What codemanufaktur does

codemanufaktur GmbH is a privately held German software and Data Science firm founded in 2011 in Erlangen, operating as a "Software-Werkstatt" (software workshop) that delivers bespoke enterprise software, Data Science/AI services, software quality assurance, and technical consulting. The company targets large enterprise clients primarily in the automotive sector (BMW AG being the most prominent repeat customer, with additional exposure to Siemens Healthineers in medical technology, an IT services client operating across 190 countries, and a financial-services tax software client), and serves customers across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

The firm's technical footprint spans a portfolio of proprietary tools: scryer, a patented AI-based test prediction system achieving over 70% accuracy using historical source-control and test execution data; CARMEN, a monitoring suite for vehicle bus communication across CAN, LIN, FlexRay, and Ethernet; TraceLab, a horizontally scalable trace-data analytics platform processing approximately 55 terabytes per week; rbs+, a restbus simulation suite for ECU development; SiNK, an AUTOSAR file interpreter built on graph database technology; plus the MIB3 HMI infotainment module (over 9,200 modules) and a Machine Learning Platform supporting in-vehicle model deployment. The underlying stack combines C++, Java, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Angular, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, OracleDB, and Qt.

codemanufaktur generates revenue primarily through professional services: fixed-price custom software development, time-and-materials consulting and implementation engagements, multi-year enterprise contracts, and a free initial project exploration phase for Data Science engagements. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with consulting-led discovery, supported by an active meetup series ("codemanufaktur-liest"), case-study content marketing, LinkedIn/Facebook/Xing presence, and membership in the German AI Association (KI-Verband). The company holds ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, and TISAX certifications, remains founder/management-owned with no disclosed institutional funding, and operates as a for-profit GmbH under CEO Vit Matousek and CTO Alexander Martin.

Name

codemanufaktur

Legal name

codemanufaktur GmbH

Website

https://codemanufaktur.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

codemanufaktur is a privately held German software and Data Science firm, founded in 2011 in Erlangen, that delivers bespoke enterprise software, AI/ML services, and quality assurance to large corporates — most prominently BMW and Siemens Healthineers — using proprietary tools such as the patented scryer AI test-prediction system and the CARMEN, TraceLab, and rbs+ automotive suites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development and Data Science Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (51321), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Data science consulting
• Automotive software engineering
• AI test prediction
• Software quality assurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Erlangen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Bespoke individual software development services for enterprise clients. Projects are delivered via agile methodologies with fixed-price and time-and-materials engagement models. Projects span automotive, medical technology, industrial, and financial sectors.
2. Data Science Consulting & Implementation: Data Science as a service covering project exploration, consulting, and full implementation. Includes ML platform development, predictive analytics, and AI solutions. Services include free initial project exploration followed by paid consulting and implementation.
3. Quality Assurance Services: Independent software quality assurance across all phases of the software development lifecycle. Includes test automation, test framework design, code change monitoring, and consulting recommendations.
4. Consulting / Advisory: Advisory services for existing or planned software projects covering software modernization, architecture, code quality review, Data Science/AI, data usability, data security and encryption.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

codemanufaktur GmbH is a German software workshop ('Software-Werkstatt') that delivers bespoke custom software development, Data Science and AI consulting/implementation, and independent software quality assurance services for enterprise clients. The firm combines software engineering and Data Science under one roof and packages a portfolio of proprietary tools such as scryer (AI test prediction), CARMEN (vehicle bus monitoring), TraceLab, rbs+ (restbus simulation) and SiNK (AUTOSAR interpreter). Projects are delivered on fixed-price or time-and-materials contracts to automotive, medical technology, industrial and financial sector clients.

