Manufacturing industrial

Aurorin CAD

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

There are 2 problems:

The first, CAD software is slow and the second, designing with it is a tedious process with many steps. Aurorin solves both of these problems by being a CAD software built from the ground up on a modern tech stack with AI at its heart.

Building the CAD kernel lets us fully leverage AI while modernizing execution speed. Almost all existing CAD software (Solidworks, NX, Creo, Catia, Fusion 360, Onshape etc) use the same couple of underlying CAD kernels built in the 80's. It's common for these programs to take 4 hours to open a file.

Aurorin uses a custom parametric and B-Rep driven CAD Kernel built to take full advantage of modern CPUs and GPUs and be AI native.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Manufacturing industrialCopilot & assistantDevelopersMid marketSubscription

Customers & use cases

Built for modern hardware and the way engineers actually work.

Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-28

Founders & team

Previously Rapid CAD, Aurorin

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Michael Baron

Founder/CEO

Founder of Aurorin, 3x SpaceX intern, prev Apple Intern. Before starting Aurorin, Michael worked on Raptor combustion simulation, Dragon Guidance, Navigation & Control, and Starshield flight software at SpaceX, as well as GPU driver performance at Apple.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
1team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Launched · 3 of 6 areas documented

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The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-10-28

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