Optimuse
Vienna, AT · Founded 2021 · 30 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
OPTIMUSE offers an AI-based platform that analyzes buildings across their lifecycle, using building physics calculations to evaluate design variants, lifecycle costs, energy performance, and decarbonization strategies for new construction and existing stock. It serves property developers, general contractors, and real estate managers, and can generate GEG/OIB-compliant energy performance certificates from digital building models.
Also known as OPTIMUSE
Founders & leadership
Optimuse was founded in 2021 by Fabian Pitscheider.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026OPTIMUSE operates an AI-based building simulation platform intended to be used across the entire building lifecycle, covering both new construction and existing stock and spanning concept, design and operations phases. The platform combines AI with building-physics calculation to evaluate the economic behaviour of a building, supporting decisions on new build, refurbishment and operation through variant analysis, lifecycle cost calculation and energy optimization. It is offered as a set of modular solutions that can be combined rather than as a collection of disconnected tools.
The solution modules include Digital Twin; Value Engineering, which tests a design for savings potential across CapEx, OpEx, lifecycle and CO2; Energy Design, which calculates building envelope and building services (TGA) options before construction; Energy Performance Analytics, which analyzes controls and plant technology in operation to reduce consumption and identifies per-asset performance gaps, CRREM pathways and stranding risk; and energy performance certificates compliant with OIB-RL 6 in Austria and GEG / DIN 18599 in Germany, issued signed or unsigned. Outputs can feed directly into planning or ESG reporting, including refurbishment and decarbonization roadmaps. The company positions the offering as complementary to existing IT landscapes and states it does not replace specialist planners or ESG platforms.
Business model
Billing is project-based: customers book an individual solution (Digital Twin, Value Engineering, Energy Design, energy performance certificate or Performance Analytics) for a specific project, with pricing dependent on asset size, the chosen solution and level of detail (LOD). Pilot projects are available for first-time customers, and a concrete price range is quoted within one business day after a project outline is provided. Platform access for customers' own variant exploration is optional; the core offering is framed as "results as a service" rather than software the customer must learn.
Project-based fees per booked solution, priced according to asset size, solution scope and LOD level, with optional platform access.
Traction
The website cites customer statements from UBM Development (referencing the Timber Marina Tower project), Steiner Bau, PRIMUS Developments, B&O Gruppe, GoAsset, Sicore GmbH, sh+ GmbH and Immoloh, covering BIM model creation for quantity take-off, comparison of heat-transfer variants, GEG-compliant energy certificates generated from the digital model, and lifecycle-cost comparison of decarbonization strategies on a model calibrated to actual consumption data. The company states that about two thirds of its projects start from incomplete or 2D-only documentation.
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Market position
OPTIMUSE describes itself as a control layer above building projects rather than a specialist building-services planner or an ESG platform, requiring no TGA expertise from the customer and no software training. It emphasizes a single continuous solution spanning new build, existing stock and operations across all project phases, tolerance for incomplete input data, documentation of the norm basis and data accuracy, and IFC export of the BIM model to avoid lock-in. The company states it is most effective in design phases LPh 1 to 3, where envelope, building services and energy concept decisions determine roughly 30 years of lifecycle outcomes.
Technology
The platform applies AI together with building-physics calculation as an analytical layer over building projects. It ingests building data in a range of formats, including IFC, Archicad files, PDFs and existing-building records, and works with incomplete or purely 2D documentation such as scanned floor plans; where documentation is incomplete, assumptions are derived from comparable buildings and the accuracy and availability of uploaded data are documented. Customers define constraints and optimization goals and receive concrete recommended actions based on technical analyses. Deliverables include a report and a BIM model exported as IFC, which the company describes as avoiding vendor lock-in. Capabilities cover lifecycle cost analysis, variant comparison, envelope and building-services (TGA) calculation, CRREM pathway and stranding-risk assessment, and standards-compliant energy performance certificates.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly through its website with a free demo booking as the primary call to action, emphasizing rapid onboarding (usable within five minutes, no training required) and pilot projects for first-time customers. Engagements are delivered with support from an in-house engineering team that validates inputs, runs calculations and documents the applicable standards basis.
Property developers seeking to validate variant decisions before construction starts; general contractors needing cost estimates, preliminary design and quantities derived from the model; and real estate managers planning operations, refurbishment and CRREM pathways with simulation support. Around two thirds of projects begin with incomplete or 2D-only documentation, indicating a focus on existing building stock alongside new construction. Named referencing organizations include UBM Development, Steiner Bau, PRIMUS Developments, B&O Gruppe, GoAsset, Sicore GmbH, sh+ GmbH and Immoloh Grundstücks- und Gebäudemanagement.
Geography
Website content is in German and the energy performance certificate module covers Austrian (OIB-RL 6) and German (GEG / DIN 18599) regulation, with customer references from Austrian and German real estate and construction organizations.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Optimuse do?
- AI building-simulation platform that analyzes design variants, lifecycle costs and energy performance across a building's lifecycle.
- Who founded Optimuse?
- Optimuse was founded by Fabian Pitscheider in 2021.
- Who are Optimuse's investors?
- Optimuse's investors include Matterwave Ventures.
- Where is Optimuse headquartered?
- Optimuse is headquartered in Vienna, AT.