Williams Racing Welcomes Julia Computing As Dorilton Ventures Partner
July 30, 2021
Williams Racing has welcomes Julia Computing, a transformative enterprise solutions and simulation specialist, as part of a new investment by Dorilton Ventures.
Formula One is at the cutting edge of innovation in new technology, including aerodynamics, materials science, engine performance, fluid dynamics, modelling and simulation. JuliaHub from Julia Computing is a cloud-based platform for modelling and simulation that powers these innovations. JuliaHub makes it easy for engineers and data scientists to turn any laptop or desktop computer into a virtual supercomputer with hundreds or thousands of CPUs and GPUs available on demand.
Backed by Dorilton Ventures, the early-to-mid stage investment arm of Williams Racing owner Dorilton, Julia Computing was founded by the creators of Julia – the fastest and easiest high-performance computing language for artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, data science, modelling, and simulation. Julia is used by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including AstraZeneca, BlackRock, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Moderna, Pfizer, as well as NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Originally developed at MIT, the open source Julia programming language has been downloaded more than 29 million times by users worldwide, including thousands of open source developers who have contributed to Julia and its 6,000 registered packages. Having some of the fastest packages for data science, modelling and simulation, Julia is in use by over 10,000 companies worldwide. Over 1,500 universities worldwide are using and teaching Julia, including world class institutions such as MIT, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. The Julia co-creators are the winners of the 2019 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software and the 2019 Sidney Fernbach Award.
In partnership with Dorilton Ventures, the Julia Computing logo will be proudly displayed on the FW43B at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
James Bower, Commercial Director for Williams Racing, said: “We are delighted to welcome Julia Computing to Williams as a partner of Dorilton Ventures. Investing in companies building best-in-class cloud technology is a strategic focus for Dorilton and Julia’s versatile platform, with revolutionary capabilities in simulation and modelling, is hugely relevant to our business. We look forward to embedding Julia Computing in the world’s most technologically advanced sport and are excited to be involved in their future successes.”
Viral Shah, co-founder and CEO of Julia Computing and co-creator of Julia, added: “Working at the very centre of technical computing, our mission is to modernise technologies in industries in danger of being stuck with the same approaches to their challenges. High fidelity simulations are driving an engineering revolution, as seen in our work with faster pharmaceutical development, better batteries, energy efficient buildings and climate modelling. We are delighted to be exploring several ways in which our technology may be leveraged to support Williams.”
Daniel Freeman, General Partner, Dorilton Ventures concluded: “We are proud to bring together two great Dorilton companies. The early stages of collaboration between Julia and Williams have only scratched the surface of potential synergies. Connecting Julia’s transformative technology with Williams’ ambitions on the track promises to be an exciting journey for both.”
