PTC Inc.
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PTC Inc. is an American software company best known for its computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for manufacturing and engineering.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PTC | 6 |
| PTC Inc. canonical | 2 |
| Parametric Technology Corporation | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8823118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PTC Inc. Context triple: [PTC Creo, developer, PTC Inc.]
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A.
PTC Therapeutics
PTC Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small-molecule and RNA-based therapies for rare genetic disorders and other serious diseases.
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B.
PTC
PTC is a Permanent Technical Committee, typically a standing expert group responsible for developing and maintaining technical standards or guidelines within a specific domain.
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C.
PTC
PTC is an advanced safety system used on railroads to automatically prevent train collisions, overspeed derailments, and other dangerous movements.
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D.
Shapeware Corporation
Shapeware Corporation was the original software company that created the diagramming application later known as Microsoft Visio.
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E.
Koch Engineered Solutions
Koch Engineered Solutions is an industrial technology and engineering company that provides process, pollution control, and optimization solutions across energy, chemical, and manufacturing sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PTC Inc. Target entity description: PTC Inc. is an American software company best known for its computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for manufacturing and engineering.
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A.
PTC Therapeutics
PTC Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small-molecule and RNA-based therapies for rare genetic disorders and other serious diseases.
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B.
PTC
PTC is an advanced safety system used on railroads to automatically prevent train collisions, overspeed derailments, and other dangerous movements.
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C.
PTC
PTC is a Permanent Technical Committee, typically a standing expert group responsible for developing and maintaining technical standards or guidelines within a specific domain.
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D.
Shapeware Corporation
Shapeware Corporation was the original software company that created the diagramming application later known as Microsoft Visio.
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E.
Koch Engineered Solutions
Koch Engineered Solutions is an industrial technology and engineering company that provides process, pollution control, and optimization solutions across energy, chemical, and manufacturing sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
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software company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
PTC
ⓘ
linked to:
PTC Inc.
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| acquired |
Arena Solutions
ⓘ
Mathsoft ⓘ Onshape ⓘ ThingWorx ⓘ Vuforia ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| coreTechnologyDomain |
3D CAD modeling
ⓘ
IoT connectivity and analytics ⓘ PLM data management ⓘ industrial augmented reality ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn | digital transformation for industrial companies ⓘ |
| formerName |
Parametric Technology Corporation
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linked to:
PTC Inc.
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| foundedBy | Samuel P. Geisberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| industry |
augmented reality software
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computer-aided design software ⓘ industrial Internet of Things software ⓘ product lifecycle management software ⓘ software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
augmented reality (AR) solutions for industry
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computer-aided design (CAD) software ⓘ industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms ⓘ product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions ⓘ |
| offers |
on-premises software solutions
ⓘ
software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Needham, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Needham
|
| primaryCustomerSector |
engineering
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ |
| products |
Arena PLM
ⓘ
Creo ⓘ
linked to:
PTC Creo
Mathcad ⓘ
linked to:
PTC Mathcad
Onshape ⓘ ThingWorx ⓘ Vuforia ⓘ Windchill ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
aerospace and defense industry
ⓘ
automotive industry ⓘ discrete manufacturing industries ⓘ high-tech and electronics manufacturers ⓘ industrial equipment manufacturers ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
PTC
ⓘ
linked to:
PTC Inc.
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PTC Inc. Description of subject: PTC Inc. is an American software company best known for its computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for manufacturing and engineering.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PTC Inc.
linked to: PTC Inc.
linked to: PTC Inc.
linked to: PTC Inc.
linked to: PTC Inc.