Camfer

Camfer is a Y Combinator-backed startup (S24) building an AI mechanical engineer — an AI-powered CAD tool that plugs into SolidWorks and lets engineers generate parametric designs from natural language prompts and images. Its camfy text-to-CAD model produces editable feature-tree geometry, automates repetitive modeling tasks, answers questions about a model without manual feature-tree navigation, and gives real-time design feedback. The product is a downloadable desktop application (currently in invite-only beta), not a public API; the company is backed by Y Combinator, Next47, Bloomberg Beta, Octave Fund, and the founders of Dropbox, Airtable, and Clari.

Camfer is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Computer-Aided Design, CAD, Mechanical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Camfer’s developer surface includes engineering blog, signup flow, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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13.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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0 APIs

CompanyComputer-Aided DesignCADMechanical EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceGenerative DesignSolidWorksText-to-CADDesktop Application

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 13.5/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Twitter

Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

aid: camfer
name: Camfer
description: Camfer is a Y Combinator-backed startup (S24) building an AI mechanical engineer — an AI-powered CAD tool that
  plugs into SolidWorks and lets engineers generate parametric designs from natural language prompts and images. Its camfy
  text-to-CAD model produces editable feature-tree geometry, automates repetitive modeling tasks, answers questions about
  a model without manual feature-tree navigation, and gives real-time design feedback. The product is a downloadable desktop
  application (currently in invite-only beta), not a public API; the company is backed by Y Combinator, Next47, Bloomberg
  Beta, Octave Fund, and the founders of Dropbox, Airtable, and Clari.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/camfer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://camfer.dev/images/favicon/favicon-192x192.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- bloomberg-beta
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Computer-Aided Design
- CAD
- Mechanical Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative Design
- SolidWorks
- Text-to-CAD
- Desktop Application
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/camfer-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://camfer.dev/
- type: Blog
  url: https://camfer.dev/blog/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://camfer.dev/try/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://camfer.dev/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.gg/Uzyc7Ejmga
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/camferinc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/camferinc/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/camfer_inc
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence