What CADDi does

CADDi Inc. (キャディ株式会社) is a Tokyo-headquartered, venture-backed SaaS company founded in November 2017 that has built an AI data platform purpose-built for the manufacturing industry. The company's core technology — branded 'AIDPT' (AI Data Platform Technology) — applies computer vision (including a patented similar-drawing image-search algorithm), OCR, and knowledge-retrieval techniques to fragmented engineering and supply-chain data (CAD files, engineering drawings, ERP and PLM records) and auto-links drawings to procurement history, quality records, and supplier records for cross-departmental reuse. Two applications sit on this platform: CADDi Drawer, which unifies engineering and supply-chain data and enables similar-drawing search across decades of legacy drawing repositories; and CADDi Quote, which uses drawing AI to recommend candidate suppliers and historical reference prices for RFQs and to manage end-to-end quotation workflows.

The revenue model is enterprise SaaS subscription, with quote-based annual or multi-year contracts sold primarily through direct enterprise field sales in Japan — supplemented by inside-sales conversion of inbound leads from a free trial of CADDi Drawer and gated white-paper downloads — and direct enterprise sales supported by regional hubs in the US, Vietnam, and Thailand. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. A distinctive go-to-market feature is a Customer Success organization staffed with manufacturing-industry veterans who provide on-site 'accompaniment'-style implementation support (KPI setting, on-site visits, joint problem-solving with manufacturer executives), which customers cite as a key differentiator versus license-only enterprise software. Customers include more than 100 named logos spanning large Japanese enterprises (Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Denso, Subaru, YKK, Omron, Hitachi, Tokyo Electron, Komatsu, Suzuki, Sumitomo Riko, Yanmar) and a growing roster of US enterprise and mid-market manufacturers (Nichirin, Sumitomo Drive Technologies, Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Dairy Conveyor, Shibuya Hoppmann).

CADDi has raised approximately $200 million in cumulative funding (¥25.73 billion). The capital base was built through a Series B of $73M in August 2021 (led by Globis Capital Partners, Global Brain, and World Innovation Lab at a ~$450M valuation), a Series C of approximately $81.66M in July 2023 (led by DCM Ventures, Globis, Minerva, and WiL), and a Series C Extension in March 2025 (led by Atomico, with concurrent debt from Japan Finance Corporation, Mizuho Bank, and Hokkoku Bank) to fund global expansion into the US, Europe, Vietnam, and Thailand. The company was founded by Yushin Kato (former McKinsey consultant, CEO) and Akifumi Kobashi (CTO, formerly of Apple and Qualcomm), employs approximately 800 people globally as of March 2026, and operates in four countries (Japan, USA, Vietnam, Thailand). Strategic partnerships with Tadano (M&A-driven technology harmonization) and Sumitomo Drive Technologies (cross-border engineering data unification) position the platform as a corporate integration layer for manufacturers with global operations and ongoing M&A activity.

Name

CADDi

Legal name

キャディ株式会社 (CADDi, Inc.)

Website

https://caddi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

CADDi is a Japan-headquartered AI platform company that serves manufacturers with CADDi Drawer (engineering and supply-chain data unification and patented similar-drawing search) and CADDi Quote (AI-driven procurement and supplier selection), targeting primarily large enterprise manufacturers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing Data Platform

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial CAD/CAM for Manufacturing (EDAOAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

3D Design & CAD for Additive Manufacturing (IMAAACAA), Cost Estimation, Quoting & Scheduling Software (AM) (IMAAACAM)

Keywords

• Manufacturing data platform
• Engineering data unification
• AI drawing analysis
• Supplier quotation automation
• Procurement software

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuramae

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. CADDi Drawer subscription (SaaS): Recurring SaaS subscription for the manufacturing data utilization cloud CADDi Drawer, sold to engineering, design, and procurement teams within manufacturers. Includes onboarding support from manufacturing-background consultants. Customers include Kawasaki HI, Astemo, Omron, Denso, SUBARU, YKK, Hitachi, Sumitomo Riko, Yanmar, Tokyo Electron, Komatsu, Suzuki, and others.
2. CADDi Quote subscription (SaaS): Recurring SaaS subscription for the AI quotation cloud CADDi Quote, sold to procurement/purchasing teams. Reduces quotation processing time (case studies cite 60% reduction in Fuji Yuatsu within two months) and standardizes supplier selection.
3. Professional services / Customer Success (CS) add-ons: Customer-success consulting with manufacturing-domain consultants provided alongside the SaaS subscriptions; supports onboarding, KPI setting, change management, and adoption — described by customers as a key differentiator and a core 'accompaniment' (伴走) service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CADDi provides an AI-driven manufacturing data platform that ingests scattered engineering and supply-chain data from legacy CAD, PLM, and ERP systems, applies OCR and a patented image-analysis algorithm to engineering drawings, builds similarity indices, and links drawings to order histories and quality records for cross-departmental reuse. Its two commercial applications are CADDi Drawer (manufacturing data utilization cloud for engineering, design, and procurement teams) and CADDi Quote (AI quotation cloud for supplier selection and RFQ automation), sold as enterprise SaaS subscriptions with hands-on customer success.

