Fine Physics Consortium Disrupts Engineering Technology Oligopoly with Nullspace as Latest Member

Simulation industry veteran challenges decades of vendor dominance; Nullspace delivers electromagnetic capabilities unavailable in mainstream tools

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fine Physics, a technology consortium founded by 25-year simulation industry veteran Andy Fine, announced today that Nullspace, Inc has joined its group of next-generation engineering technologies.

Breaking the Engineering Software Oligopoly

Engineering companies face a fundamental problem: simulation technology from a handful of vendors has created an oligopoly where corporate decision-making, not technological advancement, determines what tools engineers can access. This forces next-generation products to be designed with previous-generation tools.

"Companies are frustrated with incumbent engineering software providers," said Andy Fine, founder of Fine Physics. "If they put in a request for a feature or capability, it might take years to implement. Once large vendors believe they have customers mostly locked in their ecosystem, costs can spiral upward very quickly."

Fine Physics was created to address this market gap by identifying breakthrough engineering technologies to help large OEMs adopt these innovations safely and efficiently.

Rigorous Technology Curation

The criteria to become a Fine Physics consortium member is selective. The software product of the company applying for the membership has to exhibit 3 specific criteria: 1) have 100x faster performance than incumbent solutions for specific problems, 2) unique capabilities not available in any other engineering software tool and 3) be a complementary technology that enhances the overall engineering stack.

"There's a huge amount of noise in the startup world at the moment, mainly AI companies claiming they can solve everything," explained Fine. "What's actually real is difficult to determine for busy executives. There's a market gap for true industry experts with the knowledge of the market, the engineering workflow, as well as broad technology who can guide OEMs to select tools that would help advance their R&D tools stack."

With 25 years of experience in software, automotive, aerospace, and defense companies, Fine Physics understands the gaps left by legacy tool providers in the corporate simulation portfolios and how emerging technologies can address them.

Innovative Technology Portfolio

The Fine Physics Consortium now includes four complementary breakthrough technologies:

• Keyward: Engineering-focused platform making advanced analytics accessible through no-code workflows, bridging mechanical and statistical mathematics for custom machine learning development.
• ToffeeX: First topology optimization solution for thermal-fluid design, delivering physics-driven generative design with 30% efficiency improvements.
• Oorja Energy: Physics-informed AI platform transforming battery validation from months-long testing cycles to weeks of predictive analysis.
• Nullspace: Next-generation electromagnetic simulation enabling direct analysis of electrically large, complex systems - solving problems unsolvable with existing tools on the market.

Why Nullspace: Modern RF Simulation Software

Nullspace exemplifies Fine Physics' selection criteria by addressing a fundamental limitation in electromagnetic simulation. Traditional RF (radiofrequency) analysis forces engineers to break complex systems into simpler problem-sets because existing legacy simulation tools cannot handle integrated, large-scale problems.

"Nullspace has developed a next-generation simulation technique using modern implementation of computational physics methods that can handle simulations of entire RF systems, like a complex network of antennas on a ground or air vehicle" said Fine. "While legacy software tools have to break problems down into smaller pieces, in order to obtain results to drive design decisions, Nullspace can simulate the entire system directly without reducing its complexity."

"Nullspace enables engineers to test new antenna and radar designs in a highly-accurate computer simulation, which significantly de-risks the design process of mission-critical RF systems," said Dr. Masha Petrova, CEO of Nullspace. "Yet, legacy software is notoriously difficult to replace in established design workflows. Fine Physics provides the trusted validation to potential customers that makes breakthrough technology adoption possible."

SAE COMVEC: Perfect Timing for RF Innovation

The announcement at SAE COMVEC highlights why the Fine Physics consortium model matters for the automotive industry. Commercial vehicle RF complexity exemplifies exactly where legacy vendor portfolios fall short—current simulation tools force engineers to analyze each antenna system in isolation, missing the system-level interactions that determine real-world performance.

Nullspace's integrated simulation technology enables engineers to model entire vehicle RF ecosystems as unified systems, providing insights that component-level analysis cannot reveal.

More on Nullspace, Inc: nullspaceinc.com

More on Fine Physics: finephysics.com 

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