Cognitive Design Systems
A product design platform that uses AI to help designers and engineers generate manufacturable designs, accelerating and automating design workflows.
- CEO / Founder
- Rhushik Matroja
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $2.2M
- Latest Round
- Seed
- Key Investors
- DAA Capital Partners, Iron Hands Capital, SpaceFounders
Technology & Products
Key Products
A manufacturable generative design platform that uses AI to automate engineering design workflows, including CAD and FEA loops. Products include "Cognitive Additive" for Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), with integrations into platforms like Synera and GrabCAD Print. The platform also features an autonomous engineering design workflow by integrating Anthropic’s Claude via a secure on-premises Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.
Technological Advantage
Accelerates engineering processes and reduces manual design iterations with advanced AI algorithms.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Enables design automation through manufacturing-driven design workflows, reducing time-to-market and improving design quality.
How They Differentiate
Focus on manufacturable generative design using AI, enabling design automation that is closely aligned with manufacturing requirements. They differentiate by introducing AI and automation to assist CAD designers, significantly reducing design cycle times, and offering solutions for both additive and conventional manufacturing processes.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Designers and Engineers in industrial sectors
Industry Verticals
Artificial Intelligence, CAD, Multimedia and Design Software
Competitors
Autodesk; Ansys; Hyperganic; nTop
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Grew from 12 to 18 team members (CDFAM 2023–2024); now 20+ members and 60+ customers worldwide (company site 2026). Secured €2M Seed (Nov 2023). Claims include major concept-phase compression and multi-process manufacturable generative design (AM, casting, machining, molding, forging). Cognitive Additive launched Dec 2021; Cognitive Design 2.0 with Design Explorer released 28 Oct 2025.
Major Milestones
Secured €2M Seed funding (Nov 2023, DAA Capital / Iron Hands / SpaceFounders), Released Cognitive Design 2.0 with Design Explorer (28 Oct 2025), 60+ customers worldwide; 20+ team members (company site)
Notable Customers
Valeo; Leonardo; Naval Group; DGA TA; Armée de l'air française; MBDA; Safran; Toyota; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Liebherr; Sodern; Sogeclair; Adidas; Oberalp; t4i; Potez; Thales Alenia Space; Libra Aerospace