What Synthetik Applied Technologies does

Synthetik Applied Technologies is a privately held R&D company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, operating transatlantically across the United States and United Kingdom. The company develops high-fidelity, physics-based computational modeling and simulation software augmented with AI-driven analytics, serving defense, national security, insurance, energy, homeland security, and environmental resilience markets. Its core technology stack centers on purpose-built solvers derived from OpenFOAM — including the open-source blastFoam solver for explosive and blast phenomena, the GPU-accelerated SynthShock solver for hypersonic flow, and the commercial blastCFD — combined with physics-informed neural network architectures (GeoSynth) for accelerated seismic inversion and machine-assisted 3D data annotation (Segmentastic).

The product portfolio spans defense simulation (blastFoam, SynthShock, blastCFD), insurance catastrophe modeling (srccQuantum, AnyBuildingRisk, CityScape delivered via the Synthetik Insurance Technologies sister company), environmental risk analytics (FlowCore, developed with DHS S&T and FEMA), and seismic interpretation (GeoSynth). The company monetizes through three distinct channels: project-based government defense and security contracts (U.S. DoD, UK MoD/Dstl, U.S. Navy, DHS, FEMA, NOAA, NEST/NAC), SaaS licensing and advisory engagements for insurance analytics, and indirect revenue from open-source community adoption (blastFoam on GitHub) that drives downstream consulting and integration work. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales into government procurement vehicles (SBIR, OTAs, HTCDF framework, competitive contracting), consortium and prime-subcontractor positioning (Team Hypersonics UK with Amentum), and insurance accelerator participation (Lloyd's Lab Cohort 13).

Name

Synthetik Applied Technologies

Legal name

Synthetik Applied Technologies

Website

https://synthetik-technologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Synthetik Applied Technologies is a privately held Austin-based R&D company that builds physics-based computational modeling and AI-driven analytics for defense, homeland security, insurance, energy, and environmental resilience customers across the US and UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Simulation & Risk Analytics Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry/Domain Analytics Solutions & Accelerators (BPAEAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), Insurance Underwriting, Pricing & Accumulation Tools (P&C, Specialty, Parametric) (EUABALAF), Adaptation & Resilience Planning Platforms (CAPEX Prioritization, Cost–Benefit, NBS) (EUABALAH)

Keywords

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Blast and shock simulation
• Hypersonic vehicle modeling
• Catastrophe risk analytics
• Physics-informed neural networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Defense & Security Contracts: Revenue generated from direct contracts with defense and security agencies including U.S. DoD, UK MoD, U.S. Navy, DHS, and related entities. Contracts are secured through competitive procurement, OTAs, SBIR awards, and framework agreements such as HTCDF. Revenue is project-based and multi-year in nature.
2. Insurance Analytics Software (SaaS & Licensing): srccQuantum and related insurance tools (CityScape, AnyBuildingRisk) are offered via SaaS sales and licensing, platform integration, and consultancy/advisory project work. Three distribution channels: SaaS licensing, embedding data/model into customer platforms, and long-term consultancy partnerships with insurers and brokers.
3. Open Source Software (Community & Support): blastFoam is offered as a free, open-source solver. Revenue is likely generated through professional support, consulting, training, and custom integrations rather than the software itself.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Synthetik Applied Technologies develops and sells physics-based computational modeling and simulation software (e.g., blastFoam, SynthShock, GeoSynth) and AI-driven analytics platforms (srccQuantum, Segmentastic, FlowCore) for defense, security, insurance, energy, and environmental customers. Offerings include open-source CFD solvers, GPU-accelerated hypersonic and blast simulators, catastrophe risk modeling for insurers, 3D data annotation for AI training, and flood prediction — delivered via direct government contracts, SaaS licensing, and consultancy.

