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Altair Engineering

Altair Engineering Inc. is a multinational technology company that develops and provides software, cloud solutions, and services focused on simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable simulation-driven design and optimization across industries such as automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and energy.^[1]^[2]^[3] Founded in 1985 by James R. Scapa and two colleagues initially to support engineering consulting for the automotive sector, the company is headquartered in Troy, Michigan, and has grown into a leader in computational intelligence with over 3,400 employees worldwide.^[4]^[5]^[6] Altair pioneered innovations like its patented Altair Units licensing model, which allows flexible access to a broad portfolio of tools, and expanded through strategic acquisitions and an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 2017 under the ticker symbol ALTR.^[1]^[7] In March 2025, Siemens AG completed its $10 billion acquisition of Altair, integrating the company's AI-powered simulation capabilities into Siemens' industrial software ecosystem to enhance digital twin and product lifecycle management offerings.^[8]^[9] Prior to the acquisition, Altair reported annual revenue of $665.8 million for fiscal year 2024, reflecting an 8.7% year-over-year increase driven by demand for its software solutions.^[10]^[11] The company's core offerings include the HyperWorks suite for multiphysics simulation and structural analysis, RapidMiner for machine learning and predictive analytics, and Altair One, a cloud-based platform that unifies access to over 180 interconnected products for end-to-end workflows.^[12]^[2]^[13] Altair maintains a global footprint with more than 70 offices across over 25 countries, serving thousands of clients by leveraging HPC resources and AI to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and promote sustainable design practices.^[14]^[15] Under Scapa's ongoing leadership as founder and CEO, Altair emphasizes an "only forward" philosophy, fostering a diverse workforce recognized for high employee retention and innovative culture.^[1]^[16]^[17]

Overview

Founding and headquarters

Altair Engineering was founded in 1985 by James R. Scapa, along with colleagues George Christ and Mark Kistner, in Troy, Michigan.^[4]^[18]^[19] The company originated as an engineering consulting firm, specializing in simulation services using high-performance computing (HPC) techniques, including finite element analysis to support complex structural evaluations.^[20]^[21] The firm's initial headquarters were established in Troy, Michigan. Scapa served as chairman and CEO from the company's founding until after the 2025 acquisition.^[22]^[23] Over the decades, Altair has expanded its physical presence significantly, growing from its single U.S. location to offices in 27 countries worldwide by 2025, facilitating global support for its engineering solutions.^[24]^[14] From its inception, Altair placed a strong emphasis on creating proprietary software tools tailored to the simulation demands of the automotive and aerospace sectors, which addressed limitations in existing consulting methods and paved the way for the development of the HyperWorks software suite.^[20]^[25] This foundational shift toward in-house technology innovation helped transition the company from pure consulting to a leader in computer-aided engineering software.^[21]

Business focus and operations

Altair Engineering specializes in developing and licensing software solutions that enable simulation-driven design, allowing engineers to iteratively test and optimize product concepts virtually before physical prototyping. The company's core offerings focus on product design, computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics, providing tools that integrate these capabilities to accelerate innovation and decision-making across engineering workflows.^[1]^[26] Altair serves a diverse range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, and manufacturing, where its software supports complex problem-solving in areas such as structural analysis, thermal management, and system optimization. The company caters to over 16,000 customers globally, enabling organizations in these sectors to enhance product performance, reduce development costs, and improve sustainability through advanced computational methods.^[27]^[28]^[29] Altair's revenue model primarily relies on a units-based subscription licensing system, known as Altair Units, which provides flexible access to its software portfolio via perpetual licenses, term-based subscriptions, and cloud services, ensuring high recurring revenue of over 90% from software. In 2024, the company achieved annual revenue of US$665.8 million, driven by growth in software licensing and an increasing emphasis on software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Following its acquisition by Siemens in March 2025, Altair operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Digital Industries Software, with a strategic focus on integrating AI and SaaS capabilities while maintaining an open and programmable architecture across its more than 180 products to foster interoperability and ecosystem expansion.^[10]^[30]^[8]^[13]

History

Early development (1985–2000)

