CADDi Co., Ltd.
Tokyo-founded manufacturing AI data platform company with US office in Chicago; helps manufacturers access, analyze, and act on drawing and procurement data.
CADDi Co., Ltd. is a manufacturing technology company founded in 2017 in Tokyo, Japan, by Yushiro Kato (Co-Founder and CEO, formerly McKinsey & Company) and Aki Kobashi (Co-Founder and CTO, formerly Apple, where he worked on iPhone and AirPods). The company operates with a global team of approximately 1,000 people across Japan, the United States, Vietnam, and Thailand, with the US office located at 223 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois.
CADDi builds an AI-powered Manufacturing Data Platform designed to help manufacturing companies extract value from their engineering drawings, procurement records, and supply chain data. The platform addresses a core problem in discrete manufacturing: unstructured technical documents such as PDFs, blueprints, and CAD drawings contain critical design and procurement intelligence that is difficult to search, compare, or reuse at scale.
CADDi's two primary product lines are CADDi Manufacturing and CADDi Drawer. CADDi Manufacturing is a B2B parts procurement marketplace that uses AI to match buyer specifications with qualified suppliers, aggregate similar orders, and optimize pricing and delivery schedules. The platform claims a 99.83% on-time delivery rate and a 99.96% non-defective rate for parts procured through the marketplace. CADDi Drawer is an AI-powered drawing intelligence platform that allows engineering and procurement teams to search across all historical technical drawings using visual and semantic similarity, retrieve past quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) data linked to those drawings, and accelerate quotation and sourcing decisions.
Customers include Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Subaru, and Tokyo Electron. CADDi has grown to over 100 enterprise manufacturing customers as of 2025.
Funding history: CADDi raised $89 million in a Series C round in July 2023 with DCM Ventures, Globis Capital Partners, Minerva Growth Partners, and WiL (World Innovation Lab) participating. In March 2025, the company raised an additional $38 million in a Series C extension led by Atomico, bringing total funding to approximately $202 million at a reported valuation of $470 million. In 2024, CADDi was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
CADDi Drawer
- Model: CADDi Drawer
- Launch Year: 2021
AI drawing intelligence platform enabling manufacturers to search, retrieve, and act on procurement data from technical drawings.
CADDi Manufacturing
- Model: CADDi Manufacturing
- Launch Year: 2017
B2B parts procurement marketplace with AI matching achieving 99.83% on-time delivery and 99.96% non-defective rate.
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Contact CADDi Co., Ltd.
WEBSITE
https://us.caddi.comPHONE
+1 872-257-3965HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2017
Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
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Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
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