CoLab AI Design Review (AutoReview)

CoLab is a Canadian engineering software company born in St. John's, Newfoundland, co-founded by CEO Adam Keating and CTO Jeremy Andrews, with more than 150 employees across Canada, the United States and Europe. It addresses slow, email- and screenshot-based design reviews that let errors reach manufacturing and lose expert knowledge.

The browser-based platform lets teams view CAD models and drawings, comment in real time or asynchronously and track every issue with its design context. AutoReview, launched in July 2025, is an AI peer checker trained on a company's design standards, lessons learned and ISO rules that annotates drawings and 3D models before expert review, while an AI Lessons Learned agent surfaces insights from similar past designs. It integrates with Windchill, Teamcenter, 3DEXPERIENCE, Creo, NX and SolidWorks.

• AutoReview: AI peer checker that annotates drawings and 3D models against company standards.
• Virtual design reviews: browser-based CAD viewing with real-time or asynchronous comments.
• Issue tracking: feedback is saved with design context in a searchable database.
• AI Lessons Learned: an agent finds similar designs and surfaces past review insights.
• Review management: secure file sharing, model comparison and review workflows for more than 30 file types.
• Integrations: connects to Windchill, Teamcenter, 3DEXPERIENCE, Creo, NX, SolidWorks, Jira and Teams.

A Vietnamese mechanical parts supplier could review drawings with an overseas OEM in one shared workspace. A machine builder could check new designs against its own standards before release to the shop floor. An electronics enclosure maker could capture lessons learned from past tooling problems.

Errors and non-conformances are flagged before expert review, so fewer design issues reach tooling and production. Reviewers outside engineering can join without CAD licenses or special tools. Feedback is stored in a searchable database, preserving expert knowledge, and the platform holds FedRAMP High authorization for regulated customers.

Manufacturers are digitizing engineering work and applying AI to design checks as experienced engineers retire. Supplier networks in Vietnam and Southeast Asia that build parts for global OEMs increasingly need structured, traceable design review with overseas customers.

CoLab was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and is backed by Insight Partners and Y Combinator. Axios reported a 72 million USD raise in November 2025. It ranked 19th on Deloitte's 2025 Technology Fast 50, received FedRAMP High authorization in June 2026 and signed a multimillion-dollar AI contract with Bombardier in April 2026.