Altair Engineering was founded in 1985 by James R. Scapa, George Christ, and Mark Kistner as a small engineering consulting firm specializing in computer-aided engineering services, primarily for the automotive industry.^[4] Initially, the company provided custom engineering solutions to clients like General Motors, leveraging early computational tools to address complex design challenges.^[31] By the late 1980s, growing demand for efficient finite element modeling and simulation capabilities prompted a strategic shift from pure consulting to software development, as clients sought reusable tools to streamline their computer-aided engineering (CAE) workflows.^[31] This transition culminated in the release of HyperMesh in 1990, Altair's first major commercial product and a pioneering finite element pre-processor designed to prepare complex models for CAE analysis.^[32] HyperMesh quickly gained traction for its ability to handle large-scale meshing tasks with high accuracy and flexibility, enabling engineers to build and refine simulation models more effectively than existing alternatives.^[31] Building on this foundation, Altair expanded its software portfolio in the mid-1990s with OptiStruct, an innovative topology optimization solver that revolutionized simulation-driven design by automatically generating lightweight, structurally efficient components.^[31] Developed from university research on topology optimization concepts emerging in the late 1980s, OptiStruct was commercialized in 1994 following the hiring of expert Jeff Brennan; its first major sale was to General Motors, and it earned Altair the IndustryWeek "Technology of the Year" award that same year for advancing structural optimization in engineering.^[31] During the 1990s, Altair's focus on these core software tools drove significant operational growth, transforming it from a niche consultancy into a recognized provider of CAE solutions.^[33] By 2000, the company had expanded its workforce substantially and initiated international operations, establishing its first European office to serve growing demand from automotive and aerospace clients abroad.^[1] This period laid the groundwork for Altair's emphasis on integrated simulation technologies, positioning it as a leader in optimizing product designs through computational methods.^[31]

Growth and IPO (2001–2019)

Following its early successes with core simulation software, Altair Engineering pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy beginning in 2003 to broaden its technological portfolio and enter new markets. The company's first major acquisition that year was PBS Professional, a high-performance computing (HPC) workload management and job scheduling technology originally developed at NASA, which enabled Altair to expand beyond traditional computer-aided engineering (CAE) into resource orchestration for complex computational tasks.^[34] This move marked the start of a pattern of strategic buys, with Altair acquiring 28 companies globally by 2019 to integrate complementary technologies in simulation, data analytics, and design optimization.^[34] A key example of this strategy was the 2008 acquisition of solidThinking, an Italian software firm specializing in topology optimization and generative design tools, which Altair integrated to enhance its offerings for lightweight structure development in industries like automotive and aerospace.^[35] Building on the PBS acquisition, Altair launched the PBS Works suite in 2005, a comprehensive HPC management platform that included workload scheduling, analytics, and on-demand computing capabilities, further solidifying its position in high-performance environments.^[36] These acquisitions diversified Altair's product ecosystem, allowing it to address emerging needs in multidisciplinary engineering and computational efficiency without relying solely on organic development. Altair's growth trajectory culminated in its initial public offering (IPO) on November 1, 2017, when it listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ALTR, selling 12 million shares of Class A common stock at $13 per share and raising $156 million in gross proceeds.^[37] The IPO valued the company at over $2 billion based on post-offering market capitalization, reflecting investor confidence in its expanding software portfolio and recurring revenue model.^[38] This public debut provided capital for further innovation and global scaling. Revenue growth during this period was robust, rising from approximately $167 million in 2010 to $458.9 million in 2019, driven by integrations in cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT) applications that extended Altair's tools to hybrid environments.^[39]^[40] The focus on subscription-based licensing and service expansions contributed to this doubling, with software products accounting for the majority of increases amid rising demand for simulation-driven design in manufacturing sectors.^[40]

Recent advancements and acquisition (2020–2025)

