Former AF Acquisition Chief Will Roper Debuts Digital Engineering Tech Company

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Istari raised $13 million in a seed round from investors such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and developed a collaboration platform offering to support customers in digital engineering work. “Will and the Istari team are bringing internet-type usability to models and simulations,” Schmidt said in a statement released Monday. “This unlocks the possibility of software-like agility for future physical systems.” The startup is recruiting staff and preparing to launch major projects in 2023. Software ate the world, and now hardware can too via the magic of collaborative models,” said Roper. Roper co-founded Istari with Chris Benson, a digital engineering specialist who serves as the startup’s chief technology officer.

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