Symetri USA - formerly Microdesk - is an Autodesk-focused technology consultancy serving the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) industry. Founded in 1994 and acquired by Sweden's Symetri (an Addnode Group company) in 2022, it helps design, construction and asset-owner teams work smarter through BIM, VDC, digital twins, enterprise asset management and its own Naviate software line. Together with its European parent, Symetri is the #1 Global Autodesk Solution Provider, serving more than 20,000 customers and 250,000 daily users with a stated mission of efficient, sustainable design.
Hardik Kabaria is Co-Founder and CEO of Vinci4D.ai (now getvinci.ai), a Palo Alto-based AI company building a physics foundation model that makes hardware simulation 1000x faster than traditional finite element analysis. A Stanford PhD in Mechanics and Computation, he spent eight years at Carbon - the 3D printing unicorn - rising from software engineer to CXO before founding Vinci in 2023. His company emerged from stealth in December 2025 with $46M raised from Xora Innovation, Khosla Ventures, and Eclipse, already deployed with three leading semiconductor manufacturers and validated by over half the world's top 20 chip companies.