"Adam quickly went with TQ Ventures as its lead investor because they agreed on the future of computer-aided design (CAD). Just as importantly, they also agreed on Adam's roadmap - going consumer first, and then to enterprise. This required the most alignment: Adam caught people's attention with a mainstream product, not an enterprise one. But Dive said this choice is paying off, and paving the way for Adam's upcoming copilot for professional-grade CAD workflows."
"Its initial tool lets creators without CAD skills create 3D models from text prompts, but early feedback showed that text wasn't always the best way to interact with 3D, Dive said. "So for our copilot, we blended in different interaction paradigms; for example, users selecting different parts of the 3D object and conversing with it." This will give the startup an element of differentiation compared to other text-to-CAD products, although there is already competition in the 'AI copilot for CAD' segment as well."
Adam raised a $4.1 million seed round after a viral launch that generated over 10 million social media impressions for its text-to-3D model app. The startup chose TQ Ventures as lead investor based on shared views of the future of CAD and a consumer-first, then enterprise roadmap. Adam initially targeted makers because models were not enterprise-ready, but faster AI improvement enabled plans for a professional-grade CAD copilot by year-end. The copilot will combine text with direct 3D interaction paradigms like selecting parts and conversational editing. Viral momentum has helped hiring, and competition includes products like MecAgent.
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