Altair

• Altair Acquires Metrics Design Automation Inc.

  July 1, 2024

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Metrics Design Automation Inc.

  Industry

  Cloud & SaaS

  Location

  Ontario, Canada

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding capital stock of Metrics Design Automation Inc., a Canadian provider of cloud-native simulation-as-a-service (DSim) for electronic design automation (EDA). The acquisition adds cloud-based digital simulation and scalable design verification capabilities to Altair's Altair One platform, expanding its EDA and semiconductor software offerings; closing is subject to customary conditions.

• Altair Acquires Research in Flight (FlightStream)

  May 1, 2024

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Research in Flight

  Industry

  Software

  Location

  Alabama, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair has acquired Research in Flight, the developer of FlightStream — a fast, low-footprint computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver used heavily in aerospace and defense and increasingly in marine, energy, turbomachinery, and automotive markets. The technology will be integrated into Altair’s HyperWorks platform and made available via Altair Units to expand Altair’s aerodynamic simulation capabilities for customers including aerospace, defense, and advanced mobility sectors.

• Altair Acquires Cambridge Semantics

  April 18, 2024

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Cambridge Semantics

  Industry

  Data & Analytics

  Location

  Massachusetts, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has acquired Cambridge Semantics, a provider of knowledge graph-powered data fabric and analytical graph database technology, and will integrate the technology into the Altair RapidMiner platform. The acquisition brings knowledge graph, data governance, data virtualization, and data discovery capabilities to Altair's analytics and data science offerings to accelerate enterprise knowledge graphs and support generative AI use cases.

• Altair Acquires OmniQuest

  October 2, 2023

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  OmniQuest

  Industry

  Software

  Location

  Michigan, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) acquired OmniQuest, a Novi, Michigan-based developer of Genesis, an advanced structural optimization and finite-element analysis software. The deal adds OmniQuest's optimization algorithms and expertise—used across automotive, motorsport (Formula 1) and aerospace applications—to Altair's simulation and AI product portfolio to strengthen its optimization capabilities.

• Altair Acquires RapidMiner

  September 16, 2022

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  RapidMiner

  Industry

  Data & Analytics

  Location

  Massachusetts, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair has signed and completed a definitive agreement to acquire RapidMiner, a provider of low-code data analytics and machine learning software. The acquisition expands Altair's end-to-end data analytics and machine learning capabilities, integrating RapidMiner's desktop and cloud platforms into Altair's analytics portfolio to better serve industries such as manufacturing and financial services.

• Altair Acquires Gen3D

  June 6, 2022

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Gen3D

  Industry

  Software

  Location

  England, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair acquired Gen3D, a University of Bath spinout that developed implicit-geometry generative design technology for additive manufacturing. The Gen3D technology will be integrated into Altair Inspire to expand Altair's design-for-additive-manufacturing and generative-design capabilities across industries such as aerospace, automotive and medical.

• Altair Acquires World Programming

  December 15, 2021

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  World Programming

  Industry

  Data & Analytics

  Location

  United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has acquired World Programming, a UK-based provider of WPS Analytics—a data analytics platform that enables execution of SAS-language programs alongside Python, R and SQL. The acquisition expands Altair’s data analytics capabilities and gives customers access to World Programming’s ~500 enterprise customers and technology for hybrid, multi-language analytics workflows.

• Altair Acquires S-FRAME Software

  August 10, 2021

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  S-FRAME Software

  Industry

  Software

  Location

  British Columbia, Canada

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has acquired S-FRAME Software, a British Columbia–based structural analysis and design software company founded in 1981, to strengthen Altair's presence in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) market. The acquisition combines S-FRAME's finite element and code-compliance capabilities with Altair's simulation, HPC and optimization platform, and S-FRAME products will be offered via Altair Units subscription licensing.

• Altair Acquires Ellexus

  September 16, 2020

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Ellexus

  Industry

  Software

  Location

  Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has acquired Ellexus, a Cambridge-based developer of I/O analysis tools (Mistral and Breeze) for high-performance computing environments. Altair will integrate Ellexus' technology into its PBS Works storage-aware scheduling capabilities to enhance performance, cloud readiness, and storage diagnostics for HPC, data analytics, AI and ADAS workloads.

• Altair Acquires Univa

  September 14, 2020

  Buyer

  Altair

  Target

  Univa

  Industry

  Cloud & SaaS

  Location

  Illinois, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) acquired Univa, a provider of enterprise-grade workload management, scheduling, and cloud enablement solutions for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI. The deal strengthens Altair's HPC workload and cloud capabilities and supports expansion into end markets including life sciences and financial services.

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