BooleWorks

What BooleWorks does

BooleWorks GmbH is a Munich-based specialist consulting and software development firm that applies Boolean and Pseudo-Boolean logic alongside linear optimization to industrial variant and complexity management problems, with a near-exclusive focus on the automotive sector. The company's two flagship products are LogicNG, an open-source Apache 2-licensed Java library for manipulating, solving, and optimizing Boolean formulas in industrial systems handling millions of queries daily, and BooleRules, an open-source rule engine built atop LogicNG that computes and verifies product configuration rule systems spanning very large variance spaces. Both products are deployed in central systems of major German automotive OEMs, including connections to online and dealer configurators, and underpin use cases such as mathematically exact bill-of-materials verification, sub-millisecond WLTP emissions calculations, rule system error detection, and optimization of pre-series vehicle configurations.

The firm operates with small, specialist teams of studied computer scientists and mathematicians who serve in unified consultant-developer roles, accompanying customers from initial feasibility studies through conception, implementation, testing, and operation. This unified-role model is positioned as eliminating knowledge loss between conception and development phases and enabling execution of larger projects with fewer people. BooleWorks complements its open-source products with custom Java and JavaEE software development and Fachberatung (specialist consulting) engagements, delivered exclusively through direct enterprise engagement with automotive OEMs and their suppliers on a custom quote basis. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent entities, or external funding rounds, and operates within the DACH region.

BooleWorks reinforces its positioning through ongoing scientific publication and conference participation in logic, optimization, and variant management, building a reputational moat at the intersection of formal methods and industrial software engineering. Distribution is entirely direct and sales-led, with no disclosed partnerships, channel arrangements, or marketplace presence.

Name

BooleWorks

Legal name

BooleWorks GmbH

Website

https://booleworks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BooleWorks GmbH is a Munich-based specialist consulting and software firm applying Boolean logic and linear optimization to automotive variant management, offering custom Java development and open-source tools (LogicNG, BooleRules) to German automotive OEMs and suppliers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Configuration Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Rules & Decision Management Platforms (BRMS/DMN) (HDAEAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Variant management software
• Boolean logic library
• Rule engine software
• Automotive configuration tools
• WLTP emissions calculation

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development and Consulting: BooleWorks develops tailored software components and services in small specialist teams, with a focus on Java and JavaEE. They accompany projects from initial feasibility studies through conception, implementation, testing, and operation, providing continuous points of contact throughout the project lifecycle.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BooleWorks develops specialized algorithms, methods, and custom software for automotive variant and complexity management, grounded in Boolean and Pseudo-Boolean logic and linear optimization. The company operates with small specialist teams of computer scientists and mathematicians who serve as both consultants and software developers, accompanying projects from feasibility study through operation. Their offering is anchored by two proprietary open-source products — LogicNG (Java library) and BooleRules (rule engine).

Product overview

BooleWorks is a specialist in mathematical logic and its industrial applications, primarily serving the automotive sector. The company offers two core open-source products: LogicNG, a Java library for Boolean and Pseudo-Boolean formula manipulation and optimization, which serves as the foundational technology; and BooleRules, an open-source rule engine built on LogicNG that provides computation and verification algorithms for large-scale rule systems. Both products are available under the Apache 2 license on GitHub.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LogicNG: Open-source Java library for working with Boolean and Pseudo-Boolean formulas, including efficient data structures and algorithms for manipulating, solving, and optimizing formulas.
• BooleRules

Quantifiable outcome

• WLTP calculations must be computed in sub-millisecond (hundreds of microseconds) timeframes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PROS: PROS provides CPQ, pricing, and configuration software for B2B manufacturers, with overlap in product configuration capabilities that compete with BooleWorks' automotive variant management stack.
• Oracle Policy Automation: Oracle's decision management and rule automation tools cover rule-based configuration scenarios similar to BooleRules, sold as part of Oracle's broader enterprise application suite to large OEMs.
• FICO Platform (Blaze Advisor): FICO's Blaze Advisor is an established BRMS used by large enterprises for decision automation. It competes with BooleRules in formal rule management, though FICO's footprint is broader and more financial-services-weighted.
• SAP Variant Configuration: SAP's Variant Configuration (VC) module inside its ERP suite is the incumbent platform for product configuration at most large automotive OEMs. It overlaps with BooleRules' functionality but as part of a much broader enterprise software suite.
• IBM Operational Decision Manager: IBM ODM is a broad enterprise decision management platform that includes rule engine capabilities directly comparable to BooleRules, offered as part of a much larger hybrid cloud and AI portfolio.

Direct peers

• InRule Technology: InRule offers a business rules and decision management platform with similar BRMS positioning to BooleRules, targeting enterprise customers that need formal rule evaluation and decision automation.
• Tacton: Tacton provides CPQ and product configuration software for industrial manufacturers, including automotive, addressing the same variant-complexity pain points that BooleWorks solves with Boolean logic.
• Configit: Configit specializes in product configuration and variant management for manufacturing companies, with deep automotive OEM deployments. It is the most direct competitor to BooleWorks' BooleRules-based configuration offering.
• Red Hat Drools: Drools is an open-source Java rule engine and decision management platform with similar foundational technology to LogicNG. It competes directly in the open-source rule-engine space where BooleWorks builds.

Emerging players

• Rulex: Rulex offers an AI-augmented rule engine and decision intelligence platform that competes in the same business-rules-and-decision-management category as BooleRules, with a more recent, ML-inflected positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/booleworks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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