An Interview with Founders Satya Ganni (CEO) and Nem Kumar (CTO) of Adaptive 3D Technologies on their Company Background and Future Plans of Launching New 3D CAD Software – Part I
Today, I visited Adaptive 3D Technologies, a small exciting start up in 3D CAD Space in India. I wasn't really expecting much as no company in India actually thinks of creating completely new 3D CAD package, but rather they are happy working as partners, resellers, plug-in developers, service providers. After a short demo of AdaptiveCAD, I noticed that the system created by “Adaptive 3D Technologies” was not just another modeling system. With surprise! I saw some new ideas and strong efforts to rethink the whole modeling problem with a fresh approach. I feel system is easy to use and having lots of features to manage complexity of modelling. I thought it would be interesting to get a firsthand look of Adaptive 3D Technologies innovative ideas and vision. Here I am in Adaptive 3D Technologies office in Pune speaking with founders Satya Ganni (CEO) and Nem Kumar (CTO), here is the interview.
Can you give some background on Adaptive 3D Technologies?
Satya Ganni :Adaptive 3D Technologies started in April 2010 and is primarily an Engineering Tools Software company. Our primary focus is to build Great Engineering and Software tools that will help artists, designers and Organizations across the world speed up their design cycle(TTM and NPI ) and help them develop products efficiently
In short ,we are a Engineering Product company which develops Software that helps "Customers" make better Products
What is your Primary Product Line?
Nem Kumar: Our flagship product is "AdaptiveCAD" which a 2D and 3D Design Software built entirely from scratch by our team. We have developed Strong "IP" around this tool which will help differentiate against competition. It is localized to fit the needs of “Indian” and "Asian" markets.
We have good product pipeline in the next few years and are excited about the same.
What prompted you to start another CAD company and how did you come up with this Idea?
Satya Ganni: We are primarily designers and software folks who worked on a lot variety of 2D and 3D CAD tools in the market and are frustrated by the user experience, workflow and other technical challenges faced. Few colleagues from the CAD Industry also shared same thoughts and that's what prompted us to develop a better, efficient and technologically different 3D CAD Product in this space.
How are you funded currently and how big is the team?
Satya Ganni: We are currently self funded and have an excellent team of around 6 people.
When do you plan on releasing the Product?
Satya Ganni: Currently we are in stealth mode and plan to launch
"Beta Version" of the Product in December this year and bring it to General Availability for customers in Q1 of 2011.
What technology components are you using?
Nem Kumar: Our product is powered by world most superior "Geometric Kernel" and "Constraint Manager" and we will shortly have a press release on the same in alignment with our “Beta Launch” timeline. These components bring superior performance and robustness to our product and we are very happy that we are able to get them.
Who are your primary customers and whom you are targeting?
Satya Ganni : We are strongly focused on 4 Verticals for Version 1 release of our product "Adaptive CAD". We are already working with few customers in these verticals on “Beta Testing” and getting good feedback from them.
Any Final Notes to DailyCADCAM viewers?
Satya Ganni : We need your continuous Inputs, feedback on design Challenges that you are facing with existing tools, processes and your support to help us build “Better Products” and please visit our Website (www.adaptive3d.com) and do sign for "Beta" version of the product. We promise and ensure that every input/feedback is considered and responded back. You can also reach me anytime at satya@adaptive3d.com or through the Information request form online in our website.
Thanks Sachin for taking time to step by and in presenting our story to DailyCADCAM.com viewers. We wish you and your viewers all the best.
I would like to thank Satya Ganni (CEO) and Nem Kumar (CTO) for taking the time to answer all my questions. If you have any questions for Adaptive 3D Technologies or for DailyCADCAM, please leave a comment below and we will be glad to answer.
The next part, we will cover AdaptiveCAD from a technical standpoint, thanks…
Sachin Nalawade
Editor
www.dailycadcam.com
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