Optimad
Haysam and I talk about how open-source, open-innovation and IP sharing can change the way simulation software is built.
In this episode I’m talking with Haysam Telib, CEO of Optimad a Turin-based consultancy & software house working in the freeform deformation & shape optimisation space. We cover some ground, including:
- how consulting is a great way to get ideas for products your customers would buy, but…
- why transitioning from consulting to products is much harder than you might imagine (& it’s not just cashflow that’s difficult);
- how open-source & open-innovation are shaping their business model;
Shownotes
We didn’t discuss Optimad’s products in the interview (my bad) so here are the links (& my apologies):
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bitpit – an impressive-looking, open-source modular library for scientific computing developed by Optimad. bitpit’s goal is to make writing scientific programs easier by providing some of the common bulding blocks every scientific application needs.
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mimmo – another impressive looking toolkit/library (built on Bitpit) that deals with surface manipulation and mesh morphing.