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CADDi’s Year In Review: Accelerated growth in 2025
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Unleashing the potential of manufacturing for more than eight years
2025 marked a milestone for CADDi. We continue to grow as part of a global organization with eight years of steady expansion and a respected track record in Japan, where CADDi is the trusted name in design engineering and manufacturing data excellence. CADDi earned this reputation by consistently delivering on our promise to help manufacturing teams work with more accuracy, speed, and control.
Over the past three years, we brought this expertise to the United States and built strong momentum. CADDi is now emerging as a leading technology partner for U.S. manufacturers seeking to strengthen artificial intelligence adoption and data-driven decision-making. Many organizations still face scattered drawings, legacy data, and disconnected systems. CADDi gives them a clear path to improvement and a foundation for future growth.
A stronger U.S. presence built to scale operations and customer success
This year we more than doubled our U.S. team size, investing in the right people to elevate every step of the customer journey. Over 30 new employees joined across engineering, customer success, and end-to-end sales operations. This growth expanded our technical capabilities and strengthened our ability to guide customers through onboarding, implementation, and ongoing optimization. Our global team continued to bring deep experience in data and manufacturing engineering. Together, these teams helped customers move forward with fewer bottlenecks and more confidence in their systems and processes.
Data visibility that helps engineering and procurement teams make informed decisions
Customers across the United States reported improvements that directly affected daily work and long-term planning. Teams located drawings faster and onboarded new parts with greater accuracy. They gained better visibility into supplier options, which supported cost and quality goals. Leaders also shared that CADDi helped improve the overall quality of their design and sourcing data. These gains reduced errors and manual effort and helped teams make clearer decisions across engineering and procurement.
Some of the exciting findings we’ve gotten from customers in 2025 include:
- A 42% reduction in procurement costs at DCC
- A 90% speed increase in internal searches at Izumi Techno
- An 84% reduction in onboarding time at Daito
Explore our case studies to see more CADDi success stories!
A growing AI technology ecosystem that preserves value
We continued building a partner ecosystem to enhance what our platform can do for manufacturing teams. New collaborations added capabilities in artificial intelligence, data automation, and supply chain visibility. This ecosystem approach helps teams get more value from their existing tools and creates smoother workflows across design, sourcing, and operations. It also positions CADDi as a long-term partner for organizations that want to modernize without adding unnecessary complexity.
Learn more about our current partnerships, and see if you’d be a good fit for working alongside CADDi, on our partnership page.
Product innovation designed for operational speed and accuracy
We introduced CADDi Quote to the U.S. market at CADDi Connect. Quote is an AI-powered sourcing solution aimed at revolutionizing the quotation process. During the launch, our CEO, Yushiro Kato, drew parallels between the manufacturing challenges in Japan and the U.S., and emphasized the time to adapt is now.
The Quote application helps procurement teams streamline quotation and manage supplier relationships by connecting artificial intelligence with drawing, part, and supplier data. CADDi Quote reduces manual work and strengthens cost analysis by giving teams visibility into the factors that influence price and lead time. This supports faster responses, stronger supplier decisions, and more predictable operations.
A partner and adviser for scalable manufacturing management
Manufacturers continue to navigate talent shortages, rising product complexity, and higher expectations for data accuracy. CADDi helped organizations address these challenges by uncovering intelligence hidden in drawings and internal knowledge. This insight strengthened engineering and procurement workflows and supported more reliable planning. Customers selected CADDi because the platform provides structure, visibility, and scale at a time when many teams are working with limited resources.
Looking ahead to 2026
Our focus for the coming year is to help more professionals and leaders take control of their engineering and procurement data, especially valuable institutional knowledge. We will continue to rethink traditional manufacturing approaches, empowering more people with AI and data intelligence. We will continue expanding our platform, growing our partnerships, and strengthening our U.S. presence. CADDi is committed to helping teams modernize their data foundation, improve decision-making, and build stronger operations.
Our commitment to “unleashing the potential of manufacturing” remains unchanged. As a global and growing organization, we stay true to our roots as a Japanese design excellence innovator, guided by foundational values customers have come to expect of CADDi through the years.
To our customers, teammates, and partners, thank you for your trust. CADDi enters 2026 ready to support a new era of manufacturing intelligence.
About CADDi
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and Chicago, IL, CADDi is an AI-powered data platform that makes design and supply chain data accessible and actionable across the manufacturing ecosystem. Founded in 2017 by industry veterans Yushiro Kato and Aki Kobashi, formerly of McKinsey, Apple, and Lockheed Martin.
Its flagship product, CADDi Drawer, uses advanced AI to centralize and analyze decades of unstructured design and production data. The platform transforms disconnected drawings, specs, and supplier files into searchable intelligence, allowing manufacturers to locate information instantly, make data-driven decisions, and accelerate collaboration.
By connecting data silos, CADDi helps teams reduce redundancies, shorten lead times, and unlock the innovation potential hidden within their existing data. Recognized globally for innovation, CADDi was listed in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2024, and received the SaaS Award for Best Business Intelligence and Engineering Management Software. To learn more or to book a product demonstration, visit us.caddi.com.