Product overview

Synthetik Applied Technologies offers a portfolio of physics-based simulation, AI-driven analytics, and synthetic data generation products. The core offerings include blastFoam (open-source OpenFOAM-based blast solver) and SynthShock (GPU-accelerated hypersonic CFD solver) for defense and aerospace applications, supplemented by commercial solvers blastCFD and SynthShock. The product portfolio spans computational fluid dynamics (blastFoam, blastCFD, SynthShock), insurance risk analytics (srccQuantum web platform with AnyBuildingRisk and CityScape modules for catastrophe modeling), environmental prediction (FlowCore flood analytics platform), seismic interpretation (GeoSynth PINN-based system), and AI-enabled data annotation (Segmentastic). The insurance products are delivered through sister company Synthetik Insurance Technologies as a unified risk analysis suite. Products leverage high-fidelity physics-based modeling combined with AI/machine learning capabilities across defense, security, energy, environmental, transportation, and insurance sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• blastFoam: Open-source OpenFOAM-based solver for modeling explosive events and blast phenomena, designed for shock wave propagation, detonation behavior, and structural interactions.
• blastCFD
• SynthShock
• Segmentastic
• srccQuantum
• FlowCore
• GeoSynth
• AnyBuildingRisk
• CityScape

Products and services

• blastFoam OpenFOAM-based multi-component compressible flow solver specifically developed for modeling explosive events and blast phenomena. Delivers accurate predictions of shock wave propagation, detonation behavior, and structural interactions using high-performance computing. Open-source and freely distributed to defense, civil engineering, and security users.
• blastCFD GPU-accelerated multi-component compressible flow solver for explosive and high-energy events, combining state-of-the-art numerical methods with unprecedented computational efficiency for precise structural response predictions and damage assessment in defense and industrial applications.
• SynthShock GPU-accelerated computational fluid dynamics solver engineered specifically for hypersonic flow simulations. Captures aerodynamic forces, heat transfer, and flow interactions during hypersonic flight, reducing development timelines and enhancing reliability for hypersonic vehicles.
• srccQuantum Next-generation web-based SRCC (Strikes, Riots, and Civil Commotion) risk analysis platform for insurers. Calculates total economic losses from SRCC events, generates thousands of realistic event scenarios and footprints, and provides property-level probable maximum loss assessments and scenario-based damage forecasts.
• Segmentastic Machine-assisted 3D data annotation platform integrating advanced machine-assisted techniques with human expertise to rapidly generate precise annotations (semantic voxel masks, bounding boxes, object labels) with customizable accuracy thresholds. Validated by the Department of Homeland Security for sensitive data handling, and serves aviation security, healthcare, retail, and e-commerce AI training needs.
• FlowCore Flood risk analytics platform leveraging physical simulation and AI to deliver rapid flood predictions at property level for forecasted, ongoing, or historical events. Predicts flood height and structure damage without relying on customer data, supporting insurers, emergency managers, and government decision-making.
• GeoSynth Seismic analytics technology leveraging Physics-informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to accelerate subterranean mapping, full waveform inversion, and seismic data interpretation. Embeds governing physical equations within neural models to reduce computational expense, improve accuracy, and deliver rapid subsurface insights for oil and gas exploration and defense applications.
• AnyBuildingRisk Web-based property risk assessment tool providing scenario-based damage forecasts and probabilistic loss assessments for individual buildings. Part of the Synthetik Insurance Technologies suite for streamlined underwriting and exposure management.
• CityScape Urban-scale blast risk analytics platform powered by blastFoam. Delivers property-level probable maximum loss assessments and per-scenario damage forecasts for complex property, terrorism, and political violence risks at urban scale.

