On-demand CFD
FlowDeck puts Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in your browser, so anyone designing with air, water or heat can test early, prove faster, and move forward with confidence, not guesswork.
Where air, water or heat play a role, flow decides what works. Yet understanding it has always been reserved for a few, specialist engineers, complex software, expensive hardware. Only the biggest projects could justify the cost.
So everyday designs went ahead on best guesses. Bold ideas got shelved because the risk of being wrong was too high.
We think that's backwards. When the ability to test and learn sits inside the design loop, close at hand, early, and affordable, people design with more confidence and more nerve. Maybes become definitelys. That's what FlowDeck is for.
FlowDeck was founded by Nick Hutchins, who spent 20+ years in high-performance fluid dynamics design, including at Team New Zealand, the most successful team in America's Cup history. There, flow was part of every decision, tested constantly inside a tight design loop. That edge on the water came from one thing: the freedom to try, test and learn quickly.
There's no reason that advantage should belong to a sailing team alone. FlowDeck exists to put it within reach of any team that designs with air, water or heat.
WHO IT'S FOR
FlowDeck controls the hard parts, the physics, the setup, the things that go wrong, so you can get the answer without becoming an expert. Here's where we're starting.
Available now in early access
Get accurate wind speed for any location on your site, across 16 directions, over complex terrain. No CAD, no modelling, no guesswork from broad regional data, just the answer you need to plan, place and prove.
Coming next
Wind loading on real geometry, bridges, structures, unusual shapes, as straightforward as your online structural tools.
Coming next
Pressure and flow through pipes, ducts and manifolds, without needing to understand turbulence models.
And that's the start. FlowDeck is built to grow, module by module, toward full-capability CFD for any industry where air, water or heat flow.
HOW IT WORKS
From browser login to answers, FlowDeck takes the expertise out of the loop, so you can focus on the design question.
No installs, no specialist hardware. Log in and start.
Mesh-free modelling and guided workflows, upload geometry or define your site, and go.
FlowDeck automates the settings that usually need an expert, so you can't accidentally run something that gives you bad results.
Accurate, AI-accelerated simulation, early enough to actually change the design.
YOUR ADVANTAGE
Four reasons FlowDeck belongs inside your design loop, not at the end of it.
Prove ideas early and often, not at the end, when changing course is expensive.
Mesh-free and automated, so the tool does the hard thinking. The solver is the engine; the automation is the product.
A Lattice Boltzmann engine, built for turbulent, real-world flow, accelerated with AI for fast, reliable results.
Affordable enough to use on the designs that always missed out before.
Learn more about our cloud-based CFD tool.
FlowDeck is led by Nick Hutchins, who spent 20+ years in high-performance fluid dynamics design in America's Cup racing, including at Team New Zealand. The New Zealand-based founding team brings together business leaders, physicists, and computing and AI experts, united by a belief that fluid dynamics insight should be accessible to everyone who designs with air, water or heat.
No. FlowDeck is built for people who aren't CFD specialists. The platform automates the expert settings, meshing, turbulence models, solver setup, and is designed to stop you running an analysis that would give unreliable results. You bring the design question; FlowDeck handles the physics.
FlowDeck is built by CFD experts on the Lattice Boltzmann Method, an approach suited to real-world turbulent flow, combined with AI acceleration. Every launch product starts with a deliberately constrained, validated scope so results are dependable. Get in touch if you'd like more detail.
Our first product, Terrain, gives accurate wind-speed assessment over complex terrain, available now in early access. Structural (external wind loading) and Internal (pipe and duct flow) are coming next, with more modules on the roadmap.
We're working directly with early adopters during this phase, so pricing is tailored to your use case rather than published. Join the early-access list and we'll talk through what fits.
We're onboarding early adopters now. Join the list and we'll be in touch.
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