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Draftaid

Go from 3D models to CAD drawings using AI

Y CombinatorWinter 2024ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and DesignConstructionDesignManufacturingArchitecture

What they do

Problem

Engineers and designers spend hours manually creating manufacturing CAD drawings from 3D models, causing slow workflows and quality issues.

Solution

Draftaid uses generative AI to automatically generate CAD manufacturing drawings from 3D models, similar to a Copilot for CAD.

Who it's for

Mechanical engineers and design teams at manufacturing and engineering firms across industries like construction, aerospace, automotive, durable goods, and electronics.

Founders

Mohammed Al-arnawoot
Founder

Founder and CEO of DraftaidHe studied Mechatronics engineering at University of Waterloo with a focus on manufacturing systems. Before DraftAid, Mohammed worked as a Director of Engineering at Dozr, a Series B construction tech company. Where he wore many hats building a rockstar engineering team to deliver a new category of product. Before that he was a VP of eng. at Emagin (acquired by Innovyze), where he lead product solution development.

Abdullah Elqabbany
Founder

Abdullah is an electromechanical engineer with years of experience in design and manufacturing. In his last role Abdullah led manufacturing process automation where he worked to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing. Prior to that, he worked as a drafter where he made thousands of CAD drawings shaping Toronto’s skyline. DraftAid is the culmination of years of experiences solving the biggest challenges facing teams trying to go from design to manufacturing as efficiently as possible.

Tahsin Rahman
Founder

Cofounder and CTO of Draftaid, Tahsin has a PhD from the University of Toronto in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has pioneered algorithms and machine learning techniques at the intersection of geometry, wireless communications, and quantum computing. Previously, he led a team of engineers and researchers in developing cyber security AI/ML systems for the Canadian Department of National Defence. Rewind 10 years and you would see him orchestrating instrumentation systems in Oil and Gas.

Open roles 3

Senior+ Software Engineer
Toronto, ON, CA / Toronto, Ontario, CA · Full-time · $120K - $180K CAD · 0.02% - 0.20%
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Senior+ Fullstack Engineer
Toronto, ON, CA / Toronto, Ontario, CA · Full-time · $120K - $180K CAD · 0.02% - 0.20%
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Customer Success Engineer
Toronto, ON, CA / Toronto, Ontario, CA · Full-time · $80K - $120K CAD · 0.01%
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