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Outerport

AI engineering scientists - search PLMs, read drawings, run simulation

Y CombinatorSummer 2024ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and Design

What they do

Problem

Engineering R&D for industrial plants is slowed by design parameters locked in PDFs and hard-to-automate simulators, requiring massive manual effort to extract data and run feasibility iterations.

Solution

Outerport connects to PLMs, extracts structured data from engineering drawings and datasheets, builds a knowledge graph, and uses autonomous AI agents to run simulations and automate design checks.

Who it's for

Engineering teams at enterprises designing and validating LNG plants, HVAC systems, and semiconductor processes.

Founders

Towaki Takikawa
Co-Founder / CEO

Ex-Research Scientist at NVIDIA, working on R&D for simulation (neural fields, 3D computer vision, 3D generative models). Previously worked in robotics (systems engineering / electro-mechanical design) and manufacturing (operating various CNC machines 😎).

Open roles 6

Member of Technical Staff, Computer Vision / Graphics
San Francisco, CA, US / Tokyo, JP · Full-time · $100K - $200K · 0.50% - 3.00%
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Member of Technical Staff, Product / Agents
San Francisco, CA, US / Tokyo, JP · Full-time · $100K - $200K · 0.50% - 3.00%
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Member of Technical Staff, Tokyo Deployed
San Francisco, CA, US / Tokyo, JP · Full-time · $100K - $200K · 0.50% - 3.00%
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Member of Technical Staff, Reinforcement Learning
San Francisco, CA, US / Tokyo, JP · Full-time · $100K - $200K · 0.50% - 3.00%
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Member of Technical Staff, Process Engineering
San Francisco, CA, US / Tokyo, JP / Remote (US) · Full-time · $60K - $200K · 0.50% - 3.00%
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Business Development / Operations, Tokyo
Tokyo, JP · Full-time · $60K - $200K · 0.10% - 3.00%
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