# Duality AI

> Duality AI is a San Mateo-based simulation software company behind Falcon, a digital twin platform built on Unreal Engine. Falcon lets engineers create photorealistic, physics-accurate virtual replicas of robots, sensors, and environments, then generate the labeled synthetic data used to train and validate AI vision and autonomy models - closing the gap between simulation and the real world. Founded in 2018 by Pixar graphics veteran Apurva Shah and robotics pioneer Mike Taylor, Duality serves customers including DARPA, the U.S. Army, Honeywell, and P&G.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** San Mateo, California, United States
- **Founders:** Apurva Shah (CEO & Co-Founder), Mike Taylor (CPO & Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~32 employees (distributed across three continents)
- **Products:** Falcon, FalconSim, FalconEditor, FalconCloud, Falcon EDU Subscription
- **Notable:** Built Falcon, a digital twin platform on Unreal Engine adopted by DARPA, the U.S. Army, NASA JPL, Honeywell, and P&G, Team holds over 70 patents across robotics, simulation, and visualization, Launched FalconCloud (2023), making high-fidelity simulation accessible from a web browser

## Products & services

- **Falcon** — The core digital twin simulation platform, powered by Unreal Engine, for building photorealistic, physics-accurate virtual replicas of robots, sensors, and environments.
- **FalconSim** — The high-fidelity digital twin simulator that runs scenarios at scale to generate labeled synthetic data for training AI vision and autonomy models.
- **FalconEditor** — A visual authoring tool built on Epic Games' Unreal Editor that lets users convert Unreal Engine assets into simulation-ready digital twins with tunable parameters.
- **FalconCloud** — Browser-based access to FalconSim - described as 'the Google Docs of digital twin simulators' - enabling massive-scale simulation with no special hardware or installs.
- **Falcon EDU Subscription** — An education-tier license giving students and developers full access to Falcon plus guided exercises and community resources to learn synthetic data skills.

## Achievements

- Built Falcon, a digital twin platform on Unreal Engine adopted by DARPA, the U.S. Army, NASA JPL, Honeywell, and P&G
- Team holds over 70 patents across robotics, simulation, and visualization
- Launched FalconCloud (2023), making high-fidelity simulation accessible from a web browser
- Contracted by the U.S. Army for a digital-first AI anti-drone system (2025)
- Launched Falcon EDU subscription to widen access to synthetic data education (2024)

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Falcon 5.4 released with new sensors, world-model integrations, living datasets, and UV-based segmentation for faster synthetic data generation.
- **2025-04** — U.S. Army contracts Duality AI for a digital-first approach to developing an AI-based anti-drone system.
- **2024-11** — Launched the Falcon EDU subscription to teach aspiring AI developers digital twin simulation and synthetic data skills.
- **2024-06** — Released FalconEditor, built on Unreal Editor, to accelerate digital twin and scenario authoring.
- **2023-11** — Launched FalconCloud, bringing FalconSim to the web browser for at-scale simulation.

## Links

- Website: https://duality.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dualityai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dualityai

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Last updated: 2026-07-12