We make knowledge applicable
Make simple solutions to complex real-world problems
Our culture
We have an ambitious vision – “Create, don’t just document!”. Intuitive process, eliminating wasted time & money, and improving quality are not only buzz words for us but ideals we live by.
We are ambitious, yet firm-footed on the ground. We motivate, inspire and support ourselves to reach out for the greatest potential possible. At Modelwise, customer and employee success and satisfaction are the top two priorities. We are agile and nimble-footed and deliver results. We are Modelwise.
Empowering engineers
Every engineer in today's world will confirm that they are burdened with documentation, proofreading, and testing so much that the time actually spent creating, building, envisaging newer things - which they signed up for is low.
We are here to change that & empower them
Enabling safety
We now live in an era of safe automation, yet still have costly manual safety processes for designing - that doesn’t always work. Moreover, customers now expect safe products, and regulators demand them.
We are here to enable it.
Ensuring trust
In safety-critical processes, non-determinism is unacceptable, and to avoid this, we don't use probabilistic methods for safety assessment. We strive to make it possible to have explanations & mathematical proofs for every statement.
We are here to ensure safety & we mean it.
Engender efficiency
Our innovation enables a significant reduction of effort for all supported analyses. What used to take up several person weeks now made shorter to just a few hours of computation.
We are here to provide that efficiency.
What drives us?
Accessibility
Highly trained personnel should not waste time on repetitive and cumbersome tasks, like copying data from tool A to tool B. Software support offers efficiency gains and an increased job satisfaction.
Zero Errors
Modelwise stands for the highest quality. This is why we assess our software with TÃœV SÃœD to provide proven and tested reliability and trust to our customers.
The Founders
ARNOLD BITNER
Co-founder & CRO
FLORIAN GRIGOLEIT
Co-founder & CEO
ILIYA VALCHEV
Co-founder & CTO
Arnold Bitner
Co-founder & CRO
The Visionary
Computer Science and Sales Enthusiast with a Master of Science in Information System at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He loves bringing to life products solving real problems with IT. Skilled in Strategy & Leadership as well as implementation and analysis of empirical studies with regard to market and customer research. Winner of a TUM internal competition for web-based business ideas with the project hikehype and awarded by ITK for his bachelor’s thesis at the TUM.
Startup experience with companies like i-med Vision, Evum motors, and hikehype.
Florian Grigoleit
Co-founder & CEO
The Solver
A profound subject matter expert in Artificial Intelligence, systems engineering, functional safety, computer architecture, and embedded system through his various studies and internships. An alma mater of Munich University of Applied Sciences, EPF Ecole d’Ingénieur Sceaux, Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Washington State University. During his doctoral studies at TUM, he was involved in numerous industry-related research projects.
Successful participation in the Software Campus program for further education in leadership, personnel management, and the founding and management of innovative IT companies triggered his wish to found his own company. He spent his Fulbright year in Pullman, WA, where he fell in love with the Pacific Northwest.
Iliya Valchev
Co-founder & CTO
The Innovator
A visionary software engineer with a passion for creating cutting-edge solutions. With a proactive mindset, Iliya has excelled in developing and supporting software projects across various scales, ranging from personal and open-source endeavors to a successful mobile application startup with friends. His expertise extends to enterprise-level solutions utilized by Fortune 500 companies.
With a keen eye for innovation, Iliya loves to drive technological advancements in software development.
The Team
Aravindha Thiagarajan
Product Strategy & Growth Specialist
Claudius Jordan
Senior Engineer
Hadrien Tournaire, PhD
Lead Engineer
Huzaifa Bashir
Business Developer & Analyst
Jan Neumann-Mahlkau
Project Engineer
Kira Dianova
Business Developer
Lowri Davies
Founder’s Associate
Supriya Shekhawat
Financial Analyst
Utkarsh Tiwari
Software Engineer – ML & Automation
Over the Years
Before 2019
TUM Research & Realization
Modelwise emerged from research conducted with Prof. Struss’ Model-Based Systems & Qualitative Reasoning (MQM) research group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Florian’s Software Campus project. During this period, the founders recognized the potential of their work. Iliya proposed turning the research into a startup—an idea that immediately gained unanimous support.
2019
Laying the Foundation
Full-time development on Modelwise began with the support of the EXIST Research Grant. The company was recognized as a Digital Innovation by the German Federal Ministry for Energy & Economics.
2020
First Industry Validation
Paitron’s first prototype was developed and successfully tested in two industrial proof-of-concept projects, paving the way for its beta phase.
2021
Establishing Modelwise & Early Acceleration
modelwise GmbH was officially founded. Hadrien Tournaire became the first full-time employee. Paitron v1.0 was released, integrating industry-specific databases and achieving a TÃœV SÃœD concept report. The company joined the highly selective Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator, marking the start of international exposure.
2022
Expansion & Industry Engagement
Modelwise Technologies Inc. was established in the United States. The company was selected for the prestigious Intel Ignite Accelerator Program. It also expanded its presence in Germany, Japan, and the USA, particularly in process industries under IEC 61508.
2023
Scaling with Strategic Investment
Modelwise secured $2.2M in seed funding, led by Join Capital. This funding accelerated growth, enabling Modelwise to further advance AI-driven functional safety analysis and expand its customer base across aerospace, rail, automotive, and industrial automation.
2024
Strategic Partnership
Modelwise partnered with innotec GmbH (part of the TÜV AUSTRIA Group) to advance functional safety assessment. By combining Paitron’s automation capabilities with innotec’s safety expertise, the collaboration streamlines safety workflows and enhances efficiency for customers across industries.
2025 & Beyond
Looking Ahead
With a solid foundation, industry partnerships, and growing influence, Modelwise is poised for future breakthroughs in functional safety analysis.
Do you want to be a part of this story, then reach out to us!
What’s happening?
Modelwise Joins NVIDIA Inception
Announcement | Munich, Germany – 5th June, 2024 Modelwise, a Munich-based deep-tech company revolutionizing functional safety analyses with AI-driven solutions, has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program supporting startups that innovate industries through technological...
Modelwise and innotec Partner to Innovate Functional Safety
Press Release | Munich, Germany & Filderstadt, Germany - May 15th, 2024 Continue innovating Functional Safety with AI and formal methods-based tools Modelwise, a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich that develops software for automated functional safety...
Welcome Mark Miller: Modelwise’s Newest Board Member!
News| Munich, Germany - March 27th, 2024 This year, Modelwise gained a new board member, Mark Miller. 🎉With over 45 years of experience in Silicon Valley and the semiconductor industry, he brings experience as an operational and technical executive, founder, investor,...
Modelwise showcases an innovative solution at safe.tech 2023
Modelwise showcases an innovative solution for addressing ambiguous requirements in the workshop titled “Requirements – still normal or already formal?” at TÃœV SÃœD’s safe.tech 2023.
Modelwise publishes in the ATP magazin
Modelwise’s latest article titled ‘KI Techniken für die Funktionale Sicherheit’ (AI Techniques for Functional Safety) is published in the May 2023 edition of ATP (Automatisierungstechnische Praxis) Magazine.
Modelwise Raises Seed Funding to Digitize Safety Engineering
German-American industrial-AI startup modelwise raises $2.2M seed funding to digitize safety engineering, led by Join Capital with participation from Emerging Venture Capital, Fast by Gettylabs, & several angel investors.
