SimScale was founded in 2012 by David Heiny, Vincenz Dölle, Johannes Probst, Alex Fischer, and Anatol Dammer. Having a bigger vision in mind, SimScale started off as a consultancy, and further led the founders to a new vision that allowed them to utilize their simulation knowledge. In 2011, when cloud-computing was not yet as mainstream as it is today, they had the idea to create a simulation platform that allows every engineer in the world to get access to simulation.