Swiss artificial intelligence startup Neural Concept has announced that it raised US$100million in equity funding to support the development of its software, which is designed to change how products are designed and engineered with computer-aided design software tools.
According to Neural Concept, which was spun out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 2019, it’s working to redefine engineering workflows with CAD-native enterprise AI that understands geometry, constraints and design intent. By helping its customers build and deploy physics-aware design copilots, the platform enables teams to explore millions of design options earlier and avoid costly late-stage changes, accelerating the entire product development cycle, helping companies bring better products to market faster.
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The investment round underscores the surging demand for enterprise AI that drives real-world impact. As engineering teams move from AI experimentation to full-scale deployment, Neural Concept has emerged as the leader in AI-native engineering, combining cutting-edge technology with an enterprise-focused approach, fuelling rapid, sustained growth across industries such as automotive, aerospace and defence, energy, semiconductors and consumer electronics.
More than 50 global companies today rely on the platform, including General Motors, General Electric Vernova, Leonardo Aerospace, Eaton, Safran, Renault Group and multiple Formula 1 teams.
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‘Neural Concept’s technology represents a rare leap forward in enterprise engineering AI,’ said Lambert Diacono, executive director growth equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
The team will use the funding to accelerate product development, including unveiling a breakthrough generative CAD capability in early 2026; expand global GTM teams; and strengthen its position as the intelligence layer across engineering systems, deepening partnerships with industry leaders such as Nvidia, Siemens, Ansys, Microsoft and AWS.
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‘We founded Neural Concept with the ambition to enable complete AI-driven design of advanced systems like tomorrow’s cars and spacecraft,’ said Pierre Baqué, CEO and founder of Neural Concept. ‘Advances in AI are transforming engineering from a process of trial and error into a data-driven workflow where trade-offs and constraints can be understood and optimised from the start. This investment enables us to fast-track our progress toward establishing the intelligence layer powering every engineering team, worldwide.’