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Dalus

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https://dalus.io

AI-powered hardware system design software

Dalus is an AI-powered systems engineering software to model/validate complex systems for aerospace/defense/robotics and other mission-critical industries. With Dalus, engineers can seamlessly trace requirements, perform analyses, and update information in real-time. This ensures that every team member stays aligned and informed, reducing inefficiencies and enabling faster iterations. With AI at our core, users can analyze hundreds of pages of existing engineering documentation and requirements to generate or retrieve information about the system model they are building in Dalus. We started working together on Dalus in spring 2024 after Eliot quit his job at Aerojet Rocketdyne (L3Harris) where he worked as a test/systems engineer. He experienced first-hand how silos and poor communication reduced the productivity and efficiencies in the teams he worked at. We love working with companies tackling complex engineering systems, whether they be startups just getting their feet wet or large organizations like Israel Aerospace Industries (Our design partner and biggest aerospace/defense company from Israel) Read why we started Dalus: https://dalus.io/articles/why-dalus
Dalus
Founded:2024
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Group Partner:Gustaf Alstromer
  
Active Founders

Eliot Khachi, Founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Dalus Building the next generation of software for hardware engineers designing complex systems. Previously worked as a systems integration / test engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne where I planned tests for a propulsion system undergoing Proof Of Design for the navy. This is where I witnessed the inefficiencies of large, siloed engineering teams firsthand. B.S. Aerospace Engineering. Software enthusiast. Autodidact.
Eliot Khachi
Eliot Khachi
Dalus
 

Sebastian Völkl, Founder

Co-Founder/CEO @ Dalus Software to model/validate complex systems for industries like aerospace/defense I co-founded two companies in the past (one software startup, scaled it to 40k MRR and sold it and one hardware startup, building Brain-Computer-Interface electronics) Before starting Dalus, I was involved in a project with the European Space Agency modeling a Greenhouse module for the Moon, where I learned firsthand how inefficient existing software is.
Sebastian Völkl
Sebastian Völkl
Dalus
  
Company Launches
Dalus - Hardware system design software powered by AI
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TL;DR

Dalus is building the next generation of hardware system design software powered by AI. Our goal is to make building hardware as fast and iterative as software development.

🔧 Use Dalus to model complex hardware systems with ease
🛠 Collaborate in real-time with a single source of truth for your system designs
🤖 Leverage AI to automate tedious updates and generate insights in seconds
🚀 Verify system requirements within seconds

We started working together on Dalus in spring 2024 after Eliot quit his job at Aerojet Rocketdyne (L3Harris) where he worked as a test/systems engineer. He experienced firsthand how silos and poor communication in hardware development reduced the productivity and efficiencies of the teams he worked at.

https://youtu.be/mTbpqLymL3U

Our Hypothesis:

Hardware development in industries like aerospace, defense, and automotive is slow, siloed, and error-prone due to poorly maintained documentation.

Traditional document-based approaches to systems engineering are outdated and fail to keep up with today’s agile hardware teams. Dalus provides an intuitive model-based systems engineering (MBSE) platform that centralizes all system requirements, functions, architectures, and constraints into one living digital model.

The Need for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Traditional systems engineering relies heavily on scattered documents and manual processes, leading to inefficiencies and costly mistakes. MBSE addresses these issues by:

  1. Creating a single source of truth

  2. Enabling faster design-test-iterate cycles

  3. Catching errors early in the development process

  4. Supporting rapid changes in hardware designs

Industry Focus:

Dalus is tailored for complex engineering systems in industries such as aerospace, defense, energy, and automotive.

We love working with companies tackling complex engineering systems, whether they be startups just getting their feet wet or large organizations like Israel Aerospace Industries (Our design partner and biggest aerospace/defense company from Israel)

Dalus' Approach

Dalus differentiates itself from existing solutions by offering:

  1. Cloud-based software that's intuitive and reasonably priced

  2. Seamless integration with existing design and simulation tools

  3. AI-driven capabilities to automate tedious tasks

  4. A focus on supporting agile hardware teams in fast-changing environments

Future Developments

Dalus is actively working on new features based on user feedback, including:

  • Native integrations with physical simulation tools
  • Version control
  • Creating the best AI on the market for hardware systems engineering

The Ask

  • If you know someone who is working on complex hardware systems, send them to dalus.io

Read more on why we started Dalus: https://dalus.io/articles/why-dalus


Reach us at sebastian@dalus.io