CADY

What CADY does

CADY Solutions Ltd., an Israel-based private company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, sells an AI-powered schematic analysis platform that targets hardware engineering teams. The product ingests Netlist and Bill-of-Materials (BOM) files exported from all leading ECAD tools (Siemens Xpedition/DxDesigner/PADS, Cadence OrCAD/HDL/Concept, Altium, Zuken, KiCad, Eagle) and applies proprietary AI agents, combined with expert-curated rules, to flag errors, warnings, and best-practice violations across every net in a design. CADY's core technical differentiator is its ability to automatically read and interpret component datasheets without manual data entry or library setup, enabling analysis that the company positions as more comprehensive than conventional DRC tools and capable of processing designs exceeding 20,000 pads in minutes. A reported ~90% accuracy with a 2–3% false-negative rate, combined with non-permanent file handling, ISO 27001 certification, and a SiliconExpert component-data integration, frames the product for enterprise hardware accounts handling sensitive IP.

CADY operates a hybrid go-to-market combining product-led growth (self-serve sign-up, free Demo Mode, drag-and-drop analysis at app.cadysolutions.com) with an enterprise sales motion layered on top via Order-Form contracts. The business model is annual subscription SaaS with 12-month, non-cancelable, non-refundable terms and quantity-based (rather than usage-based) pricing. The company has disclosed a customer base of 17 enterprise logos spanning aerospace and defense (Reflex Aerospace, IAI, Elbit Systems), semiconductors (NVIDIA, Tenstorrent, Tessolve, HME, SanDisk), automotive (Ford), industrial and test-and-measurement (Teradyne, Rockwell, HP, Liebherr), life sciences (Thermo Fisher), telecommunications (Ribbon), and consumer electronics (Amazon, Yamaha Music). Capital to date totals roughly $8M across a 2022 seed round ($3M, multiple VCs), a 2021 Intel Ignite engagement, and a March 2024 $5M Series A led by Root Ventures. The company remains small (11–50 employees) with three co-founders — Gilad Shapira (CEO), Or Shabtai, and Tal Ben Porath — and no disclosed revenue or headcount growth metrics.

Name

CADY

Legal name

CADY Solutions Ltd.

Website

https://cadysolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CADY Solutions sells an AI-powered SaaS platform that automatically analyzes electrical schematic Netlist and BOM files to flag design errors, warnings, and best-practice violations, serving enterprise hardware engineering teams across aerospace, semiconductor, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAEAKAC

Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/DevOps, Platform Engineering & SRE Services

SECONDARYHDAFALAK

Testing, Certification & Inspection Tools (Copper/Fiber)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Networking Equipment & Components/Cabling, Patch Panels & Connectivity (Copper/Fiber)

Keywords

• Schematic analysis software
• Electronic design automation
• PCB design verification
• Hardware design review
• Netlist analysis tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: The Services are offered on a subscription basis with specific limitations, conditions and/or requirements (Service Capacity). Customers subscribe through Order Forms provided by the Company. The subscription period is limited to 12 months with automatic renewal unless terminated. Fees are based on purchased quantities and not on actual use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CADY provides an AI-powered electrical schematic analysis platform that processes Netlist and BOM files to automatically detect design flaws, errors, warnings, and best-practice violations in electronic circuit designs. The web-based platform ingests output from all major ECAD tools (Altium, OrCAD, Allegro, Mentor Expedition, KiCad, Pulsonix, PADS) and runs automated checks without requiring setup.

Product overview

CADY offers a single unified AI-powered schematic analysis platform delivered as a cloud-based SaaS product. The core CADY AI Platform analyzes Netlist and BOM files to surface design errors in electrical schematics, powered by automatic datasheet reading and AI agents. A premium hybrid on-premise deployment option is available for organizations with stricter security requirements. A Demo Mode trial offering allows prospective users to evaluate the platform before committing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CADY AI Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Design flaw detection in minutes instead of weeks
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SiliconExpertcoreTechnology or IntegrationSiliconExpert provides component data that powers CADY's component insights within the analysis reports. This integration enriches the analysis with comprehensive component information without requiring manual data entry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sigasi: Sigasi provides automated schematic linting and HDL verification tooling for digital and mixed-signal hardware designers. It is the closest traditional competitor to CADY, addressing similar pre-layout review workflows for FPGA/ASIC engineers.
• Real Intent: Real Intent provides static and formal verification IP for digital designs, addressing similar pre-silicon error detection challenges as CADY but focused on RTL/SoC rather than schematic capture. Comparable as a verification-focused tool company.

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys: Synopsys is the largest EDA vendor, offering schematic capture, simulation, and verification tools (e.g., Custom Compiler, VCS). It overlaps with CADY as a broad incumbent selling into the same hardware engineering customers and is actively infusing AI into its flow.
• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence offers OrCAD and other schematic/PCB design tools alongside its Allegro and Virtuoso platforms, serving the same hardware engineering audience as CADY. It is investing heavily in AI (Cerebrus) and represents a major platform incumbency threat.
• Siemens EDA: Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) offers Xpedition, PADS, and HyperLynx — ECAD/EDA tools CADY explicitly supports. As a broad incumbent with deep PCB and verification offerings, it competes for the same schematic-review budget.
• Altium: Altium is a leading ECAD vendor for PCB design, with growing cloud (Altium 365) and verification features. It is also a CADY integration partner (SSO), giving it both partnership and competitive overlap with CADY's schematic review value proposition.
• Zuken: Zuken is a long-standing ECAD vendor (CR-8000, eCADSTAR) that competes for schematic and PCB design tool budgets. CADY explicitly supports Zuken netlists, making it both an integration partner and a competitive incumbent.
• Keysight Technologies: Keysight is a major test & measurement and electronic design software company (EEsof, PathWave). It overlaps with CADY in serving hardware engineers who must validate electrical designs, though from the test/simulation side rather than schematic review.

Emerging players

• Cycuity: Cycuity (formerly Tortuga Logic) provides hardware security and pre-silicon verification tools for detecting security and functional bugs in chip designs. It is a smaller emerging peer in adjacent verification AI tooling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors10 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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