During the early 2020s, Altair Engineering accelerated its integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into its core offerings, emphasizing predictive analytics and augmented design processes. In May 2021, the company launched Altair One, a unified cloud platform that combined high-performance computing (HPC), simulation, data analytics, and AI tools to streamline workflows for engineers and data scientists. This initiative marked a pivotal shift toward AI-driven innovation, enabling faster optimization and broader collaboration across product development cycles. Additionally, in January 2021, Altair partnered with Rolls-Royce Holdings to apply AI and ML in aero jet engine design, demonstrating early applications in predictive maintenance and performance enhancement. These developments positioned Altair as a leader in computational intelligence, with subsequent releases like HyperWorks updates incorporating ML for automated physics predictions by 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced Altair's operations, driving heightened adoption of remote simulation and cloud-based tools as engineering teams shifted to distributed work environments. By 2020, the surge in telecommuting necessitated robust remote access solutions, which Altair supported through its cloud infrastructure, allowing complex simulations to run securely without on-premises hardware. This transition contributed to sustained business momentum, as evidenced by the company's full-year 2022 total revenue of $572.2 million, representing a 7.5% increase from $532.2 million in 2021 (or 13.1% in constant currency). The emphasis on remote capabilities not only maintained productivity during lockdowns but also expanded Altair's customer base in sectors like aerospace and manufacturing, where virtual collaboration became essential. Altair's strategic evolution culminated in its acquisition by Siemens AG, enhancing synergies in industrial AI and simulation technologies. On October 30, 2024, Altair signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Siemens for an enterprise value of approximately $10.6 billion, or $113 per share in cash. The deal aimed to integrate Altair's AI-powered software into Siemens' Xcelerator platform, bolstering capabilities in digital twins and predictive engineering. The acquisition was completed on March 26, 2025, with Altair becoming part of Siemens Digital Industries Software to advance industrial AI applications across global industries. Following the merger, Altair's common stock ceased trading and was delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market, marking the end of its independent public status.

Products and services

Simulation and CAE tools

Altair's flagship computer-aided engineering (CAE) platform, HyperWorks, provides a comprehensive suite of tools for simulation and design validation across multiple engineering disciplines. This end-to-end platform supports finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and other simulation workflows, enabling engineers to model complex interactions in product development.^[41] Central to HyperWorks is HyperMesh, an advanced meshing tool that facilitates high-quality 3D and surface meshing with AI-driven automation for efficient model preparation. OptiStruct complements this by offering structural optimization capabilities, including topology optimization algorithms that redistribute material to achieve objectives like weight reduction while maintaining strength under constraints. For post-processing, HyperView delivers visualization and reporting features to analyze and interpret simulation results throughout the design lifecycle.^[41]^[42]^[41] Altair also provides specialized simulation tools within its portfolio, such as Altair CFD for solving fluid mechanics problems including aerodynamics, thermal analysis, and aeroacoustics across industries. Similarly, FEKO serves as a leading computational electromagnetics solver for high-frequency applications like antenna design, electromagnetic compatibility, and radar analysis.^[43]^[44] These tools find extensive application in the automotive and aerospace sectors for crash testing, where Radioss enables nonlinear dynamic simulations of impact scenarios; durability assessments using HyperLife for fatigue analysis; and multiphysics simulations that couple structural, thermal, and fluid behaviors to predict real-world performance. Over time, Altair's CAE tools have evolved to incorporate GPU-accelerated solvers, enhancing computational speed for large-scale models through integration with high-performance computing resources.^[45]^[46]^[41]

High-performance computing and cloud solutions

Altair's high-performance computing (HPC) offerings are anchored by the PBS Works suite, a comprehensive workload management solution designed for efficient job scheduling and resource allocation in demanding computational environments. At its core, PBS Professional serves as the flagship job scheduler, enabling organizations to optimize cluster utilization, support mixed workloads including GPUs and AI tasks, and manage resources across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid setups. This suite facilitates policy-driven scheduling that adapts to complex priorities, such as topology-aware job placement and budget controls, while ensuring high security through features like EAL3+ certification. Proven in production for over two decades, PBS Works scales to support clusters of up to 50,000 nodes, handling millions of jobs and thousands of concurrent users, which is critical for large-scale engineering simulations.^[47]^[48] Complementing on-premises capabilities, Altair One provides a cloud-native platform that delivers scalable compute resources for simulation and data processing workflows. This integrated environment allows users to provision turnkey HPC clusters dynamically, bursting to major providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, without vendor lock-in. Altair One streamlines collaboration by centralizing access to tools, data management, and visualization, enabling engineers to execute resource-intensive tasks like multiphysics simulations on demand. Its cloud-agnostic architecture supports hybrid deployments, optimizing costs through elastic scaling and real-time monitoring, which enhances productivity in distributed teams. In computer-aided engineering (CAE) contexts, Altair One briefly integrates with simulation tools to offload computations seamlessly.^[49] For design exploration within these HPC frameworks, Altair HyperStudy employs design of experiments (DOE) methodologies to systematically investigate design variables and their impacts on performance. This tool automates the generation of design variants, approximation modeling, and optimization studies, leveraging distributed systems for parallel execution of solver runs across HPC clusters. By integrating with Altair's resource management infrastructure, HyperStudy enables efficient handling of large datasets from finite element analysis or other simulations, facilitating robust trade-off analyses and reliability assessments under multiphysics constraints.^[50] Following Siemens' acquisition of Altair in March 2025, enhancements to HPC solutions have focused on industrial-scale applications in manufacturing, integrating Altair's compute optimization with Siemens' digital twin and lifecycle management platforms. This synergy enables AI-accelerated workflows that scale beyond traditional limits, combining on-premises and cloud resources for sustainable product design and performance improvements in sectors like automotive and aerospace. The post-acquisition developments emphasize hybrid HPC efficiency, allowing manufacturers to process exascale workloads while reducing energy consumption and accelerating time-to-market.^[51]^[8]