Product overview

codemanufaktur GmbH is a German software development and Data Science company founded in 2011, operating as a 'Software-Werkstatt' (software workshop) that develops complex custom software and conducts Data Science research. The company offers a portfolio of named products including CARMEN (vehicle bus monitoring software), scryer (AI-based test prediction system), SiNK (AUTOSAR file interpreter), and rbs+ (restbus simulation suite), complemented by software development, consulting, and quality assurance services. The company operates primarily in the automotive sector with major clients including BMW and Siemens Healthineers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• scryer – AI-based Test Prediction System Patented AI system that identifies relevant software tests and predicts test results with over 70% accuracy by analyzing historical source control and test execution data; provides rapid developer feedback in milliseconds, hotspot analyses and process weakness detection. Built for enterprise software teams needing to optimize test selection in large codebases.
• CARMEN – Car Measurement Environment Monitoring software for live measurement and offline evaluation of vehicle bus communication, supporting CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Ethernet bus systems with automated analysis, format conversion and visualization. Used by automotive OEMs and suppliers for vehicle electronics validation.
• SiNK – AUTOSAR Interpreter Tool for interpreting AUTOSAR files and simplifying handling of large files and complex queries through intelligent parsing, storage and retrieval via a graph database. Provides SiNK-Parser, SiNK-Connector and SiNK-Viewer for automotive ECU developers.
• rbs+ – Restbussimulation Software suite for creating and providing restbus simulations for ECU development and testing, abstracting the complexity of vehicle network architecture for simple use. Supports LIN, CAN, CAN-FD, FlexRay, Ethernet, fault injection and real-time-capable embedded platforms.
• TraceLab Tool for analyzing trace data from vehicles in development, enabling engineers to verify whether electronic components interoperate smoothly. Features horizontal scalability and modular architecture, processing approximately 55 terabytes of trace data per week using ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash and Apache Airflow.
• Machine Learning Plattform (MLP) Framework for managing and deploying machine learning models for vehicles, providing backend and in-vehicle model training, testing and deployment capabilities for automotive AI workloads.
• Custom Software Development (Agile) Bespoke individual software development service for enterprise clients, delivered using agile methodologies under fixed-price or time-and-materials contracts. Projects span automotive, medical technology, industrial and financial sectors.
• Data Science / AI Consulting and Implementation Data Science as a service covering free initial project exploration, followed by consulting, feasibility analysis and full implementation. Includes ML platform development, predictive analytics and AI solutions for enterprise clients.
• Independent Software Quality Assurance Independent software quality assurance across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including test automation, test framework design, code change monitoring and consulting recommendations for enterprise software teams.
• Software Consulting / Advisory Advisory services for existing or planned software projects covering software modernization, architecture, code quality review, Data Science/AI, data usability, data security and encryption for enterprise clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Test prediction accuracy of over 70% with scryer
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• KI-Verband (German AI Association)minorStrategic or Co-development Partnercodemanufaktur is a member of the German AI Association (KI-Verband), indicating active participation in the AI/ML industry ecosystem and access to industry networking and advocacy.
• OOP KonferenzminorGTM or Marketing Partnercodemanufaktur presented at OOP 2023 conference in Munich on Continuous Everything and Shift Left topics, specifically with a case study on Siemens Healthineers.
• Nürnberg Digital FestivalminorGTM or Marketing Partnercodemanufaktur presented on Large Language Models at the Nürnberg Digital Festival AI Camp Nuremberg 2025.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SmartBear Software: SmartBear offers a portfolio of QA and testing tools (TestComplete, ReadyAPI, Zephyr) overlapping with codemanufaktur's test automation practice across automotive, medical, and financial clients.
• Elektrobit (EB): Elektrobit delivers automotive embedded and UI software (incl. EB tresos, EB corbos) and is based in the Erlangen ecosystem; it is a much larger incumbent competing for the same OEM software budgets as codemanufaktur's automotive engagements.
• Tricentis: Tricentis is a global QA and test-automation suite (Tosca, qTest, NeoLoad) relevant to both codemanufaktur's QA services practice and as a potential competitor/partner for scryer's AI-test-prediction positioning.
• Accenture Industry X (incl. formerly Berner & Mattner): Berner & Mattner (now part of Accenture Industry X) was a Munich-based automotive systems engineering firm; the modern Accenture Industry X practice competes directly with codemanufaktur for OEM software and systems engineering budgets in the DACH automotive market.
• Akkodis (Modis): Akkodis is a large engineering services provider with significant automotive embedded software practice; a comparable, much larger competitor for codemanufaktur's automotive OEM engineering services work.

Emerging players

• Parasoft: Parasoft provides automated software testing, code analysis, and compliance tools (C/C++test, dotTEST) used in safety-critical automotive and medical projects — adjacent to codemanufaktur's QA toolchain and a potential partner for scryer.

Direct peers

• MicroConsult GmbH: MicroConsult is a Germany-based embedded software engineering, testing and training firm serving automotive and industrial clients — directly overlapping codemanufaktur's consulting, QA, and automotive domain focus.
• QAware GmbH: QAware is a Munich-based custom software and Data Science consultancy with a similar hybrid engineering + AI offering and overlapping German enterprise clients; directly comparable in size, model and positioning to codemanufaktur.
• Launchable: Launchable is the closest direct peer to codemanufaktur's scryer: an AI-driven software test prediction and selection platform that uses historical source-control and test data to predict relevance and outcomes. Same core idea (ML over commit + test history), competing for the same engineering QA budget.
• QA Systems GmbH: German QA tool vendor specializing in test automation and code quality for embedded and safety-critical software, strongly aligned with the automotive and medical verticals that codemanufaktur serves with scryer and its QA practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/codemanufaktur-gmbh

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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