Quantifiable outcome

• Aerospike windward shock-impingement peak accurately captured at Mach 6 with 10° angle of attack, matching experimental envelope and Fluent reference solutions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2026UK MoD awarded a £12 million contract to Amentum UK for hypersonic missile development under the Team Hypersonics UK structure, with Synthetik Applied Technologies UK Ltd and Ebeni Ltd as named subcontractors providing technical support. The 15-month contract (extendable by three years) establishes a Joint Programme Office and Systems Engineering Delivery Advisory Team for the UK's future hypersonic missile system.
• AmentumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2026Synthetik Applied Technologies UK was selected as the Team Hypersonics UK Industry Mission Partner to support Amentum in delivering UK MOD's sovereign hypersonics capability. Synthetik provides hypersonic modeling, environmental modeling, and digital integration support, contributing to the Digital Integration Roadmap and helping establish Test & Evaluation and Hypersonics Knowledge Hubs.
• DHS Science & Technology DirectoratecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2025Synthetik collaborated with DHS S&T to co-develop IEEE N42.59-2024, a new standard for measuring imaging performance of active millimeter-wave systems used in airport security screening. The standard is being applied by Synthetik and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to support AI-powered threat detection development. Synthetik also holds a DHS SBIR Phase I award for on-person screening and stream-of-commerce analysis tools.
• Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies (NEST) / National Armaments Consortium (NAC) / NSWC IHDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2025Synthetik was awarded a $1M NEST Other Transaction Agreement contract for 'Progressing the State-of-the-art in Interior Ballistics Modeling'. The project supports the mission of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division and addresses critical energetics challenges for the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Department of Defense.
• GAREATcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2024Synthetik serves as Risk Modeling Agent for GAREAT's €100M debut terrorism reinsurance catastrophe bond (Athena I), the third terror cat bond to come to market. Synthetik had previously supported Pool Re's Baltic transaction, the first terror cat bond.
• Lloyd's LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024Synthetik joined Lloyd's Lab Cohort 13 accelerator program, developing and deploying the srccQuantum SRCC modeling platform in collaboration with the London insurance market. The company presented at Demo Day in December 2024 and conducted commercial discussions with industry partners and early adopters.
• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 August 2024FlowCore was developed in partnership with DHS S&T and FEMA. The platform delivers flood risk analytics for forecasted, ongoing, or historical events, providing insurers, emergency managers, and governments critical insights for decision-making during disaster response.
• SaleriacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2023Synthetik Applied Technologies and Saleria announced their merger in May 2023, creating a global R&D entity focused on risk mitigation in defense, security, insurance, and energy sectors. The combined entity leverages AI, modeling, and material technology capabilities to develop broader risk mitigation solutions and respond rapidly to global threats.
• Ebeni LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEbeni Ltd is a named subcontractor alongside Synthetik Applied Technologies UK Ltd on the £12M Amentum-led UK MOD hypersonic missile development contract, providing technical support within the Team Hypersonics UK consortium.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ANSYS: ANSYS is the dominant commercial CFD/CAE vendor used across aerospace and defense primes. Synthetik's blastFoam is positioned as an open-source alternative validated against ANSYS Fluent benchmarks, directly competing for the same engineering simulation workloads.
• Dassault Systèmes (SIMULIA): Dassault's SIMULIA Abaqus and CST suites cover structural and multi-physics simulation used heavily in defense and aerospace. Comparable to Synthetik's CFD and blast solvers in target market and customer base, though Dassault operates a much broader portfolio.
• Verisk (AIR Worldwide): Verisk's AIR Worldwide unit provides industry-standard catastrophe models used by most major insurers. Comparable to srccQuantum and AnyBuildingRisk in serving property catastrophe underwriting and exposure management at insurance carriers.
• CoreLogic (Cotality): CoreLogic provides property-level risk analytics and catastrophe modeling for the insurance industry. Comparable to Synthetik's AnyBuildingRisk and CityScape modules for property-level probable maximum loss assessments.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's Foundry and Gotham platforms are used across US DoD, UK MoD, and DHS for defense analytics and operational decision-making. Comparable customer set and government procurement motion, though focused on data integration rather than physics simulation.
• C3.ai: C3.ai provides enterprise AI applications including defense and aerospace offerings. Comparable in serving US DoD and adjacent government customers with AI-driven analytics, though at a much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• RMS (Moody's): RMS is a leading catastrophe risk modeling platform used by global insurers and reinsurers. Synthetik's srccQuantum competes directly for the same insurance and reinsurance analytics workload, specifically in the terrorism and SRCC niche where RMS has historically been less specialized.

Emerging players

• PhysicsX: PhysicsX applies AI and physics-informed machine learning to engineering simulation in aerospace, automotive, and defense. Closely comparable to Synthetik's combination of PINNs, physics-based solvers, and defense focus, representing a direct emerging competitor.
• SparkCognition: SparkCognition builds AI solutions for defense, energy, and industrial markets, including predictive maintenance and threat detection. Comparable in applying AI to defense and critical infrastructure use cases that overlap with Synthetik's security and energy verticals.
• Rebellion Defense: Rebellion Defense develops AI-driven software for defense and national security customers across the US and UK. Comparable customer segment and government sales motion, though focused on operational decision tools rather than physics simulation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors3 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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