AI, data analytics, and other software

Altair Engineering has developed a suite of AI-driven tools and data analytics platforms that enable organizations to derive actionable insights from complex datasets, supporting machine learning workflows and predictive analytics across industries. Central to this portfolio is the Altair RapidMiner platform, which facilitates end-to-end data science operations, including automated machine learning, model training, and deployment with both no-code and code-friendly interfaces.^[52] This platform supports scalable AI initiatives by integrating with various data sources and providing features like real-time analytics and governance, as enhanced in its 2025 release to include agentic AI capabilities for greater automation.^[53] RapidMiner's no-code workflows allow users without deep programming expertise to build predictive models for applications such as demand forecasting and anomaly detection, accelerating innovation while ensuring data security through fine-grained access controls.^[54] Complementing RapidMiner, Altair Monarch serves as a self-service data preparation tool designed for extracting, transforming, and blending data from diverse sources, including PDFs, spreadsheets, and databases, without requiring coding.^[55] It enables users to consolidate structured and semi-structured data into unified datasets, streamlining the analytics lifecycle by automating cleansing and normalization processes.^[56] In enterprise settings, Monarch integrates with Monarch Server to govern data pipelines at scale, supporting collaborative data blending that enhances the accuracy of downstream AI models.^[57] This tool's emphasis on self-service preparation reduces dependency on IT teams, allowing analysts to focus on insight generation rather than data wrangling.^[58] Altair has integrated AI capabilities into its engineering software to optimize design and simulation processes, notably through tools like romAI for advanced geometry and model handling. romAI employs AI-based model reduction techniques to generate real-time compliant models from simulation or test data, facilitating faster geometry processing and multi-disciplinary analysis in digital twins and optimization workflows.^[59] This enables geometric deep learning for reliable physics predictions on 3D surfaces, significantly reducing computation time for complex geometries.^[60] Similarly, Altair Inspire incorporates AI-optimized algorithms for generative design, allowing users to explore thousands of lightweight, performance-driven concepts through topology optimization and implicit modeling.^[61] These AI enhancements in Inspire automate the evaluation of design alternatives under constraints like stress and manufacturability, significantly speeding up iterative development compared to traditional physics-based methods.^[62] Post-2020, Altair expanded its offerings into IoT and digital twins, leveraging AI to connect real-world data streams with simulation for predictive maintenance and system optimization. The Altair digital twin platform combines IoT Studio for real-time data ingestion with AI tools like RapidMiner to enable anomaly detection and performance forecasting across product lifecycles.^[63] This integration supports cross-functional teams in creating virtual replicas that incorporate operational data from IoT sensors, enhancing decision-making without physical prototypes.^[64] By 2025, Altair's portfolio had grown to include a growing number of AI-enhanced tools, reflecting its commitment to AI-powered engineering amid the Siemens acquisition, which further bolsters these capabilities in industrial applications.^[12]

