solidSF
solidSF connects engineering, manufacturing, business operations, AI, and compute in one platform. It is designed to carry a product from design and simulation through manufacturing preparation and the business workflows around the build, with hosted, dedicated, and on-prem deployment options.
At a Glance
- Hardware startups and product-development teams
- Machine shops and manufacturing organizations
- Robotics, aerospace, and energy teams
- Universities, K-12 schools, rocket clubs, and robotics teams
- +2 more
AI Tools by solidSF
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ssftalk
Rust Voice Synthesis Engine
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Latest News
solidSF highlighted solidcv-cad video-to-CAD, solidasm multi-part assemblies, and solidcv-cae video-to-CAE/physics analysis.
solidSF publicly highlighted the ssftalk repository and invited users to try it.
solidSF announced Jesse v1 and described its deterministic, zero-token, no-weights architecture.
solidSF announced the Serrano Elementary School DGX Spark campus private-cloud initiative and its broader Spark-for-Schools ambition.
Products & Services
Integrated browser-based engineering and business workspace covering parametric 3D B-rep/NURBS CAD, assemblies, drawings, schematics, PCB and wire-harness work, simulation, CAM/3DP, PLM/PDM Vault, ERP/MRP, purchasing, inventory, project management, CRM, QA, ATS, and agentic engineering suites.
The platform's AI engineering teammate/agentic layer for CAD geometry, PCB and wire-harness routing, server-rack and fluid-power design, simulation setup, drawings, documentation, and ERP-related work.
solidSF's announced v1 agent/model architecture; the company describes it as deterministic, zero-token, and without weights, and says it is available through endpoints and the solidSF IDE.
Public Apache-2.0 Rust project described by its repository as a drop-in ElevenLabs Voice API v1 equivalent, with full-duplex rooms and an audio-LLM mechanistic-interpretability engine.
Market Position
solidSF positions itself as a unified alternative to point tools by combining browser CAD/CAM/CAE, manufacturing preparation, PLM/PDM, business operations, AI agents, and compute/deployment in one connected platform. Its own comparison navigation identifies Onshape, Autodesk Fusion 360, and SOLIDWORKS as comparison competitors; its differentiators are the integrated ERP/operations layer, native agentic engineering suites, Rust kernel/API, and on-prem or air-gapped options.
Leadership
Founders
Andrew (Andy) Norris
Founder and CEO of solidSF. His public LinkedIn profile identifies him as a senior mechanical engineer at Fab2 from January 2024 through December 2025 and CEO of solidSF, Inc. from March 2026; solidSF's About page says he founded the company in San Francisco.
Executive Team
Andrew (Andy) Norris
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Founder of solidSF; public profile lists prior senior mechanical-engineering experience at Fab2 and links him to solidSF's San Francisco founding.
Founding Story
Andrew Norris says solidSF grew from his early experience using an Apple II and original iMacs at Serrano Elementary School in Villa Park, California. The initial vision was to make frontier software and compute natural, useful creation tools, and to help people carry engineering work from a model through drawings, production, and the business around a physical product. The company also describes a longer-term goal of putting solidSF on campus private-cloud NVIDIA DGX Spark systems for schools.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Freemium engineering workspace with paid simulation subscription, prepaid metered agent/model credits, metered CAD-kernel API and research compute, optional knowledge-cartridge subscriptions, and custom enterprise agreements for governed deployment, dedicated compute, integrations, and on-prem appliances.
Pricing Tiers
No monthly fee or card; core CAD, drawings, CAM/3DP, Vault PLM/PDM, business operations, and all Fully Agentic suites are included.
Adds the complete simulation suite, robotics, topology, and full Jesse access.
Prepaid credits for models and agent job runs; new accounts receive a $10 welcome credit.
Pay as you go; idle connection time is not charged and failed calls are not charged.
Pay-as-you-go research compute from prepaid credits.
Optional subject-knowledge subscriptions.
Quoted organization agreement for on-prem appliances, dedicated managed servers, private deployments, SSO/SAML, governance, integrations, migration, and support.
Target Markets
- Hardware startups and product-development teams
- Machine shops and manufacturing organizations
- Robotics, aerospace, and energy teams
- Universities, K-12 schools, rocket clubs, and robotics teams
- Data-center and server-infrastructure engineering teams
- Organizations needing private, customer-resident, or air-gapped engineering compute
- End-to-end hardware product development from concept through manufacturing
- Mechanical CAD, assemblies, drawings, and design-change management
- Simulation-led engineering and multiphysics analysis
- CAM, 3D printing, sheet-metal manufacturing, and production documentation
- Robotics, aerospace, energy, machine shops, and other hardware teams
- Server chassis, racks, cooling loops, and data-center infrastructure