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):
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.
mimmo – another impressive looking toolkit/library (built on Bitpit) that deals with surface manipulation and mesh morphing.