kubit

What kubit does

Kubit is a small, privately held German software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dresden. Per its own positioning, kubit develops "field proven software for capturing existing conditions into the AutoCAD environment," targeting the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. The product surface is centered on tools that translate real-world measurement data, most plausibly laser-scanned point clouds and surveyed conditions, into CAD geometry usable within Autodesk's AutoCAD platform. This places kubit in the point-cloud-to-BIM/CAD tooling niche that supports as-built documentation, renovation planning, and scan-to-model workflows for surveyors, architects, and engineers.

The firm operates at a modest scale, with between 11 and 50 employees reported in the firmographic record and no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or parent-company relationships. Its go-to-market, pricing, and customer composition are not described in the available sourced material; the company's revenue model is best inferred as software licensing or subscription sales to AEC professionals, consistent with its product category, but no pricing details, named customers, or distribution channels are evidenced. With 25+ years of continuous operation, kubit has demonstrated longevity in a narrow technical niche, suggesting a stable but small installed base rather than a high-growth trajectory.

A material caveat for any investor diligence: the bulk of the sourced data accompanying the kubit record pertains to FARO Technologies rather than kubit itself, and one block explicitly notes "No information about kubit company found in the provided source data." Public information about kubit's current product lineup, leadership, financials, and recent strategic activity is therefore extremely thin, and the absence of disclosure is itself a relevant finding when assessing the company's transparency and institutional maturity.

Name

kubit

Legal name

FARO Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://kubit-software.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kubit is a private German software company, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dresden. It develops field-proven software for capturing existing real-world conditions and integrating them into AutoCAD, serving architecture, engineering, and construction professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of measurement hardware including laser scanners (Focus, Orbis, Blink), FaroArms (Quantum X, Gage Max), laser trackers (Vantage), and GeoSLAM geospatial technology.
2. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Software solutions including SCENE, CAM2, BuildIT, Zone 3D, Zone 2D, RevEng, Connect, and Sphere XG platform. Likely includes perpetual licenses and/or subscription models.
3. Service and Maintenance: Service and maintenance offerings including technical support, training, and customer portal (FARONow!).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

kubit develops field-proven software for capturing existing conditions into the AutoCAD environment. The product targets architecture, engineering, and construction professionals who need to translate real-world site data into AutoCAD-compatible models. The company is a small German software vendor established in 1999, based in Dresden.

Product overview

FARO offers a comprehensive portfolio of 3D measurement, imaging, and realization solutions organized into two main categories: Digital Reality Solutions (laser scanners and reality capture platforms) and 3D Metrology Solutions (precision measurement arms, laser trackers, and inspection software). The product ecosystem includes hardware products such as the Focus Laser Scanner, Blink, and Orbis mobile scanners for reality capture; the Quantum X FaroArm series, Gage Max, Super 6DoF TrackArm, and Vantage Laser Trackers for metrology; and GeoSLAM geospatial technology. Software offerings include Sphere XG digital reality platform, Zone 3D/2D public safety software, SCENE, As-Built Suite, BuildIT (Construction and Metrology), CAM2, Connect, SiteScape, and RevEng. Following a 2026 organizational shift, FARO combined with Creaform to form two new business units: FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT, expanding their metrology innovation while maintaining FARO's 40+ year leadership in 3D measurement technology. The company operates as a business of AMETEK, Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FARO CREAFORM: Metrology solutions combining FARO leadership with Creaform's innovation, specializing in 3D measurement technology, probing and scanning solutions.
• FARO INSIGHT

Products and services

• kubit AutoCAD Existing Conditions Capture Software Field-proven software for AEC professionals that captures existing real-world conditions and brings them into the AutoCAD environment for as-built modeling and documentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces quality errors and non-conformance issues that cause unnecessary waste and rework
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CreaformcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026FARO and Creaform combined to form two new business units: FARO CREAFORM and FARO INSIGHT. The combination integrates more than 40 years of FARO leadership with Creaform's metrology innovation, delivering clarity, performance, and trusted insight to global industries.

Scale indicators1 record

Emerging players

• NavVis: NavVis provides mobile reality-capture systems and IVION software for scan-to-BIM and digital-twin workflows, serving many of the same AEC and surveying customers kubit targets with its as-built software.
• IMAGINiT Technologies: IMAGINiT is an Autodesk-focused AEC services and software partner offering point-cloud and scan-to-BIM tools that partially overlap with kubit's capture-into-AutoCAD positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Trimble's AEC software portfolio (Trimble RealWorks, Tekla, Field Systems) handles point-cloud-to-model workflows for surveying and construction, overlapping with kubit's as-built capture use case.
• Autodesk: Autodesk owns AutoCAD — the exact platform kubit plugs into — and offers ReCap for point-cloud capture and Revit for BIM. It is a direct platform incumbent whose roadmap decisions materially affect kubit's opportunity.
• Leica Geosystems (Hexagon): Leica provides reality-capture hardware (laser scanners) and software (Cyclone, JetStream, TruView) for as-built modeling and point-cloud processing, directly addressing the same AEC existing-conditions workflow as kubit.
• Bentley Systems: Bentley offers ContextCapture, Pointools, and OpenBuildings for reality capture and as-built modeling, serving AEC owners and engineers with similar workflows to kubit.
• FARO Technologies: FARO combines 3D laser-scanning hardware with as-built software (SCENE, As-Built Suite, BuildIT Construction) and is a broad incumbent in the existing-conditions capture stack that kubit also targets.

Direct peers

• ClearEdge3D: ClearEdge3D builds EdgeWise and Verity for point-cloud feature extraction and as-built modeling in AutoCAD/Revit, overlapping directly with kubit's as-built capture niche.
• Cintoo: Cintoo offers a SaaS platform for turning laser-scan point clouds into BIM/CAD models, directly competing with kubit in the point-cloud-to-AutoCAD workflow for surveyors and as-built modelers.
• PointCab: PointCab is a German-headquartered software vendor specializing in point-cloud-to-CAD workflows and as-built modeling, making it one of the closest direct competitors to kubit in both product and geography.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/faro_hq
• YouTubeyoutube.com/FAROTechnologiesInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/farotechnologies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kubit
• Instagraminstagram.com/faroinsight

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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