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Our mission is to make every simulation accessible, real-time and AI-assisted, for composites, fluids and particles alike. Here is the progress, release by release.
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Physics-based simulation has been locked behind expensive workstations, long run times and specialist knowledge. We are removing all three.
Accessible
Every OTOM engine runs in a web browser on your own computer. Nothing to install, no licence server, and your data stays local.
Real-time
Solvers written for the GPU through WebGPU return answers in seconds or run live, so you can explore instead of waiting.
AI-assisted
AI agents set up and run simulations from plain requests, and local AI models help interpret the results.
Company milestones
Development starts within the EU H2020 ambliFibre project
Proof of concept of the OTOM software
Market launch: first outreach to customers
First paying customer
First engineering service completed and the first commercial OTOM release
First collaboration agreement
Joined NVIDIA Inception and featured in JEC Composites Magazine
Latest releases
Featured in JEC Composites Magazine N°171
JEC Composites Magazine, the leading magazine of the composites industry, interviewed founder Amin Zaami for its Startup section: how OTOM grew out of the EU AmbliFibre project into a real-time, physics-based AFP digital twin, and the path from DFM sign-off to closed-loop control and certification by simulation. Read →
AFP Web digital twin up to about 8× faster
Optical analysis (100 steps) went from 20 s to 3 s, thermal simulation from 35 s to 4 s, and optimisation from 3 minutes to 10 seconds, on a laptop GPU. Watch →
CFD and SPH benchmarking, plus a residual-stress module
Validation cases for both flow engines were published, and AFP Web gained a GPU viscoelastic residual-stress and warpage analysis driven by the real process temperatures. Residual stress →
OTOMcomposite joins NVIDIA Inception
Accepted into NVIDIA’s programme for AI start-ups, to accelerate AI-driven composite and CFD work. Read →
Hopper discharge, propellers and stirred tanks
Granular flow through 25°, 45° and 65° funnels in OTOM SPH, and real-time rotating propellers and stirred-tank reactors in OTOM CFD.
Standardising DFM sign-off for AFP
Whole-lay-up thermal analysis reports for design-for-manufacturing decisions. Read →
AI agents inside AFP Web
An agent worker that places courses, changes settings and runs analyses on request, using a local LLM or a cloud model. Read →
New milestone with Fraunhofer IGCV
A digital twin of the IGCV funnel demonstrator, from machine programme to optical analysis. Read →
Greenhouse ventilation digital twin
Side vents and doors simulated for Herenboeren Usseler Es in Enschede, for less moisture and mould and a higher yield. Read →
Local AI as a second opinion on CFD results
Open models such as DeepSeek, Gemma and Llama read the OTOM CFD screen and help with engineering analysis, running locally. Read →
Real-time CFD in the browser, up to Mach 2 shock waves
OTOM CFD launched as a browser-based GPU solver, with a compressible engine for supersonic flow. Read →
OTOM SPH launched
A browser-based smoothed-particle hydrodynamics solver for mixing, free surfaces and molten polymer flow. Read →
First collaboration agreement and OTOM AFP V1.25
OTOMcomposite signed its first collaboration agreement, and the desktop line reached V1.25, the last release before the move to the web platform.
User guides published
Manuals for the AFP Engine (V1.23), AFP Viewer and Ray-tracer were published for customers. Guide docs →
First commercial release and first engineering service
The first commercial version of the OTOM software was released, in Basic, Standard and Premium packages, and the first engineering-service project was completed. Demo, pilot-study and engineering-service programmes opened to customers. Engineering service →
First paying customer and real-world GPU simulation
OTOMcomposite welcomed its first paying customer. OTOM AFP simulated industrial geometries such as a bossed plate and a fuselage nose section on NVIDIA CUDA. Real-world simulation →
Market launch: OTOM AFP V1.22 and AFP Viewer
We started marketing and reaching out to customers with OTOM AFP V1.22 and the AFP Viewer post-processing tool.
Proof of concept
The OTOM software proved its concept: real-time optical-thermal prediction for laser-assisted tape winding and placement. Research →
Development starts within ambliFibre
OTOM development began within the EU H2020 ambliFibre project, as model-based control for laser-assisted tape winding. Our story →
Model predictive control (MPC)
OTOM’s MPC uses the OTOM engine to predict future process outputs and finds the control action that drives them as close as possible to the desired reference, regulating process parameters for consistent product quality. Inline monitoring →
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New features land every few weeks. Try them in the browser, or follow us for the next release.