Forbes · Jun 2024
Forbes profile/article tied to Vidhi Vakharia that describes Sculpt as AI-powered enterprise software for precision manufacturers and states the company had raised $2.6M from investors including Y Combinator and several angels.
Fully automated should-cost analysis for precision manufacturers.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Sculpt is a YC Summer 2022, B2B enterprise software company building AI-powered should-cost analysis for precision manufacturers; it turns manufacturing drawings into costing quotations in minutes instead of weeks.
Primary product
Fully automated should-cost analysis software for precision manufacturers
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Manufacturing should-cost analysis / precision manufacturing software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Pune, India
Business model
B2B
Enterprise software
SaaS
Funding
Stage
seed / YC-backed
Total raised
$2.6M
Latest round
Y Combinator Summer 2022 · Jan 2022
Jan 2022 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Work & culture
Product & market
Pricing
Demo-led / quote-based (public pricing not listed)
Differentiators
- —Converts manufacturing drawings into costing quotations in minutes
- —Claims 98% accuracy
- —Supports 2D and 3D drawings
- —Supports 200+ manufacturing operations
- —Claims ~80% reduction in time spent on should-cost analysis
- —Claims expert support under 24 hours
Technology
AI models fine-tuned to read manufacturing drawings
2D drawing processing
3D drawing processing
Automated drawing-to-quotation workflow
Customers
OEMs
Tier 1 manufacturers
Batch manufacturers
precision manufacturers
Competitors
Protolabs
Fictiv
Hubs
RapidDirect
Jiga
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
around $2M-$5M (estimated ARR ~ $2.3M)
Latest news
Forbes Technology Council · Jun 2024
Council profile for the Sculpt founder/CEO, including background from Adobe and Rice University and the funding/investor summary.
aVenture Research · Feb 2024
Public founder profile that references Sculpt leadership and co-investor context; useful as a supplementary source for founder attribution.
Inc42
Recent public startup ecosystem profile for Vidhi Vakharia, useful corroboration that she remains the public face of Sculpt.
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