Product overview

CADDi's offering is a platform-plus-applications architecture unified under the 'CADDi Manufacturing AI Data Platform' (製造業AIデータプラットフォーム), which the company states is built on its proprietary 'AIDPT' (AI Data Platform Technology). At the platform layer, CADDi parses, links, and analyzes engineering-chain and supply-chain data to surface insights. On top of this platform sit two named applications: (1) CADDi Drawer — the data-utilization cloud that ingests drawings and unifies fragmented engineering and supply-chain data, offering AI Auto Drawing Analysis (text/shape extraction), Similar Drawing Search (proprietary patented image algorithm), and Auto Linking of Related Data; and (2) CADDi Quote — the AI quotation cloud that uses CADDi Drawer's drawing AI to recommend candidate suppliers and historical reference prices, manage RFQs end-to-end (selection, dispatch, collection, assessment, comparison), and auto-link quotation data back to drawings. Together the platform consolidates siloed manufacturing data into a searchable, decision-ready asset for engineering, procurement, and management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CADDi Drawer: Manufacturing data utilization cloud; an application on the CADDi platform that unifies engineering-chain and supply-chain data, enabling high-speed keyword search and 2D drawing similarity search across departments.
• CADDi Quote

Products and services

• CADDi Drawer Cloud application that unifies fragmented engineering-chain and supply-chain data, enables high-speed keyword search across drawing text, performs AI-powered similarity search across 2D drawings via a patented proprietary image-analysis algorithm, and auto-links related documents (design docs, CAD files, order history) to drawings. Sold to engineering, design, and procurement teams within manufacturers as a SaaS subscription.
• CADDi Quote Procurement-focused AI application that uses drawing AI analysis to recommend candidate suppliers and historical reference prices for RFQs, automates supplier selection and dispatch, and provides one-stop RFQ management (request, collection, assessment, comparison). Quotations are auto-linked back to drawings analyzed by CADDi Drawer, turning supply-chain data into a corporate asset. Sold as a SaaS subscription to procurement and purchasing teams.
• CADDi Manufacturing AI Data Platform The overarching CADDi platform based on proprietary AIDPT (AI Data Platform Technology) that analyzes and links engineering-chain and supply-chain data, extracts insights, and elevates manufacturing decision-making and execution. It sits above the CADDi Drawer and CADDi Quote applications as the unifying platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Drawing search time reduced by up to 90% (Sumitomo Drive Technologies)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability11 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship co-marketing partner, flagship — strategic partnership (publicly announced march 2026), flagship — strategic alliance, core technology partnership and core partner — joint go-to-market with caddi drawer.

• Tamiya Co., Ltd. (株式会社タミヤ)flagship co-marketing partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2026Co-hosted the inaugural 'Manufacturing-vs-Manufacturing Mini 4WD Championship' in Tokyo on May 23, 2026, bringing together 30 manufacturing executives to assemble, customize, and race Mini 4WD cars themed around 'rekindling the passion for creation'. Both companies indicated plans to continue the series with future gatherings.
• Sumitomo Drive Technologies / Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of Americaflagship — strategic partnership (publicly announced march 2026)Strategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership to transform 60 years of fragmented engineering data into an AI-powered intelligence hub, reducing search time by up to 90%. Plans to expand the centralized knowledge base beyond North America to create a global engineering asset.
• Tadano Ltd. (タダノ)flagship — strategic allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking together on enhancing global technology utilization to support M&A activities and group synergies, accelerating growth through mergers and acquisitions.
• Shibuya Hoppmanncore technology partnershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partnership (announced November 2025) to digitize and optimize Shibuya Hoppmann's legacy design data using CADDi AI. Aims to enhance data accessibility and operational efficiency and significantly reduce search time for drawings.
• PUNCH INDUSTRY USAcore partner — joint go-to-market with caddi drawerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFeatured on CADDi's homepage as a partner for joint problem-solving using CADDi Drawer in North America. Solves industry challenges via CADDi Drawer implementation.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• PTC: Established PLM/PDM software provider (Windchill, Creo) serving discrete manufacturers globally. Comparable to CADDi as a platform for managing engineering product data, and increasingly embedding AI features that overlap with CADDi Drawer's drawing-analysis value proposition.
• Dassault Systèmes: Provider of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for manufacturing and engineering, with ENOVIA and CATIA serving design and PLM. Comparable to CADDi as a system of record for engineering data, and competing for the same 'unify engineering + supply chain' budget that CADDi targets.
• Siemens Digital Industries Software: Sells Teamcenter (PLM), MindSphere (IoT), and the Xcelerator portfolio to large manufacturers including Japanese OEMs. Comparable to CADDi for engineering data management and increasingly as a competing home for AI-driven manufacturing analytics.
• Autodesk: Dominant CAD/CAM vendor (AutoCAD, Inventor, Fusion 360) with deep penetration in manufacturing engineering workflows. Comparable to CADDi because Autodesk owns the upstream drawing-creation stack that CADDi Drawer ingests and analyzes.

Direct peers

• Xometry: AI-enabled manufacturing marketplace and quoting platform serving discrete manufacturers. Comparable to CADDi Quote in its supplier-matching and instant-quoting proposition, and in serving mid-market manufacturers that CADDi targets in the US.
• Fictiv: Digital manufacturing platform for custom parts with automated quoting and a vetted supplier network. Comparable to CADDi Quote for AI-driven RFQ handling and to CADDi's mid-market US manufacturing customer base.

Emerging players

• Instrumental: AI/computer-vision platform for manufacturing that ingests factory data to detect defects and improve yield. Comparable to CADDi as a vertical AI platform for manufacturing, though focused on production data rather than engineering drawings.
• Landing AI: Industrial AI company (founded by Andrew Ng) building computer-vision tools for manufacturing inspection. Comparable to CADDi's computer-vision-led approach to manufacturing data, though focused on visual inspection rather than drawing analysis.
• Arundo Analytics (now part of DSHM): Industrial data platform that unifies equipment, sensor, and engineering data for heavy-industry operators. Comparable to CADDi in its ambition to become the data backbone for manufacturing decision-making, though oriented toward operations data rather than drawings.
• Sesimi: Japan-based SaaS targeting manufacturing digital transformation including production and procurement workflows. Comparable to CADDi as another Japan-verticalized manufacturing SaaS competing for similar enterprise budgets and customer logos.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caddiinc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors25 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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