French deeptech startup Dessia raises €3m to accelerate international expansion

Dessia Technologies (Dessia), a startup specializing in developing a software platform to automate engineering processes through AI, has raised €3 million funding round. Led by Matterwave Ventures, Supernova Invest, and the Orano Venture Fund, this funding will enable Dessia to accelerate its international expansion and reinforce its technical and commercial teams.

Jean-Pierre Roux, CEO, Dessia: "This new fundraising is a decisive step for Dessia. It gives us the means to realize our ambition to become the global leader in engineering automation."

Dessia's mission is to transform industrial engineering processes through AI. Major industry players such as Renault, Safran, Alstom, Boeing,Valeo, and Naval Group already rely on Dessia to enhance the efficiency of their engineering departments, underscoring its strong integration into the French industrial ecosystem.

Industrials face unprecedented challenges: shortened product-to-market timelines, eco-friendly designs, increased performance, all within cost constraints. Dessia addresses these challenges by offering engineering teams an AI-powered Generative Engineering software solution that shortens development time for new product generations.

As part of this fundraising, Dessia will provide Orano, an international player in nuclear materials, with innovative "generative design" solutions. This will allow engineers to develop and implement AI programs to automate the generation of multiple system architectures, thereby improving engineering study performance.

Among its clients, Renault Group uses the software platform to optimize the thermal and electrical architecture of its automotive platforms, shortening development cycles. OPmobility, meanwhile, leverages Dessia's technology to automate the design of hydrogen storage systems.

This funding will support Dessia's international expansion, with the sales and marketing teams expanding to forge new industrial partnerships across Europe, followed by other continents.

Pierre-Emmanuel Dumouchel, Founder and CSO, Dessia: "With this funding, we will continue to develop our platform by integrating customizable agents based on proprietary AI. These agents are designed to mimic engineers’ working methods, providing valuable support in addressing the economic and environmental challenges facing engineering teams."

Moreover, Dessia’s development capabilities will significantly increase to enhance the platform’s features. The company has initiated hiring efforts for backend, frontend developers, designers, and data scientists.

Robert Gallenberger, General Partner, Matterwave Ventures: "We are convinced that Dessia’s engineering process automation technology will have a long-term impact far greater than the automation of financial and administrative processes with RPA tools, which are already widespread in large industrial groups."

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