// ABOUT US
Engineers Who Actually Care About Interfaces
Based in Sarasota, Florida, we're building the tools and frameworks that make interface design engineering accessible to everyone.
Our Mission
We believe that most engineering failures happen at interfaces. Not because engineers are bad at their jobs, but because interfaces are invisible until they break.
Make Them Visible
Build tools that expose interface conflicts before they become expensive problems.
Make Them Manageable
Create frameworks that organize complexity into actionable tracts.
Make Them Open
Share knowledge freely. Hardware should be as composable as software.
The Team
David Jean Charlot, PhD
Founder & Principal Engineer
Currently just me, AI, and friends who humor my texts about interface problems at 2 AM.
After spending years debugging expensive interface failures across biotech, medical devices, and hardware startups, I decided to build the tools I wish existed from day one.
Bioengineering PhD from UC San Diego, patents in microfluidics and cell analysis, and a track record of turning interface nightmares into open-source frameworks.
Our Approach
Open Source First
Interface specifications, validation tools, and design patterns should be freely available. We're building a library of interface knowledge that anyone can use, fork, and improve.
Think of it as npm for hardware—composable, versioned, and community-driven.
Framework-Driven
Every system has the same five fundamental interfaces. We don't reinvent the wheel for each project—we apply proven patterns from the Five Tracts.
Data, Energy, Material, Logistics, Supply Chain. Master these, and you master the system.
Validation Over Assumptions
"Works on my bench" isn't good enough. We build automated validation tools that check interface compatibility before you commit to hardware.
Catch mismatches in git diff, not on the assembly line.
Real Cost Tracking
We don't guess. We track actual NRE costs from interface failures across real projects. $15M+ tracked so far, and the number keeps growing.
Every failure is a lesson. Every lesson goes into the framework.
Based in Sarasota, Florida
Working remotely with teams around the world who are tired of expensive interface surprises.
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