C-Infinity Raises $16M to Automate Manufacturing from CAD Designs to Production Plans
Between a CAD file and a factory floor sits a tension nobody brags about. Designs come out pristine, almost arrogant in their precision, then reality steps in and starts asking better questions. Geometry signs off, physics raises an eyebrow. That invisible handoff is where timelines stretch, budgets swell, and momentum quietly leaks out of the system.
C-Infinity just walked into that gap with $16M and a point to prove. Mountain View built, industrial-grade ambition. The kind that doesn’t scream for attention, just rewires how things get made. Backed by Canaan Partners, with Inventus Capital, Bee Partners, and Radius Capital riding shotgun, this isn’t a casual bet. This is capital stepping into a decades-old constraint and deciding it’s time to compress it.
Now the names show up, and they’re not lightweights. Sai Nelaturi, CEO, bringing deep mechanical engineering and digital manufacturing chops from Carbon and PARC. Alongside Sai Nelaturi is Johan de Kleer, Chief Scientist, an MIT-trained mind with decades in AI reasoning and diagnosis. Mats Bergstrom, CFOO, blending finance, ops, and scale with a track record out of PARC and multiple exits. Jens Schmidt, VP Engineering, shaping platforms from Carbon to Juniper. This isn’t a roster you assemble for theory. This is execution muscle.
The product is called AutoAssembler. And no, it’s not here to hold your hand. It’s built to interpret. Systems that work through geometry, motion, spatial constraints, and the messy reality of physical production. It takes digital designs and turns them into production-ready plans. Not drafts. Not “almost there.” Ready.
Weeks of engineering grind compressed into minutes. That’s not a feature, that’s a shift in tempo. And in manufacturing, tempo is everything. You’re either moving or you’re explaining why you’re not.
What C-Infinity is really selling isn’t software. It’s relief. Relief for teams buried in process planning. Relief for companies stuck translating beautiful designs into something a machine can actually build. Direct hooks into CAD and PLM systems mean this lives inside the workflow, not bolted on after the fact.
And here’s the part founders should pay attention to. They didn’t chase noise. They went straight at a problem everyone complains about but few actually solve. Then they backed it with a team that actually understands both the math and the mess of real-world manufacturing. That’s how you earn a round like this.
From Global Fortune 100 manufacturers to scrappy mid-sized players, adoption is already crossing boundaries. That tells you this isn’t niche. It’s necessary.
C-Infinity didn’t just raise capital. They’re tightening the gap between idea and execution. And if they keep that pace, the downstream effect won’t be subtle. It’ll show up in how fast the physical world starts catching up to the digital one.