Unleashing the potential of manufacturing for more than eight years
2025 marked a milestone for CADDi. We continue to grow as part of a global organization with eight years of steady expansion and a respected track record in Japan, where CADDi is the trusted name in design engineering and manufacturing data excellence. CADDi earned this reputation by consistently delivering on our promise to help manufacturing teams work with more accuracy, speed, and control.
Over the past three years, we brought this expertise to the United States and built strong momentum. CADDi is now emerging as a leading technology partner for U.S. manufacturers seeking to strengthen artificial intelligence adoption and data-driven decision-making. Many organizations still face scattered drawings, legacy data, and disconnected systems. CADDi gives them a clear path to improvement and a foundation for future growth.
A stronger U.S. presence built to scale operations and customer success
This year we more than doubled our U.S. team size, investing in the right people to elevate every step of the customer journey. Over 30 new employees joined across engineering, customer success, and end-to-end sales operations. This growth expanded our technical capabilities and strengthened our ability to guide customers through onboarding, implementation, and ongoing optimization. Our global team continued to bring deep experience in data and manufacturing engineering. Together, these teams helped customers move forward with fewer bottlenecks and more confidence in their systems and processes.
Data visibility that helps engineering and procurement teams make informed decisions
Customers across the United States reported improvements that directly affected daily work and long-term planning. Teams located drawings faster and onboarded new parts with greater accuracy. They gained better visibility into supplier options, which supported cost and quality goals. Leaders also shared that CADDi helped improve the overall quality of their design and sourcing data. These gains reduced errors and manual effort and helped teams make clearer decisions across engineering and procurement.
Some of the exciting findings we’ve gotten from customers in 2025 include:
- A 42% reduction in procurement costs at DCC
- A 90% speed increase in internal searches at Izumi Techno
- An 84% reduction in onboarding time at Daito
Explore our case studies to see more CADDi success stories!
A growing AI technology ecosystem that preserves value
We continued building a partner ecosystem to enhance what our platform can do for manufacturing teams. New collaborations added capabilities in artificial intelligence, data automation, and supply chain visibility. This ecosystem approach helps teams get more value from their existing tools and creates smoother workflows across design, sourcing, and operations. It also positions CADDi as a long-term partner for organizations that want to modernize without adding unnecessary complexity.
Learn more about our current partnerships, and see if you’d be a good fit for working alongside CADDi, on our partnership page.
Product innovation designed for operational speed and accuracy
We introduced CADDi Quote to the U.S. market at CADDi Connect. Quote is an AI-powered sourcing solution aimed at revolutionizing the quotation process. During the launch, our CEO, Yushiro Kato, drew parallels between the manufacturing challenges in Japan and the U.S., and emphasized the time to adapt is now.
The Quote application helps procurement teams streamline quotation and manage supplier relationships by connecting artificial intelligence with drawing, part, and supplier data. CADDi Quote reduces manual work and strengthens cost analysis by giving teams visibility into the factors that influence price and lead time. This supports faster responses, stronger supplier decisions, and more predictable operations.
A partner and adviser for scalable manufacturing management
Manufacturers continue to navigate talent shortages, rising product complexity, and higher expectations for data accuracy. CADDi helped organizations address these challenges by uncovering intelligence hidden in drawings and internal knowledge. This insight strengthened engineering and procurement workflows and supported more reliable planning. Customers selected CADDi because the platform provides structure, visibility, and scale at a time when many teams are working with limited resources.
Looking ahead to 2026
Our focus for the coming year is to help more professionals and leaders take control of their engineering and procurement data, especially valuable institutional knowledge. We will continue to rethink traditional manufacturing approaches, empowering more people with AI and data intelligence. We will continue expanding our platform, growing our partnerships, and strengthening our U.S. presence. CADDi is committed to helping teams modernize their data foundation, improve decision-making, and build stronger operations.
Our commitment to “unleashing the potential of manufacturing” remains unchanged. As a global and growing organization, we stay true to our roots as a Japanese design excellence innovator, guided by foundational values customers have come to expect of CADDi through the years.
To our customers, teammates, and partners, thank you for your trust. CADDi enters 2026 ready to support a new era of manufacturing intelligence.
About CADDi
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and Chicago, IL, CADDi is an AI-powered data platform that makes design and supply chain data accessible and actionable across the manufacturing ecosystem. Founded in 2017 by industry veterans Yushiro Kato and Aki Kobashi, formerly of McKinsey, Apple, and Lockheed Martin.
Its flagship product, CADDi Drawer, uses advanced AI to centralize and analyze decades of unstructured design and production data. The platform transforms disconnected drawings, specs, and supplier files into searchable intelligence, allowing manufacturers to locate information instantly, make data-driven decisions, and accelerate collaboration.
By connecting data silos, CADDi helps teams reduce redundancies, shorten lead times, and unlock the innovation potential hidden within their existing data. Recognized globally for innovation, CADDi was listed in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2024, and received the SaaS Award for Best Business Intelligence and Engineering Management Software. To learn more or to book a product demonstration, visit us.caddi.com.
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