AGL 140: Paul Powers, Co-founder of Physna

About Paul

Paul Powers is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Physna, Inc.

In 2019, Powers was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the brightest young entrepreneurs in the United States as a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner.

Powers has been featured in publications around the world including Forbes and Fortune, various news programs such as Lou Dobbs of Fox Business and dozens of others. Paul Powers has presented on the TED Talk stage, at various tech summits and at various tech conferences such as PLMx, StartUp Grind and Startup of the Year at SXSW.

Powers co-founded Physna in 2015, creating industry-leading software to bridge the gap between software and the physical world by normalizing 3D data and applying machine learning. Physna’s proprietary technology is patent-pending in over 120 countries and is increasingly used as an industry default for cybersecurity, protecting the integrity of 3D designs in aerospace, automotive, medical devices, etc. from otherwise untraceable manipulations from cyber attacks. Physna is also used to increase efficiency with CAD design, reduce supply chain / procurement costs, optimize inventory, and make quality control predictions immediately upon design. Physna technology can compare and analyze millions of 3D models in seconds.

Paul Powers graduated from Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg, Germany, earning his law degree and passed the bar with more than twice the required points.

Paul has been featured in numerous news articles in Germany and the US highlighting his unique approach to global technology challenges.


Today We Talked About

  • Paul’s background
  • Physna – Physical DNS
  • GitHub for 3D models
  • Cost savings for manufacturing
  • Machine Learning
  • AI
  • CAD modeling
  • Cyber Security

Connect with Paul


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