Corporate structure

Leadership and key executives

James R. Scapa founded Altair Engineering in 1985 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from inception until the 2025 acquisition by Siemens.^[65]^[66] With a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, Scapa brings over 40 years of experience in the engineering software industry, having previously worked as a computer engineering consultant for General Motors.^[20] Under his leadership, Altair went public in 2017 and was acquired by Siemens in March 2025 for $10 billion, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth from a startup to a global leader in simulation and AI technologies.^[8]^[67] Matthew Brown served as Altair's Chief Financial Officer from January 2021 until March 2025, overseeing key financial strategies during a period of expansion and culminating in the Siemens acquisition.^[68] Prior to joining Altair, Brown held finance leadership roles at technology firms, contributing to his expertise in scaling operations within the software sector.^[69] His tenure focused on financial planning and execution for major corporate initiatives, including preparations for the 2025 deal that integrated Altair into Siemens' portfolio.^[70] Sam Mahalingam, also known as Srikanth Mahalingam, served as Altair's Chief Technology Officer from 2014 until the acquisition and now serves as Head of Simulation at Siemens Digital Industries Software.^[65] With a background in computer science and engineering, Mahalingam has driven innovations such as AI-powered tools for digital twins and computational intelligence, enhancing Altair's offerings in industrial applications.^[71] Post-acquisition, he continues to lead technology strategy within Siemens' simulation and test solutions, emphasizing AI integration for engineering transformation.^[72]^[73] Amy Messano joined Altair as Chief Marketing Officer in 2019, leading global corporate marketing, communications, and brand strategy to support the company's international expansion.^[65] Drawing from her experience in software and emerging technologies, Messano has spearheaded marketing efforts during Altair's acquisition phase and rebranding initiatives, fostering growth across diverse industries and regions.^[74] Her role has been instrumental in positioning Altair's solutions in global markets, particularly amid the post-2025 integration with Siemens.^[75] Following the March 2025 acquisition by Siemens, Altair became a wholly-owned subsidiary integrated into the Siemens Digital Industries Software division, with its executive team blending into the broader structure while retaining key specialized leadership to ensure continuity in innovation and operations.^[8] This integration has strengthened focus on AI-driven simulation leadership.^[67]

Acquisitions and expansions

Altair Engineering has undertaken more than 30 acquisitions since 2003 to strategically enhance its technological capabilities across simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and data analytics. By 2019, the company had integrated 28 acquired entities, contributing to a cohesive ecosystem of software solutions, and this number grew to 34 by September 2025 across 14 countries, with a focus on the United States and Europe.^[34]^[76] Key early acquisitions included solidThinking in 2008, which provided advanced tools for industrial design optimization and conceptual modeling, strengthening Altair's position in simulation-driven design workflows. In 2017, the purchase of Runtime Design Automation expanded Altair's electronic design automation (EDA) offerings, enabling better integration of hardware and software development processes. These moves exemplified Altair's approach to acquiring complementary technologies that address gaps in computer-aided engineering (CAE) and multiphysics simulation.^[35]^[77] More recent deals have emphasized data services and artificial intelligence (AI). In September 2022, Altair acquired RapidMiner, a leading provider of advanced data analytics and machine learning software, for approximately $100 million, which bolstered its AI-driven analytics portfolio and supported scalable model deployment for industrial applications. In August 2024, the acquisition of KSK Analytics, a Japanese firm specializing in AI consulting and training, further enhanced Altair's AI capabilities, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, by adding expertise in data utilization tools and strategic implementation services. By 2020, Altair had successfully integrated over 28 acquisitions, creating synergies in HPC and simulation, with continued expansions reaching 34 by 2025 to maintain leadership in AI-enhanced engineering solutions.^[78]^[79]^[80] The strategic rationale behind these acquisitions centers on building a comprehensive platform that converges simulation, HPC, and AI, allowing customers to accelerate product development and optimize performance without siloed tools. For instance, integrating RapidMiner and KSK Analytics has enabled Altair to embed machine learning directly into simulation workflows, improving predictive analytics for industries like automotive and aerospace.^[81]^[82] Beyond acquisitions, Altair has pursued organic expansions, including the establishment of R&D centers in India in 2018 to tap into a growing pool of engineering talent for software development and localization. The company has also maintained and expanded R&D operations in China since the early 2000s, focusing on HPC and simulation innovations to support its Asia-Pacific customer base and global supply chain collaborations.^[83]

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Altair romAI is a novel AI-based application which generates static or dynamic real-time compliant models from simulation or test data.
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Altair® Inspire
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