Manufacturing AI startup CADDi raises $114M at a $1.2B valuation
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-16
Per Fortune, CADDi — an AI startup helping manufacturers organize and use engineering and production data — has raised $114 million at a $1.2 billion valuation.
- The Series D drew eight new and existing investors, including Moore Strategic Ventures, Coreline Ventures, Toyota's Woven Capital, and HR Tech Fund, the CVC arm of Japan's Recruit Holdings.
- Headquartered in Tokyo and Chicago and led by CEO Yoshuro Kato, the company focuses on retrieving engineering/part drawings and automating quoting and industrial supply-chain workflows.
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