CoLab Software builds an AI-powered platform that streamlines engineering design reviews and captures expert knowledge across global engineering teams.
CoLab Software builds an AI-powered platform that streamlines engineering design reviews and captures expert design knowledge so that it can be activated across global engineering organisations. Founded in 2017 and now numbering more than 150 employees, the company reports that its platform accelerates design cycles by 51% and helps customers bring products to market years sooner. Its technical work spans AI/ML, design for manufacturability, engineering design review automation, knowledge capture and activation, collaboration software, and the communication of CAD design intent.
The company's origins lie in engineering workflow problems encountered first-hand: the founding team chose to risk everything on a startup rather than take engineering roles at established firms, and the product grew out of pain points observed in programmes such as the Tesla Model 3 and RefleXion Medical's cancer treatment device. The CoLab Platform evolved from an initial design review streamlining tool into a system that captures and propagates expert design knowledge. Team alumni include Tesla, Rivian, Northrop Grumman and Komatsu.
CoLab serves automotive, medical devices, appliances and manufacturing, aerospace and defence, and heavy equipment and machinery, as well as engineering and product development organisations broadly. It operates globally and is backed by investors including Insight Partners and Y Combinator. The stated mission is to help engineering teams deliver products that change people's lives.
