Life at SPREAD: Becoming a Product Manager – How I moved from UX Research to Product, almost over night
A personal reflection on the sudden shift from UX Research to Product Management - the challenges, mindset changes, and lessons learned along the way. From feeling overwhelmed to finding purpose, it’s a story about trust, curiosity, and redefining what it means to lead a team with clarity.
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Read faster, decide faster: why sentence case delivers clarity in complex engineering software
Discover why SPREAD AI standardizes on sentence case across its platform. Design Lead Ricardo Trindade explains how this simple UX choice reduces cognitive load, improves global readability, and builds a calm, trustworthy product experience for engineers.
One Platform, one experience: Introducing SPREAD’s new sidebar
By the end of this quarter, SPREAD’s Product team will introduce a persistent sidebar across the entire platform. In detail, this means that no matter inside which of the applications users are working on, they will always have a way to switch between different contexts seamlessly. Navigation becomes faster and more direct, keeping Engineers focused on their work without extra steps through the launcher.
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Closing the Feedback Loop: What Europe Can Learn from China’s Software-Driven Auto Strategy
What makes Chinese carmakers so fast at software updates? Christian Ringwald from SPREAD AI highlights the role of feedback loops and how Europe can benefit from similar practices.
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SPREAD completes SOC 2 Type I Examination
SPREAD achieves SOC 2 Type I examination, validating enterprise-grade security and organizational excellence. Our company ensures sensitive data is protected with rigorous controls and best practices, building confidence, trust, and faster onboarding for customers.
AI in PLM: How Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management (iPLM) Is Transforming Systems Engineering
Learn how AI in PLM is evolving, from siloed systems to real-time engineering intelligence. See how leading OEMs reduce troubleshooting time, unlock traceability, and scale insight.
Industrial AI in Discrete Manufacturing: Unlocking Higher FPY with Engineering Context
Industrial AI often misses the mark in discrete manufacturing. Root cause? Lack of engineering logic tied to VIN-specific configurations.
Why Software-Defined Vehicle Projects Stall and How Functional Control Restores Confidence
Most SDV delays aren’t technical, they’re structural. Learn how functional control helps OEMs reduce SOP risk and accelerate software-driven vehicle programs.
Digital Product Twins for Manufacturing and Field Intelligence
Most digital twins stop at visualization. Learn how product-centered twins enable VIN-specific diagnostics, faster repairs, and design feedback loops.
AI in Systems Engineering: Why Most Pilots Fail and What Top OEMs Do Instead
AI pilots in systems engineering often fail due to unstructured data, overused LLMs, and lack of domain context. Learn how top OEMs build scalable AI with structured product knowledge.
From Reactive Service to Strategic Uptime: Refining Commercial Vehicles Aftermarket for Complexity
Commercial vehicle aftermarket shifts from reactive fixes to strategic uptime using digital twins. See how SPREAD unifies data to cut downtime and costs.
The Cost of Complexity: Why Commercial Vehicle R&D Needs Architecture Transparency Now
Commercial vehicle R&D faces rising delays and costs as SDV complexity grows. Learn how SPREAD helps OEMs restore control and deliver on time.
Managing Requirement Chaos & Variant Complexity With Digital Product Twins
OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and machinery companies accelerate quoting and reduce rework by managing customer requirements and variants at scale, without replacing existing systems.
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Software-Defined Defense: Engineering Intelligence for Europe’s New Era of Defense
Software-Defined Defense is here. Learn how leading OEMs use engineering intelligence to cut quote times, reduce errors, and speed up delivery across programs like MGCS and FCAS.
Agentic Engineering Intelligence: Transparency & Efficiency through AI
Insights into practical application of SPREAD AI, which is already driving innovation in the automotive, aerospace, and mechanical engineering industries.
SPREAD joins the EU AI Champions Initiative: Shaping the future of Engineering Intelligence in Europe
Imagine a world where complex engineering challenges are solved in seconds. As part of the EU AI Champions Initiative, SPREAD will amplify this vision.
SPREAD's Technology: How We Turn Data Chaos into Clarity
How SPREAD works: Leverage Rapid data ingestion, a graph-based Product Twin, and an AI-powered Action Cloud to unify structured and unstructured data.
Closed-Loop Manufacturing: Can Digital Twins enhance innovation and efficiency in Production?
Revolutionize manufacturing with closed-loop processes. Discover how digital twins, real-time feedback & data-driven insights cut costs & drive innovation.
French National Railways meets SPREAD: How Digital Twins and unified product data redefine rail operations
Revolutionize rail operations with digital twins—discover how SNCF unifies product data for proactive maintenance and enhanced efficiency. Read now!
Joining SPREAD to bring actionable Product Knowledge at engineers’ fingertips
My 1st week at SPREAD. Given how involved I’ve been in AI startup communities & products, I want to share why I’ve joined another Series A startup.
Knowledge Graphs explained: How you turn data into valuable insights
Unlock the power of Knowledge Graphs: Transform siloed data into actionable insights, streamline workflows, and boost innovation. Read now!
Mastering SDVs: Why innovative CTOs and R&D Teams turn to Agentic Engineering Intelligence
Transform your SDV engineering with Agentic EI: Unify data, accelerate decisions, and drive innovation. Master complexity today!
Back to the future - Inside CUBE 2024 and Agentic Engineering Intelligence
Discover SPREAD's Agentic Engineering Intelligence at CUBE 2024: Optimize workflows, unify data, and accelerate innovation. Watch now!
How Rheinmetall Air Defence improved change impact analysis - with a Defense Digital Twin
Revolutionize defense with SPREAD’s Defense Digital Twin: Unify data, optimize change impact, and accelerate innovation. Discover breakthrough efficiency!
How SPREAD Enables Automotive R&D Leaders to Eliminate SOP Delays Maturity Control
Boost R&D efficiency and cut time-to-market by up to 2 years with SPREAD Action Tower—unify your data, reduce rework, and drive innovation. Read more now!
CUBE'23 recap: how to master product complexity on a whole new level
A deep dive into AI, Systems Engineering, and industry best practices
How to break knowledge silos for innovation: Empower engineers through access to product data
Break knowledge silos and empower engineers with unified product data for real-time insights—drive innovation faster. Read our guide now!
A few thoughts about SPREAD’s recent $16 million Series A round
SPREAD secures $16 million Series A - democratizing engineering intelligence for innovation across industries. Learn how we’re accelerating the future!
SPREAD Cube: 6 degrees of Engineering Intelligence in the product lifecycle
Unlock Engineering Intelligence with SPREAD Cube: Unite industry leaders, drive innovation, and boost sustainability in product lifecycle management.
For better automotive wiring harnesses: SPREAD visits COFICAB in Portugal
This is what happens when an Engineering Intelligence startup meets with one of the world’s leading automotive wire manufacturers
The Swedish King & sustainability: A royal technology mission at SPREAD
Read how SPREAD’s Engineering Intelligence supports sustainability: Featuring insights from the Swedish King’s visit during the Royal Technology Mission.