From the lab to a deeptech startup: he is revolutionising numerical simulation

Maxime Gueguin holds a PhD in structural mechanics from the École des Ponts and the French agrégation in civil engineering. Formerly scientific director at Eurobios Mews Labs, he is now CTO and co-founder of Simvia, a deeptech startup based in Palaiseau that democratises open-source numerical simulation for engineers.

In this interview

• The journey of a researcher turned deeptech entrepreneur
• The finite element method explained simply
• Code_aster and open source in mechanical simulation
• Surrogate models and machine learning applied to engineering
• Simvia: democratising numerical simulation for engineers
• AsterLab: the code_aster community relaunched in 2025
• Digital twins, AI and the future of simulation in construction
• Doing a PhD in 2026: for whom, why and how?
• His advice for creating a deeptech startup in France

Find out more

• Maxime Gueguin on LinkedIn
• Simvia (simvia.tech)