Threaded Conference Coverage

Reporting from Threaded — the conference series for the next generation of engineering software, industrial AI, and computational design. Talks, exhibitor breakdowns, and the cross-cutting themes from Miami and Warwick.

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The $15.7 Billion Shadow Ecosystem That's Rewriting Engineering Software

600 startups across 45 countries. 10 unicorns. $15.7 billion in venture capital. Back-to-back Threaded conferences in Warwick and Miami showed a parallel engineering software industry that is shipping what incumbents have failed to deliver — and rewriting how engineering work is done.

Apr 20, 2026· 9 min read