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Williams Racing is pleased to
welcome Julia Computing, a transformative enterprise solutions and
simulation specialist, as part of a new investment by Dorilton Ventures.
Formula One is at the cutting edge of innovation in new technology,
including aerodynamics, materials science, engine performance, fluid
dynamics, modelling and simulation. JuliaHub from Julia Computing is a
cloud-based platform for modelling and simulation that powers these
innovations. JuliaHub makes it easy for engineers and data scientists to
turn any laptop or desktop computer into a virtual supercomputer with
hundreds or thousands of CPUs and GPUs available on demand.
Backed by Dorilton Ventures, the early-to-mid stage investment arm of
Williams Racing owner Dorilton, Julia Computing was founded by the creators
of Julia – the fastest and easiest high-performance computing language for
artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, data science,
modelling, and simulation. Julia is used by more than 10,000 companies
worldwide, including AstraZeneca, BlackRock, Google, Intel, Microsoft,
Moderna, Pfizer, as well as NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Originally developed at MIT, the open source Julia programming language has
been downloaded more than 29 million times by users worldwide, including
thousands of open source developers who have contributed to Julia and its
6,000 registered packages. Having some of the fastest packages for data
science, modelling and simulation, Julia is in use by over 10,000 companies
worldwide. Over 1,500 universities worldwide are using and teaching Julia,
including world class institutions such as MIT, Stanford, and UC Berkeley.
The Julia co-creators are the winners of the 2019 James H. Wilkinson Prize
for Numerical Software and the 2019 Sidney Fernbach Award.
In partnership with Dorilton Ventures, the Julia Computing logo will be
proudly displayed on the FW43B at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
James Bower, Commercial Director for Williams Racing, said: “We are
delighted to welcome Julia Computing to Williams as a partner of Dorilton
Ventures. Investing in companies building best-in-class cloud technology is
a strategic focus for Dorilton and Julia’s versatile platform, with
revolutionary capabilities in simulation and modelling, is hugely relevant
to our business. We look forward to embedding Julia Computing in the world’s
most technologically advanced sport and are excited to be involved in their
future successes.”
Viral Shah, co-founder and CEO of Julia Computing and co-creator of Julia,
added: “Working at the very centre of technical computing, our mission is to
modernise technologies in industries in danger of being stuck with the same
approaches to their challenges. High fidelity simulations are driving an
engineering revolution, as seen in our work with faster pharmaceutical
development, better batteries, energy efficient buildings and climate
modelling. We are delighted to be exploring several ways in which our
technology may be leveraged to support Williams.”
Daniel Freeman, General Partner, Dorilton Ventures concluded: “We are proud
to bring together two great Dorilton companies. The early stages of
collaboration between Julia and Williams have only scratched the surface of
potential synergies. Connecting Julia’s transformative technology with
Williams’ ambitions on the track promises to be an exciting journey for
both.” |
