# Simr (formerly UberCloud)

> Simr, formerly UberCloud, is a Los Altos, California company that automates engineering simulation in the cloud. Its SimOps (Simulation Operations Automation) platform lets design engineers run compute-heavy simulations - CFD, FEA and multi-physics workloads - on any cloud or on-premise hardware with leading tools like Ansys, Siemens and Dassault, without wrestling with the underlying HPC infrastructure. Founded in 2014 by Burak Yenier and Wolfgang Gentzsch, the company raised a $20M Series A in 2024 and counts major manufacturers and tech giants among its users.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Los Altos, California, United States
- **Founders:** Burak Yenier (CEO & Co-Founder), Wolfgang Gentzsch (President & Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 66 employees
- **Products:** SimOps (Simulation Operations Automation), Simr Cloud Simulation Platform, UberCloud HPC Containers
- **Notable:** Raised $20M Series A in May 2024 led by Uncorrelated Ventures with BMW i Ventures and Earlybird., Rebranded from UberCloud to Simr and launched the SimOps category in 2024., Won HPCwire Editors' Choice and Hyperion/IDC Innovation Excellence awards at SC'17 for the Stanford Living Heart Project.

## Products & services

- **SimOps (Simulation Operations Automation)** — A platform that automates the setup, scheduling and management of engineering simulations across any compute resource, letting engineers focus on design decisions rather than infrastructure.
- **Simr Cloud Simulation Platform** — A single platform to run leading simulation tools - Ansys, Abaqus, COMSOL, Siemens - on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or on-premise, with data kept under the customer's control.
- **UberCloud HPC Containers** — Award-winning software container technology that packages engineering applications for portable, reproducible HPC in the cloud.

## Achievements

- Raised $20M Series A in May 2024 led by Uncorrelated Ventures with BMW i Ventures and Earlybird.
- Rebranded from UberCloud to Simr and launched the SimOps category in 2024.
- Won HPCwire Editors' Choice and Hyperion/IDC Innovation Excellence awards at SC'17 for the Stanford Living Heart Project.
- Recognized as a pioneer in 'Technical Computing as a Service' by Gartner, IDC, 451 Research and HPCwire.
- Claims average 10X acceleration of computer-based simulations, with potential up to 40X productivity gains.

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Unveiled SimOps (Simulation Operations Automation) and rebranded from UberCloud to Simr.
- **2024-05** — Closed a $20M Series A led by Uncorrelated Ventures with BMW i Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital.
- **2025-01** — Co-founder Wolfgang Gentzsch transitioned to a semi-retired SimOps project-manager role.

## Links

- Website: https://simr.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sim-r
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HPCExperiment
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/theubercloudcom

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Last updated: 2026-07-10