Vinci was founded in 2023 by Dr. Hardik Kabaria and Dr. Sarah Osentoski with a singular vision: to build a physics AI foundation model that natively understands and respects the laws of physics. They believed engineers should be able to innovate at a speed and scale once unimaginable — not constrained by solvers, compute limits, or weeks-long iteration cycles. Today, Vinci is delivering that vision in production with leading semiconductor and systems companies.
Vinci’s team includes world-class simulation engineers, AI researchers, and technical leaders, supported by academic advisors from Stanford, UC Riverside, and the University of San Francisco.
Vinci closed its Series A in 2025, backed by Khosla Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and Xora. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.
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