune ↗ · Sep 14

Yushiro Kato CADDi cofounder and CEOCADDi Manufacturing AI startupToyota's Woven Capital Series D investorSalesforce Ventures Series D investor

CADDi hits $1.2B valuation in $114M Series D, doubling 2025 value
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    CADDi reports strong growth in customer base and headcount

    CEO Kato says sales are more than doubling year-over-year, with customers in 22 countries and more than half of Japan's 100 largest manufacturers using the platform. Headcount grew to about 900 from 600 in early 2025.

    “I've never seen anybody who uses LLMs to do design reviews because it doesn't understand drawings or CAD.”
    — Yushiro Kato, CADDi cofounder and CEO · source
  2. background

    CADDi expands product line with AI agents and workflow tools — The company has broadened beyond CADDi Drawer (now renamed CADDi Explorer) to include CADDi Agent for standardizing parts and quality assessments, plus six workflow products like CADDi Design Review that flags errors in new drawings based on past problems.

  3. background

    CADDi raises $114 million Series D at $1.2 billion valuation — Eight new and existing investors participated in the funding round, including Moore Strategic Ventures, Coreline Ventures, Toyota's Woven Capital, Salesforce Ventures, and Japan's Recruit Holdings' HR Tech Fund. The round brings total funding to $234 million and values CADDi at more than double its March 2025 valuation.

  4. background

    CADDi valued at $470 million in prior funding round — The startup reported a valuation of $470 million in March 2025, before expanding its product suite to include an AI data platform for manufacturing.

  5. background

    CADDi founded to address manufacturing parts duplication problem — CADDi launches with CADDi Drawer, an AI product designed to help manufacturers avoid buying duplicate parts from different suppliers by analyzing technical drawings and customer databases.

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  1. 2 outlets Exclusive: Manufacturing AI startup CADDi valued at $1.2 billion following $114 million Series D funding round

    first by Fortune, 12d ago · also Chicago Business Journal

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