Mai Bui

You have invested in connecting CAD to your other workflow systems in hopes of creating a continuous flow of mission-critical data. But somewhere in a shared drive, a locally saved PDF, or an engineer's inbox, there's a parallel universe of untapped data — work instructions, PRDs, maintenance manuals, install guides — that your systems can't read, your LLMs can't parse, and your workflows can't touch. It's the largest untapped data source in hardware, and most teams don't even know they're sitting on it. This presentation examines how documentation has become the largest untapped data source in hardware and manufacturing, and what it takes to change that. Whether you're trying to feed better context into AI workflows, reduce tribal knowledge loss, or close the gap between engineering intent and production reality, the answer is probably already written down somewhere. This talk will show you how to find it.